48-2685. Counting votes; election returns;
recount
A. When the board of election has counted the votes it shall make a certificate on
each of the documents containing the poll list and tally lists, or attached thereto,
designating the office and stating the number of votes received by the person who was a
candidate for such office. The number of votes shall be written in figures and
words. Each certificate shall be signed by the inspector, judge and clerk. One of the
certificates with the poll list and one of the tally lists shall be retained by the
inspector and preserved by him for at least six months.
B. The ballots shall be strung on a string by the inspector during the counting
thereof in the order in which they are entered upon the tally lists by the clerks. The
ballots, together with the certificates, poll list and tally list, shall be sealed by the
inspector in the presence of the judge and clerks, and endorsed "election returns (naming
the precinct, if there is more than one precinct in the district) of election held in
(name of district) drainage district the ______ day of _______, 19__" and directed to the
secretary of the board of directors, and shall be immediately delivered by the inspector,
or by some other responsible carrier designated by the inspector, to the secretary.
C. The ballots shall be kept unopened for at least six months, but if any elector
of the district, is of the opinion that the vote of any precinct has not been correctly
counted, he may appear on the day appointed for the board of directors to open and
canvass the returns, and demand a recount of the votes of the precinct in which it is
claimed the vote was incorrectly counted.
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