Iowa Code § 46.2
Election of state judicial nominating commissioners
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Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
The resident members of the bar of each congressional district shall elect one eligible elector of the district to the state judicial nominating commission for a six-year term beginning July 1. The terms of no more than three nor less than two of the members shall expire within the same two-year period, the expiration dates being governed by the expiration dates of the terms of the original appointive members. The members of the bar of the respective congressional districts shall in January, immediately preceding the expiration of the term of a member of the commission, elect a successor for a like term. For the first elective term open on or after July 1, 1987, in the odd-numbered districts the elected member shall be a woman and in the even-numbered districts the elected member shall be a man. Thereafter, the districts shall alternate between women and men elected members.
1. The resident members of the bar of each congressional district shall elect two eligible electors to the state judicial nominating commission.
2. The commissioners elected by the bar shall serve staggered terms of six years each and shall be elected in the month of January for terms commencing July 1 of odd-numbered years. The terms of no more than three of the commissioners shall expire within the same two-year period.
3. All of the commissioners elected by the bar shall be chosen without reference to political affiliation.
4. A commissioner who has served a full six-year term on the state judicial nominating commission, whether the commissioner was appointed or elected, shall be ineligible to be elected to a second six-year term.
5. No person may be elected who holds an office of profit of the United States or of the state at the time of election.
87 Acts, ch 218, §2
87 Acts, ch 218, §2; 2019 Acts, ch 89, §47, 60; 2024 Acts, ch 1004, §9
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