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- Section 116.110 - Signature may be withdrawn, when, how, effect, penalty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