{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-44.9","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 44.9","heading":"Withdrawals.","body":"Any candidate named under this chapter may withdraw the candidate’s nomination by a written request filed as follows:\n1. In the office of the state commissioner, at least eighty-one days before the date of the election.\n2. In the office of the appropriate commissioner, at least seventy-four days before the date of the election, except as otherwise provided in subsection 6.\n3. In the office of the appropriate school board secretary, at least forty-two days before the day of a regularly scheduled school election.\n4. In the office of the state commissioner, in case of a special election to fill vacancies in Congress or the general assembly, not more than:\na. Twenty days after the date on which the governor issues the call for a special election to be held on at least forty days’ notice.\nb. Five days after the date on which the governor issues the call for a special election to be held on at least ten but less than forty days’ notice.\n5. In the office of the appropriate commissioner or school board secretary in case of a special election to fill vacancies, at least twenty-five days before the day of election.\n6. In the office of the appropriate commissioner, at least forty-two days before the regularly scheduled or special city election. However, for those cities that may be required to hold a primary election, at least sixty-three days before a regularly scheduled or special city election.","path":["Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES (Ch. 39 - 79)","Chapter 44 - NOMINATIONS BY NONPARTY POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/44.9.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:00Z","sha256":"7e7642397228e772f27d1a125093a746d073109b097305a58cc19ebdd889d024","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-44.8","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-44.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}