Nebraska Statutes 32-1040. Certificate of nomination; certificate of election; issuance by Secretary of State; when; form
The Secretary of State shall within forty days after the election prepare and deliver a certificate of nomination or certificate of election to each person who meets the constitutional and statutory requirements of office and whom the board of state canvassers or Legislature has declared to have received the highest vote for such office or position in the statewide primary or general election. The certificate shall be substantially as follows:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 32-1040
- 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
- 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 …….., ……….. was elected to (or nominated for) the office of ……… for the term of …….. years from the ……. (or when filling a vacancy, for the residue of the term ending on the …. day of …….. 20….). Given at ………… this …. day of …….. 20…. .
The certificate shall be signed by the Governor, under the seal of the state, and countersigned by the Secretary of State if the candidate filed with the Secretary of State and was elected to a state office, as a member of Congress, or from a district whose boundaries extend beyond the limits of a single county.