Iowa Code 504.719 – Inspectors of election
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1. A corporation with members may appoint one or more inspectors to act at a meeting of members and to make a report in the form of a record of the inspectors’ determinations. Each inspector shall execute the duties of inspector impartially and according to the best of the inspector’s ability.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 504.719
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corporation: means a public benefit, mutual benefit, or religious corporation. See Iowa Code 504.141
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Member: means a person who on more than one occasion, pursuant to the provisions of a corporation's articles or bylaws, has a right to vote for the election of a director or directors of a corporation, irrespective of how a member is defined in the articles or bylaws of the corporation. See Iowa Code 504.141
- Person: includes any individual or entity. See Iowa Code 504.141
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Iowa Code 504.141
- Voting power: means the total number of votes entitled to be cast for the election of directors at the time the determination of voting power is made, excluding a vote that is contingent upon the happening of a condition or event that has not occurred at the time. See Iowa Code 504.141
2. The inspectors shall do all of the following:
a. Ascertain the number of members and their voting power.
b. Determine the members present at the meeting.
c. Determine the validity of proxies and ballots.
d. Count all votes.
e. Determine the result of the voting.
3. An inspector may, but is not required to, be a director, member, officer, or employee of the corporation. A person who is a candidate for an office to be filled at the meeting shall not be an inspector at that meeting.