16-648. Canvass for state offices, amendments and measures A. On the third Monday following a general election, the secretary of state, in the presence of the governor and the attorney general, shall canvass all offices for which the nominees filed nominating petitions and papers with the secretary of state pursuant to section 16-311, subsection E. B. The secretary of state, in the presence of the governor and the chief justice of the supreme court, shall canvass all proposed constitutional amendments and initiated or referred measures, as shown by the electronic or certified copies of the official canvass received from the several counties, and forthwith certify the result to the governor.
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