50.13 - DESTRUCTION OF BALLOTS. - Iowa Statutes

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        50.13  DESTRUCTION OF BALLOTS.
         If, at the expiration of the length of time specified in section
      50.12, a contest is not pending, the commissioner, without opening
      the package in which they have been enclosed, shall destroy the
      ballots.
         If the ballots are to be shredded, the package may be opened, if
      necessary, but the ballots shall not be examined before shredding.
      Shredded ballots may be recycled.  The commissioner shall invite the
      chairperson of each of the political parties to designate a person to
      witness the destruction of the ballots.

Section History: Early Form

         [C97, § 1143; S13, § 1143; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 852; C46,
      50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 50.13]

Section History: Recent Form

         89 Acts, ch 136, §45; 91 Acts, ch 129, § 14; 97 Acts, ch 170, § 57

         Referred to in § 53.40, 53.41, 331.383

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        50.13  DESTRUCTION OF BALLOTS.
         If, at the expiration of the length of time specified in section
      50.12, a contest is not pending, the commissioner, without opening
      the package in which they have been enclosed, shall destroy the
      ballots.
         If the ballots are to be shredded, the package may be opened, if
      necessary, but the ballots shall not be examined before shredding.
      Shredded ballots may be recycled.  The commissioner shall invite the
      chairperson of each of the political parties to designate a person to
      witness the destruction of the ballots.

Section History: Early Form

         [C97, § 1143; S13, § 1143; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 852; C46,
      50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 50.13]

Section History: Recent Form

         89 Acts, ch 136, §45; 91 Acts, ch 129, § 14; 97 Acts, ch 170, § 57

         Referred to in § 53.40, 53.41, 331.383

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        50.13  DESTRUCTION OF BALLOTS.
         If, at the expiration of the length of time specified in section
      50.12, a contest is not pending, the commissioner, without opening
      the package in which they have been enclosed, shall destroy the
      ballots.
         If the ballots are to be shredded, the package may be opened, if
      necessary, but the ballots shall not be examined before shredding.
      Shredded ballots may be recycled.  The commissioner shall invite the
      chairperson of each of the political parties to designate a person to
      witness the destruction of the ballots.

Section History: Early Form

         [C97, § 1143; S13, § 1143; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 852; C46,
      50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 50.13]

Section History: Recent Form

         89 Acts, ch 136, §45; 91 Acts, ch 129, § 14; 97 Acts, ch 170, § 57

         Referred to in § 53.40, 53.41, 331.383