Iowa Code § 43.20
Signatures required — more than one office prohibited
Iowa · Iowa Code Chapter 43 — Partisan Nominations — Primary Election · Status: effective
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1. Nomination papers shall be signed by eligible electors as provided in section 45.1.
2. No candidate for public office shall cause nomination papers to remain filed in the office of the state commissioner or the commissioner on the last day for filing nomination papers, for more than one office to be filled at the primary election.
3. Any candidate for public office, to be voted for at a primary election, who has filed nomination papers for more than one office shall, not later than the final date for filing, notify the state commissioner or the commissioner by affidavit, for which office the person elects to be a candidate, which in no case shall be more than one. In the event no such election is made by such date by the candidate, the state commissioner shall not certify the person’s name to be placed on the ballot for any office nor shall the commissioner place the person’s name on the ballot in any county.