Iowa Ballot Access

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Iowa FEC Information
ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone: (515) 281-0145
Fax: (515) 281-4682
Email: sos@sos.state.ia.us
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION
IOWA CODE
IOWA ELECTION LAW

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Getting on the Ballot for 2012:

Candidate Information
Signatures Needed: 1,500 signatures in not less than 10 counties [45.1].
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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 Affidavit 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 document including 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/