Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 277.5 (2026)

Objections to nominations

✓ current as of July 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section IA-LEGlegis.iowa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

1. Objections to the legal sufficiency of a nomination petition or to the eligibility of a candidate may be filed by any person who would have the right to vote for a candidate for the office in question. The objection must be filed with the secretary of the school board at least forty-two days before the day of the school election. When objections are filed notice shall forthwith be given to the candidate affected, addressed to the candidate’s place of residence as given on the candidate’s affidavit, stating that objections have been made to the legal sufficiency of the petition or to the eligibility of the candidate, and also stating the time and place the objections will be considered.

2. Objections shall be considered not later than two working days following the receipt of the objections by the president of the school board, the secretary of the school board, and one additional member of the school board chosen by ballot. If objections have been filed to the nominations of either of those school officials, that official shall not pass on the objection. The official’s place shall be filled by a member of the school board against whom no objection exists. The replacement shall be chosen by ballot. 88 Acts, ch 1119, §33; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §43; 2017 Acts, ch 155, §39, 44; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104 Referred to in §277.7\n\n 277.6 Territory outside county. Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 155, §43, 44. \n 277.7 Petitions for public measures.

1. A petition filed with the school board to request an election on a public measure shall \n Tue Dec 09 22:17:55 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 277 (27, 1) 3 SCHOOL ELECTIONS, §277.25\n\nbe examined before it is accepted for filing. If the petition appears valid on its face it shall be accepted for filing. If it lacks the required number of signatures it shall be returned to the petitioners.

2. Petitions which have been accepted for filing are valid unless written objections are filed. Objections must be filed with the secretary of the school board within five working days after the petition was filed. The objection process in section 277.5 shall be followed for objections filed pursuant to this section. 94 Acts, ch 1180, §44; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104 \n 277.8 through 277.19 Reserved. \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1962–2022 · leading case: Headington v. North Winneshiek Cmty. Sch. Dist., 117 N.W.2d 831 (Iowa 1962).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Headington v. North Winneshiek Cmty. Sch. Dist., 117 N.W.2d 831 (Iowa 1962). · cites it 4× “Section 277.5, Code of Iowa, provides : “Precincts for voting.”

Stanley v. Sw. Com. Col. Merged Area, Etc., 184 N.W.2d 29 (Iowa 1971). · cites it 3× “3; (B) improper precincts *40 and polling places were used, sections 277.5 and 277.7; and (C) polling places were not open for a sufficient period of time, section 277.”

Stanley v. Sw. Cmty. Coll. Merged Area, 184 N.W.2d 29 (Iowa 1971). · cites it 3× “3; (B) improper precincts *40 and polling- places were used, sections 277.5 and 277.7; and (C) polling places were not open for a sufficient period of time, section 277.”

Headington v. North Winneshiek Cmty. Sch. Dist., 117 N.W.2d 831 (Iowa 1962). · cites it 4× “Section 277.5 Code of Iowa, I.C.A. provides: "Precincts for voting.”

Save Our Stadiums, Daniel Pardock, Tamara Rood, Daniel Twelmeyer, & Katie Pilcher v. Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist., Kyrstin Delagardelle, Heather Anderson, Rob Barron, Dwana Bradley, Teree Caldwell-Johnson, Kalyn Cody, & Kelli Soyer (Iowa 2022). · cites it 2× “The objection process in section 277.5 shall be followed for objections filed pursuant to this section.”

Heather Young, Del Holland, & Blake Hendrickson v. The Iowa City Cmty. Sch. Dist., Chris Lynch, LaTasha DeLoach, Brian Kirschling, & Paul Roesler (Iowa 2019). “2, and no objections were filed challenging the petition under Iowa Code sections 277.5 and 277.7. See id. §§ 277.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.