277.20 - CANVASSING RETURNS.
277.20 CANVASSING RETURNS.
On the next Friday after the regular school election, the county
board of supervisors shall canvass the returns made to the county
commissioner of elections from the several precinct polling places
and the absentee ballot counting board, ascertain the result of the
voting with regard to every matter voted upon and cause a record to
be made thereof as required by section 50.24. Special elections held
in school districts shall be canvassed at the time and in the manner
required by that section. The board shall declare the results of the
voting for members of boards of directors of school corporations
nominated pursuant to section 277.4, and the commissioner shall at
once issue a certificate of election to each person declared elected.
The board shall also declare the results of the voting on any public
question submitted to the voters of a single school district, and the
commissioner shall certify the result as required by section 50.27.
The abstracts of the votes cast for members of the board of
directors of any merged area, and of the votes cast on any public
question submitted to the voters of any merged area, shall be
promptly certified by the commissioner to the county commissioner of
elections who is responsible under section 47.2 for conducting the
elections held for that merged area. Section History: Early Form
[C97, § 2756; S13, § 2756; C24, § 4210; C27, § 4210, 4211-b6; C31,
35, § 4216-c20; C39, § 4216.20; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73,
75, 77, 79, 81, § 277.20]
Referred to in § 260C.15, 331.383