Iowa
ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone: (515) 281-0145
Email: sos@sos.state.ia.us
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION
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 a nomination document including the names
of the candidates for president and vice president
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
Petition: 1,500 signatures in not less than 10
counties [45.1]
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/
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