Iowa § 46.21 - 46.21 Conduct of elections.

§ 46.21. 46.21 Conduct of elections.

At least sixty-four days before each judicial election, the state commissioner of elections shall certify to the county commissioner of elections of each county a list of the judges of the supreme court, court of appeals, and district court including district associate judges, full-time associate juvenile judges, and full-time associate probate judges, and clerks of the district court to be voted on in each county at that election. The county commissioner of elections shall place the names upon the ballot in the order in which they appear in the certificate. The state commissioner of elections shall rotate the names in the certificate by county. The names of all judges and clerks to be voted on shall be placed upon one ballot, which shall be in substantially the following form: STATE OF IOWA JUDICIAL BALLOT (Date) VOTE ON ALL NAMES BY PLACING AN X IN THE APPROPRIATE BOX AFTER EACH NAME. SUPREME COURT Shall the following judges of the supreme court be retained in office? CANDIDATE’S NAME YES ☐ NO ☐ CANDIDATE’S NAME YES ☐ NO ☐ COURT OF APPEALS Shall the following judges of the court of appeals be retained in office? CANDIDATE’S NAME YES ☐ NO ☐ CANDIDATE’S NAME YES ☐ NO ☐ DISTRICT COURT Shall the following judge, associate judge, associate juvenile judge, or associate probate judge of the district court be retained in office? CANDIDATE’S NAME YES ☐ NO ☐ Shall the following clerk of the district court be retained in office? CANDIDATE’S NAME YES ☐ NO ☐ [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §46.21] 83 Acts, ch 186, §10024, 10201; 89 Acts, ch 136, §30; 99 Acts, ch 93, §3; 2004 Acts, ch 1083, §2, 37; 2017 Acts, ch 110, §74 Referred to in §602.1216, 602.6305, 602.7103C, 633.20C Wed Dec 10 22:22:46 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 46.21 (29, 1)