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IA SSB1013
SB
Status
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Local Government
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AI Summary
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Requires candidates for city, school district, and merged area (community college) board elections to be nominated through primary elections held under Iowa Code chapter 43, replacing the current nonpartisan nomination-by-petition system
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Eliminates runoff elections and nomination papers/petitions as methods for selecting candidates for these local offices
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Establishes that primary elections for city and school district offices shall be held on the first Tuesday in October in years when regular elections occur, with nomination papers due at least 40 days before the primary
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Grants county boards of supervisors discretion to choose between using optical scan voting systems or hand-counting ballots for elections
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Applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2027, and transfers special charter city election provisions from Code chapter 420 to chapter 376
Legislative Description
A bill for an act requiring primary elections for the nomination of candidates for city, school district, and merged area elections, and including applicability provisions.
Last Action
Subcommittee reassigned: Webster, Driscoll, and Knox.
1/13/2026