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| 1 | 1 | House File 484 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 484 BY JACOBY A BILL FOR An Act relating to the nomination of candidates for president 1 of the United States by political parties. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2567YH (1) 91 ss/ns | |
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| 3 | 3 | H.F. 484 Section 1. Section 43.4, Code 2025, is amended by adding the 1 following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 6. a. This section does not require a 3 political party to select a nominee for president at a caucus 4 as described in this section. 5 b. In lieu of selecting a nominee for president at a caucus 6 as described in this section, the chairperson of the state 7 central committee of a political party may request that the 8 state commissioner of elections conduct a primary election 9 consistent with the provisions of chapter 49 and this chapter 10 for the selection of a nominee for president. An election held 11 pursuant to this subsection shall be held at least four days 12 earlier than the scheduled date for any meeting, caucus, or 13 primary which constitutes the first determining stage of the 14 presidential nominating process in any other state, territory, 15 or any other group which has the authority to select delegates 16 in the presidential nomination. 17 c. The candidates for election as a nominee for president 18 at an election held pursuant to this subsection shall submit 19 nomination papers as described in this chapter and section 20 45.1, subsection 1, to the state commissioner of elections. 21 d. The state commissioner of elections shall adopt rules 22 pursuant to chapter 17A for the implementation of this 23 subsection. 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill relates to primary elections for nominees for 28 president of the United States. The bill allows a political 29 party, defined in Code, to request that the state commissioner 30 of elections conduct a primary election for the selection of a 31 nominee for president of the United States in lieu of selecting 32 a nominee for president of the United States through the caucus 33 process. The bill requires a primary election to select a 34 nominee for president of the United States for a political 35 -1- LSB 2567YH (1) 91 ss/ns 1/ 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | H.F. 484 party to be held at least four days earlier than the scheduled 1 date for any meeting, caucus, or primary which constitutes the 2 first determining stage of the presidential nominating process 3 in any other state, territory, or any other group which has the 4 authority to select delegates in the presidential nomination. 5 The bill also requires candidates for election as a nominee for 6 president at an election held pursuant to the provisions of 7 the bill to submit nomination petitions signed as required in 8 Code section 45.1 (nominations by petition). The bill requires 9 the state commissioner of elections to adopt rules for the 10 implementation of the bill. 11 -2- LSB 2567YH (1) 91 ss/ns 2/ 2 |