(A) The Election Commissioner, County Clerk, or City Clerk shall, within 40 days after the election, prepare, sign and deliver a certificate of nomination or a certificate of election to each person whom the Canvassing Board has declared to have received the highest vote for each municipal office. No person shall be issued a certificate of nomination as a candidate of a political party unless the person has received a number of votes at least equal to 5% 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.
(B) A certificate of election prepared by the City Clerk shall be in the form as nearly as possible prescribed by Neb. RS 32-1033 and shall be signed by the Mayor under the seal of the municipality, and countersigned by the Clerk.
(1990 Code, § 1-716) (Ord. 521, passed 5-9-2000)
Statutory reference:
Related state law provisions, see Neb. RS 32-558, 32-1033