DES MOINES — Thirty-four school board and city candidates across seven counties will not be listed on the ballot in the November election due to errors made by filing officers, according to Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate.

Pate on Wednesday said the candidates will need to undergo write-in campaigns after school board secretaries and city clerks failed to submit candidate filing paperwork by the Sept. 19, noon deadline. The impacted jurisdictions include six cities and three school districts.

State code requires school board secretaries and city clerks to deliver all candidate nomination petitions to the county auditor’s office the day after the last day that the petitions can be filed. The last day to file petitions for the Nov. 4 city and school elections was Sept. 18.

Pate said the

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