Local Rule Rule 3018-1: Ballots – Voting on Plans
Bankr. N.D. Iowa — Civil rule
Rule 3018-1 Ballots – Voting on Plans
(a) The notice of the time within which to file acceptances or rejections must state that ballots are to be returned to the attorney for the proponent. The notice and each ballot must clearly and conspicuously show the name and the address of the attorney or firm to whom the ballots must be returned.
(b) The proponent of the plan or its attorney must file with the Clerk a verified report on the results of timely balloting. The report must be filed at least 7 days before the date set for the hearing on confirmation of the plan. If the Court has permitted the hearing to be held on an expedited basis, i.e. the hearing has been scheduled less than 7 days after the deadline for the return of ballots, then the proponent must file the report on the first day after the deadline for the return of ballots.
(c) All ballots received, whether timely or untimely, must be bound together as an exhibit for the confirmation hearing. However, debtor is not required to serve copies of the exhibit under Local Rule 9070-1(d).
(d) A request to count an untimely ballot must be made by written motion filed at or before the hearing on confirmation.