Nebraska Statutes 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 to have received the highest vote for county, city, or village offices. No person shall be issued a certificate of nomination as a candidate of a political party unless such person has received a number of votes at least equal to five percent of the total ballots cast at the primary election by registered voters affiliated with that political party in the district which the office for which he or she is a candidate serves. The certificate shall be substantially as follows:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 32-1033
- 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. See Nebraska Statutes 32-104
- Certificate of election: shall mean a document issued to a candidate who has been elected to office at an election. See Nebraska Statutes 32-105
- 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. See Nebraska Statutes 32-106
- 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. See Nebraska Statutes 32-107
- 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. See Nebraska Statutes 32-108
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Person shall: include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Sign: shall mean to affix a signature. See Nebraska Statutes 32-117
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
State of Nebraska. At an election held on the ……. day of ……. 20.., …… was elected to the office of …………….. for the term of …… years from the ………… day of …… 20.. (or when filling a vacancy, for the residue of the term ending on the …. day of …….. 20..). Given at ………. this …. day of …….. 20.. .