16-648. Canvass for state offices, amendments
and measures; postponement
A. On the fourth Monday following a general election, the secretary of state, in
the presence of the governor and the attorney general, shall canvass all offices for
which the nominees filed nominating petitions and papers with the secretary of state
pursuant to section 16-311, subsection E.
B. The secretary of state, in the presence of the governor and the chief justice of
the supreme court, shall canvass all proposed constitutional amendments and initiated or
referred measures, as shown by the certified copies of official canvass received from the
several counties, and forthwith certify the result to the governor.
C. If the official canvass of any county has not been received on the fourth Monday
following the general election, the canvass shall be postponed from day to day, not to
exceed thirty days from the date of the election, until canvasses from all counties are
received.
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