Iowa Code § 46.9 (2026)
Conduct of elections
1. When an election of judicial nominating commissioners is to be held, the state court administrator shall administer the voting. The state court administrator may administer the voting by electronic notification and voting or by paper ballot mailed to each eligible attorney. The state court administrator shall mail paper ballots to eligible attorneys or electronically notify and enable eligible attorneys to vote.
2. The state court administrator shall provide a voting period of at least twenty-one days from when the electronic voting notification is sent or the paper ballots are mailed during which eligible attorneys may vote electronically or submit a paper ballot.
3. In an election to elect a single commissioner, each eligible attorney may cast a single vote, and the qualified eligible elector receiving the most votes shall be elected.
4. In an election to elect two commissioners, each eligible attorney may cast one vote for two separate commissioners, and the qualified eligible electors receiving the most and second-most votes shall each be elected.
5. The election results, including the number of votes cast for each elector and the total number of the members of the bar eligible to vote in each election, shall be made publicly available on the judicial branch internet site and shall be reported to the governor and to the general assembly within ten days after the conclusion of the election. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §46.9] 83 Acts, ch 186, §10020, 10201; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §58; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §167, 171; 2019 Acts, ch 89, §53, 60; 2024 Acts, ch 1004, §12 Referred to in §46.5 \n