1. On the Monday or Tuesday following the primary election, the board of supervisors shall meet, open, and canvass the returns from each voting precinct in the county, and make abstracts thereof, stating the following:

 a. The number of ballots cast in the county in each precinct by each political party, separately, for each office.
 b. The name of each person voted for and the number of votes given to each person for each different office.
 c. The votes of all write-in candidates who each received less than five percent of the votes cast for an office reported collectively under the heading “scattering”.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 43.49

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Political party: shall mean a party which, at the last preceding general election, cast for its candidate for president of the United States or for governor, as the case may be, at least two percent of the total vote cast for all candidates for that office at that election. See Iowa Code 43.2
 2. If the day designated by this section for the canvass is a public holiday, the provisions of section 4.1, subsection 34, shall apply.
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