49.44 - SUMMARY.
49.44 SUMMARY.
1. When a proposed constitutional amendment or other public
measure to be decided by the voters of the entire state is to be
voted upon, the state commissioner shall prepare a written summary of
the amendment or measure including the number of the amendment or
statewide public measure assigned by the state commissioner. The
summary shall be printed immediately preceding the text of the
proposed amendment or measure on the paper ballot or optical scan
ballot referred to in section 49.43. If the complete text of the
public measure will not fit on the ballot it shall be posted inside
the voting booth. A copy of the full text shall be included with any
absentee ballots.
2. The commissioner may prepare a summary for public measures if
the commissioner finds that a summary is needed to clarify the
question to the voters. Section History: Early Form
[C73, § 49.43; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.44; 81 Acts, ch 34, § 27] Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 136, §38; 97 Acts, ch 170, § 40; 2007 Acts, ch 190,
§24; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §27
Referred to in § 49.43, 52.25, 145A.7, 468.184, 468.259
Iowa Constitution, Art. X, § 1