Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 49.85 (2026)

Depositing ballots

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One of the precinct election officials shall at once, after receiving the ballot, in the presence of the voter, deposit it in the ballot box. [C51, §257; R60, §492; C73, §617; C97, §1117; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §802; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §49.85] Referred to in §39A.4

Notes of Decisions

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

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Headington v. North Winneshiek Cmty. Sch. Dist., 117 N.W.2d 831 (Iowa 1962). · cites it 2× “Section 49.85, Code of Iowa, provides that one of the judges of election shall at once, after receiving the ballot, in the presence of the voter, deposit such ballot in the ballot box.”

Headington v. North Winneshiek Cmty. Sch. Dist., 117 N.W.2d 831 (Iowa 1962). · cites it 2× “Section 49.85 Code of Iowa, I.C.A. provides that one of the judges of election shall at once, after receiving the ballot, in the presence of the voter, deposit such ballot in the ballot box.”

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