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Code · Iowa · Chapter 49 — Method Of Conducting Elections

49.43 Constitutional amendment or other public measure.

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1. If possible, all public measures and constitutional amendments to be voted upon by an elector shall be included on a single ballot which shall also include all offices to be voted upon. However, if it is necessary, a separate ballot may be used as provided in section 49.30.
2. Constitutional amendments and other public measures shall be summarized by the commissioner as provided in sections 49.44 and 52.25.
[C97, §1106; S13, §1106; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §761, 762, 767; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §49.43, 49.44; C75, §49.43, 49.49; C77, 79, 81, §49.43] 2009 Acts, ch 57, §26; 2010 Acts, ch 1033, §19; 2021 Acts, ch 147, §26, 54
Referred to in §39.4, 49.44, 49.45, 145A.7, 468.184, 468.259
Iowa Constitution, Art. X, §1
Single ballot, exceptions; see also §52.24
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