Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 43.20 (2026)

Signatures required — more than one office prohibited

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1. Nomination papers shall be signed by eligible electors as provided in section 45.1.

2. No candidate for public office shall cause nomination papers to remain filed in the office of the state commissioner or the commissioner on the last day for filing nomination papers, for more than one office to be filled at the primary election.

3. Any candidate for public office, to be voted for at a primary election, who has filed nomination papers for more than one office shall, not later than the final date for filing, notify the state commissioner or the commissioner by affidavit, for which office the person elects to be a candidate, which in no case shall be more than one. In the event no such election \n Tue Dec 09 22:31:16 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 43 (48, 2) §43.20, PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION 8\n\nis made by such date by the candidate, the state commissioner shall not certify the person’s name to be placed on the ballot for any office nor shall the commissioner place the person’s name on the ballot in any county. [S13, §1087-a10; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §546; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.20] 88 Acts, ch 1119, §3, 4; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §20; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §20; 2021 Acts, ch 12, §13, 14, 73, 74; 2022 Acts, ch 1004, §1, 4 Referred to in §43.18\n\n 43.21 Township office. Repealed by 2005 Acts, ch 152, §10. \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Lunde v. Schultz, 221 F. Supp. 3d 1095 (S.D. Iowa 2014).

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Lunde v. Schultz, 221 F. Supp. 3d 1095 (S.D. Iowa 2014). · cites it 30× “at 1; see Iowa Code § 43.20 (requiring nomination papers be signed by *1098 eligible electors by “at least one percent of the voters of the candidate’s party, in each of at least ten counties of the state, and in the aggregate not less than one-half of one percent of the total…”

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