If a contest is pending, the ballots shall be kept until the contest is finally determined, and then so destroyed.
Iowa Code § 50.15
Destruction in abeyance pending contest
[C97, §1143; S13, §1143; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §854; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §50.15]
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