Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum

Chapter 116 - Initiative and Referendum

Section 116.010 Definitions.
Section 116.020 Application of laws.
Section 116.025 Attorney general sent fair ballot language, when — statement posted at polling place.
Section 116.030 Referendum petition, form — clerical and technical errors to be disregarded, penalties for false signature.
Section 116.040 Initiative petition for law or constitutional amendment, form — clerical and technical errors to be disregarded, penalties for false signature.
Section 116.050 Initiative and referendum petitions, requirements.
Section 116.060 Initiative and referendum petitions, who may sign — residents of one county only on a designated page.
Section 116.070 Petitioner may sign by mark, procedure.
Section 116.080 Qualifications of circulator — affidavit, notarization, penalty.
Section 116.090 Petition signature fraud, penalty.
Section 116.100 Filing of petition, procedure.
Section 116.110 Signature may be withdrawn, when, how, effect, penalty.
Section 116.115 Withdrawal of petition, when — vacation of official ballot title, when.
Section 116.120 Secretary of state to determine sufficiency of form and compliance — invalid signatures not counted — signatures may be verified by random sampling, procedure and requirements.
Section 116.130 Election authorities may be requested to verify signatures either by random sampling or checking signatures, when, how.
Section 116.140 Secretary of state's authority not to count forged or fraudulent signatures.
Section 116.150 Secretary of state to issue certificate of sufficiency of petition, when — if insufficient, certificate to state reasons.
Section 116.153 Hearing to take public comments — joint committee on legislative research to provide summary to secretary of state, posting on website.
Section 116.155 Official summaries and fiscal notes may be included in ballot measures, summary to be official ballot title if included.
Section 116.160 Summary statement to be provided by the secretary of state if summary not provided by general assembly — content.
Section 116.170 Fiscal note and fiscal note summary to be provided by state auditor if not provided by general assembly.
Section 116.175 Fiscal impact of proposed measure — fiscal note, fiscal note summary, requirements — return of fiscal note for revision, when.
Section 116.180 Copies of ballot title, fiscal note and fiscal note summary to designated persons, when — ballot title to be affixed to petition, when.
Section 116.185 Identical ballot titles may be changed, how.
Section 116.190 Ballot title may be challenged, procedure — who are parties defendant — changes may be made by court — appeal to supreme court, when.
Section 116.195 Costs of court-ordered ballot title change to be paid by the state.
Section 116.200 Secretary of state's decision as to sufficiency of petition may be reversed, procedure — appeal.
Section 116.210 Numbering of proposed constitutional amendments.
Section 116.220 Labeling of initiative and referendum measures.
Section 116.230 Sample ballots to be prepared, form.
Section 116.240 Certification to election authorities of notice to be published — contents.
Section 116.250 Publication of legal notice.
Section 116.260 Newspapers for publication of text of measures to be designated — measures to be published, how.
Section 116.270 Publications fund created — payments from fund for what, how made.
Section 116.280 Paper ballots for statewide measures, form.
Section 116.290 Printing of copies of statewide measures — to be posted at polling places — distribution, exception.
Section 116.300 Challengers and watchers at polling places, how designated.
Section 116.310 Time limited for designating challengers and watchers for polling places and counting locations — effect of failure to designate by prescribed time.
Section 116.320 Adoption of measure, vote required — effect of approval of conflicting measures.
Section 116.330 Board of canvassers or governor to issue statement.
Section 116.332 Petitions for constitutional amendments, statutory initiative or referendum, requirements, procedure.
Section 116.334 Petition approval required, procedure to obtain petition title or summary statement — rejection or approval of petition, procedure — circulation of petition prior to approval, effect — signatures, deadline for filing.
Section 116.340 Publication of approved measures.

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