(1) After receiving the final abstracts of votes cast for all elections from the counties, including any recounts, the secretary of state shall prepare and certify the official statewide election results for all candidates, ballot issues, and ballot questions that the secretary of state certified for the ballot. For each contest, the certified election results must show the total number of votes received, with subtotals for each county in which the candidate was on the ballot, and the ballot wording for each ballot issue and ballot question.
In the event of tie votes, the secretary of state shall include the method of resolvingvotes and the final result in the statewide abstract of votes cast.
(Deleted by amendment, L. 99, p. 480, § 7, effective July 1, 1999.)
In the event that an accurate and verifiable determination of the count cannot bemade and therefore the secretary of state is unable to certify the election of any candidate, the secretary shall issue a report indicating the nature of the irregularity rather than issue a certification.
The secretary of state shall publish on a biennial basis an official abstract of votescast for all statewide elections held in the year of the general election and include the oddnumber year immediately preceding that general election. The abstract shall contain the following information:
All information included in the statewide abstract of votes cast, as provided in subsection (1) of this section;
The names of candidates elected to county offices and the offices for which theywere elected, as furnished by the county clerk and recorders;
The reconciled total number of active, registered voters in each county on electionday;
Based on the total number of registered voters, the percent of voter turnout in eachcounty; and
Any other information that the secretary of state determines would be interesting oruseful to the electorate or other elected officials.
(6) Upon the request of a county clerk and recorder, the secretary of state shall furnish a copy of the complete official biennial statewide abstract of votes to the county clerk and recorder, at no charge, no later than June of the odd-numbered year immediately following the general election.
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 777, § 13, effective January 1, 1993. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 1169, § 49, effective July 1. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 480, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2009: (5)(c) amended, (HB 09-1018), ch. 158, p. 685, § 7, effective August 5. L. 2010: (6) amended, (HB 10-1116), ch. 194, p. 839, § 25, effective May 5. L. 2012: (5)(d) amended, (HB 12-1292), ch. 181, p. 688, § 39, effective May 17. L. 2016: (1) amended, (SB 16142), ch. 173, p. 586, § 61, effective May 18.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-10-104 (2) as it existed prior to 1992.