Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 277.20 (2026)

Canvassing returns

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1. The canvass of returns shall be conducted pursuant to section 50.24. Special elections held in school districts shall be canvassed at the time and in the manner required by section 50.24. The appropriate board of supervisors shall declare the results of the voting for members of boards of directors of school corporations nominated pursuant to section 277.4, and the commissioner of elections or controlling commissioner for the district shall at once issue a certificate of election to each person declared elected. The appropriate board shall also declare the results of the voting on any public question submitted to the voters of a single school district, and the commissioner or controlling commissioner shall certify the result as required by section 50.27.

2. The abstracts of the votes cast for members of the board of directors of any merged area, and of the votes cast on any public question submitted to the voters of any merged area, shall be promptly certified by the county commissioner of elections to the merged area’s controlling county commissioner under section 47.2. [C97, §2756; S13, §2756; C24, §4210; C27, §4210, 4211-b6; C31, 35, §4216-c20; C39, §4216.20; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.20] 2017 Acts, ch 155, §40, 44; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104 Referred to in §260C.15, 331.383 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1977–1977 · leading case: Brutsche v. Coon Rapids Cmty. Sch. Dist., 255 N.W.2d 337 (Iowa 1977).

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Brutsche v. Coon Rapids Cmty. Sch. Dist., 255 N.W.2d 337 (Iowa 1977). · cites it 3× “The canvass of the election which was held on the Monday following the election is contrary to § 277.20, The Code, requiring such canvass to be held on the Friday following the election, and therefore the election is void.”

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