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Terms Used In Iowa Code 39.5

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
 In addition to any other notice related to the election required by law to be published, posted, or provided, if the election is subject to section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph “d”, the commissioner shall not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day of each election mail to each registered voter of the applicable jurisdiction a notice of the election that includes the full text of the public measure to be voted upon at the election.