49.96 - OFFICES WITH MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO BE ELECTED. - Iowa Statutes

49.96 OFFICES WITH MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO BE ELECTED. Where more than one person is to be elected to the same office at the same election, and all of the candidates for that office for whom the voter desires to vote were nominated by the political party or nonparty political organization for which the voter has marked a straight party or organization vote, the voter need not otherwise indicate the vote for that office. However, if a voter who has marked a straight party or organization ticket also marks the voting targets next to the names of one or more candidates for any office, only the votes cast separately for individual candidates for that office shall be counted. If the voter wishes to vote for candidates who were nominated by different political parties or nonparty political organizations, the voter must mark the voting target for each candidate the voter has chosen, whether or not the voter has also marked a straight party or organization vote.          Section History: Early Form [C97, § 1119, 1120; S13, § 1119, 1120; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 813; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.96]        sp; Section History: Recent Form 97 Acts, ch 170, § 50; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §43, 115 Referred to in § 49.98