48-3020. Canvass of returns; declaration of
results; failure to make returns
A. The directors shall meet at the office of the district on the first Monday after
the election to canvass the returns. If at the time of the meeting the returns from each
polling place have been received the board of directors shall canvass the returns, or if
all the returns have not been received the canvass shall be postponed from day to day
until the returns are received or until six postponements have been made.
B. The canvass shall be made in public by checking the returns made by the election
judges and by counting the votes of a district for each person or question voted
upon. Upon completion of the canvass the board shall declare elected the candidate for
director from a division receiving the highest number of votes and the two candidates for
director at large, if any, receiving the highest numbers of votes and shall declare the
result of the vote on any question submitted.
C. If after six adjournments all the returns have not been made, the board of
directors shall declare the result to be no election and shall proceed to call a new
election for the same purpose to be conducted in the same manner as provided for such
elections.
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