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Iowa Code Title II. Elections and Official Duties [Chs. 39-79] § 46.4. Election of district judicial nominating commissioners

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1. The resident members of the bar of each judicial election district shall elect five eligible electors of the district to the district judicial nominating commission.  Commissioners shall be elected to staggered terms of six years each.  The elections shall be held in the month of January for terms commencing February 1 of even-numbered years.

2. For terms commencing February 1, 1988, and every six years thereafter, one elected commissioner in each district shall be a woman and one shall be a man.  For terms commencing February 1, 1990, and every six years thereafter, one elected commissioner in each district shall be a woman and one shall be a man.  For the term commencing February 1, 1992, in the odd-numbered districts the elected commissioner shall be a woman and in the even-numbered districts the elected commissioner shall be a man.  For the terms commencing every six years thereafter, the districts shall alternate between women and men elected commissioners.

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