Revised Statues - Chapter 32 Elections

Prior to 1 p.m. on election day, the election commissioner or county clerk shall post in a conspicuous place in his or her office a notice stating the day and hour when the county canvassing board will sit as an absentee ballots counting board. At any time not earlier than 10 a.m. and not later than 1 p.m. on the second day after any election as posted by the election commissioner or county clerk, the county canvassing board shall begin to sit as an absentee ballots counting board to count the remaining absentee ballots received in the office of the election commissioner or county clerk not later than 10 a.m. on the second day after the election. The ballots shall be counted in the same manner as provided in sections 32-1001 to 32-1026. The election commissioner or county clerk shall release the returns upon the completion of counting the absentee ballots.