2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 32-224 — Counting board; when appointed; members; duties.

Section 32-224
Counting board; when appointed; members; duties.

(1) A counting board shall be appointed in a precinct when paper ballots are manually counted and the precinct has one hundred or more registered voters. In such a precinct, the election commissioner shall appoint two judges of election, two clerks of election, and a precinct inspector to serve as the counting board at the statewide primary and general elections. When paper ballots are manually counted and the precinct has less than one hundred registered voters, the receiving board shall count the ballots after the polls close.

(2) One judge and one clerk of election appointed pursuant to this section shall be a registered voter of the political party casting the highest number of votes in the county for Governor or for President of the United States in the immediately preceding general election, and one judge and one clerk of election shall be a registered voter of the political party casting the next highest number of votes in the county for Governor or for President of the United States in the immediately preceding general election, except that one of the judges or clerks of election may be a registered voter who is not affiliated with either of such political parties. One of the judges of election shall be appointed to assist the precinct or district inspector in bringing the ballot box and other supplies to the election office after the count has been completed.

Source:

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 44

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska