Initiative and Referendum

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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Signature may be withdrawn, when, how, effect, penalty.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.