(1) No later than the fourteenth day following the election, the canvass board shall make statements from the official abstract of votes that show the names of the candidates, any ballot issue or ballot question, and the number of votes given to each. The canvass board shall certify the statement to be correct and subscribe their names thereto. The canvass board shall then determine which persons have been duly elected by the highest number of votes and shall endorse and subscribe on such statements a certificate of their determination. The designated election official shall also file a copy of the certificate with the division of local government in the department of local affairs.(2) The designated election official shall make and transmit to each of the persons thereby declared to be elected a certificate of the person's election.Amended by 2016 Ch. 313,§ 15, eff. 8/10/2016.Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 52, § 6, effective February 18. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (HB 16-1442), ch. 313, p. 1269, § 15, effective August 10.