ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone: (515) 281-0145
Email: sos@sos.state.ia.us
IOWA CODE
IOWA ELECTION LAW

STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION

Getting on the Ballot for 2012

Signatures Needed: 1,500 signatures in not less than 10
counties [45.1].
Start collecting: Immediately: Download a Petition
Fill In The Form With the Following Information
Name of Candidate: _David Jon Sponheim_ Office Sought: _President of the United States_
Candidate’s County of Residence: _Island County, WA__ Candidate’s City of Residence: _Oak Harbor, WA__
Type and Date of Election:
General on _11_/_6_/_2012_

Party qualifications for statewide ballot access:

Received at least 2% of the vote for governor or
president in the last general election [43.2]

General ballot access for major party candidates:

Party submits names of candidates to the secretary
of state by 5:00 pm 81 days before the general
election [54.5]

General ballot access for minor party and independent candidates:

File: An Affadavit of Candidacy
File: a list of the names of the candidates for 7
presidential electors - 1 from each congressional
district and 2 from the state at-large
File:a nomination documentincluding the names
of the candidates for president and vice president
Petition: 1,500 signatures in not less than 10
counties [45.1]
Or Convention (for minor parties only):
Minimum attendance requirement is 250 eligible
electors including at least 1 eligible elector from each
of the 25 counties
Filing period: between 99 and 81 days before the
general election [44.4]

Last day to withdraw from the ballot:

89 days
before the election

CAUCUS STATE: NO PRIMARY

Voter registration:

10 days before the primary or
general election; however, registration applications
submitted by mail and postmarked 15 or more days
before the election are considered on time even if they
are received after the deadline.

Source:
The Reform Institute (December 2003). Presidential Ballot Access: State by State Scorecard. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/5646/2003scorecard.....

Write-In Information

All write-in votes are counted.
Source:
Frank Moore (May 8, 2008). US Presidential Write-In Candidate Requirements For Each State. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from http://www.writein2008.blogspot.com/