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SENATE
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68
BY
TAYLOR
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
nomination
deadlines
for
nonparty
political
1
organizations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
44.4,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
1
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
a.
Nominations
made
pursuant
to
this
chapter
and
3
chapter
45
which
are
required
to
be
filed
in
the
office
of
the
4
state
commissioner
shall
be
filed
in
that
office
not
more
than
5
ninety-nine
days
nor
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
eighty-first
6
seventy-third
day
before
the
first
Tuesday
after
the
first
7
Monday
in
June
in
each
even-numbered
year
date
of
the
general
8
election
to
be
held
in
November
.
Nominations
made
for
a
9
special
election
called
pursuant
to
section
69.14
shall
be
10
filed
by
5:00
p.m.
not
less
than
twenty-five
days
before
the
11
date
of
an
election
called
upon
at
least
forty
days’
notice
12
and
not
less
than
fourteen
days
before
the
date
of
an
election
13
called
upon
at
least
eighteen
days’
notice.
Nominations
made
14
for
a
special
election
called
pursuant
to
section
69.14A
shall
15
be
filed
by
5:00
p.m.
not
less
than
twenty-five
days
before
16
the
date
of
the
election.
Nominations
made
pursuant
to
this
17
chapter
and
chapter
45
which
are
required
to
be
filed
in
the
18
office
of
the
commissioner
shall
be
filed
in
that
office
not
19
more
than
ninety-two
days
nor
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
20
seventy-fourth
sixty-ninth
day
before
the
first
Tuesday
after
21
the
first
Monday
in
June
in
each
even-numbered
year
date
of
the
22
general
election
.
Nominations
made
pursuant
to
this
chapter
23
or
chapter
45
for
city
office
shall
be
filed
not
more
than
24
seventy-two
days
nor
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
forty-seventh
25
day
before
the
city
election
with
the
county
commissioner
26
of
elections
responsible
under
section
47.2
for
conducting
27
elections
held
for
the
city,
who
shall
process
them
as
provided
28
by
law.
29
b.
Notwithstanding
paragraph
“a”
,
nominations
for
president
30
and
vice
president
of
the
United
States
shall
be
filed
in
the
31
office
of
the
state
commissioner
not
more
than
ninety-nine
days
32
nor
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
eighty-first
day
before
the
33
date
of
the
general
election
to
be
held
in
November.
34
Sec.
2.
Section
44.4,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
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subparagraphs
(1)
and
(2),
Code
2025,
are
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
(1)
Those
filed
with
the
state
commissioner,
not
less
than
3
seventy-four
sixty-eight
days
before
the
first
Tuesday
after
4
the
first
Monday
in
June
in
each
even-numbered
year,
or
for
5
certificates
of
nomination
filed
under
subsection
1
,
paragraph
6
“b”
,
not
less
than
seventy-four
days
before
the
date
of
the
7
election.
8
(2)
Those
filed
with
the
commissioner,
not
less
than
9
sixty-seven
sixty-four
days
before
the
first
Tuesday
after
the
10
first
Monday
in
June
in
each
even-numbered
year
date
of
the
11
election
,
except
as
provided
in
subparagraph
(3).
12
Sec.
3.
Section
44.9,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
13
to
read
as
follows:
14
1.
In
the
office
of
the
state
commissioner,
at
least
15
eighty-one
days
before
the
date
of
the
election
,
or
for
16
withdrawals
of
nominations
filed
under
section
44.4,
subsection
17
1
,
paragraph
“b”
,
at
least
seventy-six
days
before
the
date
of
18
election
.
19
Sec.
4.
Section
44.11,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
20
follows:
21
44.11
Vacancies
filled.
22
If
a
candidate
named
under
this
chapter
withdraws
or
dies
23
before
the
deadline
established
in
section
44.9
,
declines
24
a
nomination,
or
if
a
certificate
of
nomination
is
held
25
insufficient
or
inoperative
by
the
officer
with
whom
it
26
is
required
to
be
filed,
or
in
case
any
objection
made
to
27
a
certificate
of
nomination,
or
to
the
eligibility
of
any
28
candidate
named
in
the
certificate,
is
sustained
by
the
board
29
appointed
to
determine
such
questions,
the
vacancy
or
vacancies
30
may
be
filled
by
the
convention,
or
caucus,
or
in
such
manner
31
as
such
convention
or
caucus
has
previously
provided.
The
32
vacancy
or
vacancies
shall
be
filled
not
less
than
seventy-six
33
days
before
the
election
in
the
case
of
nominations
required
34
to
be
filed
with
the
state
commissioner
or
not
less
than
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seventy-one
days
for
nominations
filed
under
section
44.4,
1
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“b”
,
not
less
than
sixty-nine
days
2
before
the
election
in
the
case
of
nominations
required
to
3
be
filed
with
the
commissioner,
not
less
than
forty-two
days
4
before
the
election
in
the
case
of
nominations
required
to
be
5
filed
in
the
office
of
the
school
board
secretary,
and
not
6
less
than
forty-two
days
before
the
election
in
the
case
of
7
nominations
required
to
be
filed
with
the
commissioner
for
city
8
elections.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
This
bill
changes
the
filing
deadline
for
nominations
by
13
nonparty
political
organizations
for
all
offices
that
are
14
required
to
be
filed
in
the
office
of
the
state
commissioner
15
of
elections,
including
for
president
and
vice
president,
to
16
the
73rd
day
before
the
date
of
the
general
election
to
be
held
17
in
November,
and
the
filing
deadline
for
offices
required
to
18
be
filed
in
the
office
of
the
county
commissioner
of
elections
19
to
the
69th
day
before
the
date
of
the
general
election.
These
20
were
the
filing
deadlines
for
such
nominations
prior
to
2019.
21
The
bill
also
makes
conforming
changes
to
the
deadlines
for
the
22
filing
of
objections
to
such
nominations.
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