46-1,160 Merger of districts; election; ballots; canvass; board of directors.
46-1,160. Merger of districts; election; ballots; canvass; board of directors.It shall be the duty of the directors of the districts to be merged to provide ballots to be used at such election. The ballots shall be placed in the hands of the public election officers in the several voting precincts of each district prior to the opening of the polls on the day of such election, and the election shall be conducted in all respects in the same manner as provided by law for the election of directors of the districts. The return of the election, together with the ballots cast thereat, shall be certified by the election boards of such districts to the persons who will serve as the board of directors of the merged district if the merger is approved, within three days after the election, which board shall, on or before the third day after the election, canvass such returns and declare the result of such election, which result shall be at once recorded in the records of the district boards and certified to the county clerk. SourceLaws 1972, LB 1509, § 8.