50.8 - ERROR ON STATE OR DISTRICT OFFICE -- TIE VOTE. - Iowa Statutes

50.8 ERROR ON STATE OR DISTRICT OFFICE -- TIE VOTE. If the error be in relation to a district or state office, it shall be certified with the number of the excess to the state commissioner. If the error affects the result of the election, the canvass shall be suspended and a new vote ordered in the precinct where the error occurred. When there is a tie vote due to such an excess, there shall be a new election. No person who was not a registered voter in that precinct at the time of the general election shall be allowed to vote at such special election. When the new vote is taken and returned, the canvass shall be completed.          Section History: Early Form [C51, § 263; R60, § 498; C73, § 627; C97, § 1140; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 847; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 50.8]          Section History: Recent Form 94 Acts, ch 1169, §64