32-1030. Early voting materials; treatment. All identification envelopes, voted ballots, and rejected ballots and the Rejected Ballots container shall be placed in the container for early voting materials, and the container shall be sealed. Source Laws 1994, LB 76, § 324; Laws 2005, LB 98, § 27.
32-1031. County canvassing board; canvass of votes; procedure. (1) The election commissioner or county clerk shall, prior to 1 p.m. on election day, post in a conspicuous place in the office of such election commissioner or county clerk a notice stating the day and hour when the county canvassing board will convene. (2) After counting […]
32-1032. County canvassing board; election materials; preservation; duration. Upon the completion of the canvass by the county canvassing board, all books shall again be sealed, and the election commissioner or county clerk shall keep all election materials, including the ballots-cast containers from each precinct, the sealed envelopes containing the precinct list of registered voters, the […]
32-1033. Certificate of nomination; certificate of election; issuance by election commissioner or county clerk; when; form. The election commissioner or county clerk shall, on or before the sixth Monday after the election, prepare, sign, and deliver a certificate of nomination or a certificate of election to each person whom the county canvassing board has declared […]
32-1034. Abstract of votes; election officials; duties. Immediately upon the completion of the canvass by the county canvassing board, the election commissioner or county clerk shall prepare an abstract of votes for all officers and issues certified to the election commissioner or county clerk by the Secretary of State. The election commissioner or county clerk […]
32-1035. Abstract of votes; failure to receive; Secretary of State; send messenger. If the Secretary of State has not received the abstract of votes from any county by the third Monday after the day of election, the Secretary of State may send a messenger to the election commissioner or county clerk of such county at […]
32-1036. Election results; reporting requirements; fee authorized. The election commissioner or county clerk shall report to the Secretary of State all election results of statewide primary and general elections by precinct within eight weeks after the county canvass of such elections for President, Vice President, United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, members of […]
32-1037. Board of state canvassers; members; duties. There shall be a board of state canvassers consisting of the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, and Attorney General. The board of state canvassers shall meet at the office of the Secretary of State or such other location within the State Capitol as […]
32-1038. Board of state canvassers; canvass of votes; procedure. (1) The board of state canvassers shall authorize the Secretary of State to open the abstracts of votes from the various counties and prepare an abstract stating the number of ballots cast for each office, the names of all the persons voted for, for what office […]
32-1039. Canvass of votes by Legislature; when. The votes cast for the officers of the executive departments of this state and members of the Public Service Commission shall be canvassed by the Legislature at its next regular session. Source Laws 1994, LB 76, § 333. Annotations Legislature is required to canvass votes cast for officers […]
32-104. Candidate, defined. Candidate shall mean a registered voter for whom votes may be cast at any election and who, either tacitly or expressly, consents to be considered. Candidate shall not include a candidate for President or Vice President of the United States. Source Laws 1994, LB 76, § 4.
32-1040. Certificate of nomination; certificate of election; issuance by Secretary of State; when; form. The Secretary of State shall within forty days after the election prepare and deliver a certificate of nomination or certificate of election to each person who meets the constitutional and statutory requirements of office and whom the board of state canvassers […]
32-1041. Voting and counting methods and locations authorized; approval required; when; electronic voting system prohibited. (1) The election commissioner or county clerk may use optical-scan ballots or voting systems approved by the Secretary of State to allow registered voters to cast their votes at any election. The election commissioner or county clerk may use vote […]
32-1042. Voting systems; acquisition authorized; debt; tax levy; payment. The governing body of any county may purchase, lease, lease-purchase, rent, or contract for voting systems approved by the Secretary of State to be used in all elections. The governing body of any county may issue bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations or levy for […]
32-1043. Voting systems; rental contracts; authorized. The governing body of any county which has procured voting systems may enter into a contract for the rental of such systems with a city, village, or school district. Such rentals may be paid out of the general fund or by levying taxes to provide funds for payment of […]
32-1049. Vote counting device; requirements. Any election commissioner or county clerk using a vote counting device to count ballots in a centralized location shall: (1) Provide for the proper sealing of the containers and the security of the ballots when transported from each polling place to the centralized location and when removed from their containers […]
32-105. Certificate of election, defined. Certificate of election shall mean a document issued to a candidate who has been elected to office at an election. Source Laws 1994, LB 76, § 5.
32-106. Certificate of nomination, defined. Certificate of nomination shall mean a document issued to a candidate who receives the requisite number of votes and qualifies to be placed on a general election ballot. Source Laws 1994, LB 76, § 6.
32-107. District, defined. District shall mean a subdivision of the state or of a county, city, village, or other political subdivision in which all registered voters residing within the district are entitled to participate in the election of any one or more candidates or in the determination by election of any question or proposition. Source […]
32-108. Election, defined. Election shall mean any statewide or local primary, special, joint, or general election at which registered voters of the state or the political subdivision holding the election by ballot choose public officials or decide any questions and propositions lawfully submitted to them. Source Laws 1994, LB 76, § 8. Annotations Court has […]
