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Nebraska Statutes § 32-1115 Election contest; rights of parties; recount of ballots; completion; certification

⤴ Up to Article 11: Contest of Elections and Recounts

Statute Text

The election commissioner or county clerk shall permit the petitioner, the person whose election is being contested, and their attorneys to fully examine the ballots. The election commissioner or county clerk shall make return to the writ, under his or her hand and official seal, of all the facts which either of the parties may desire and which appear from the ballots to affect or relate to the contested election. After the examination of the ballots is completed, the election commissioner or county clerk shall again securely seal the ballots as they were and preserve and destroy them as provided by law in the same manner as if they had not been opened. The certificate of the election commissioner or county clerk certifying the total number of votes received by a candidate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate, but the persons present at the examination of the ballots may be heard as witnesses to contradict the certificate.

Source

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 358; Laws 2018 , LB 744 , § 6 .

History

Amended by Laws 2018 , LB 744 , § 6 , eff. 7/19/2018 .

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