§ 168.888Board of state canvassers; return of ballots and election materials; concurrent

recount.
 Sec. 888.
   The board of state canvassers has the right and authority to demand and cause the ballots
 and election materials returned in connection with any election, and any other documents and
 reports as are considered necessary, to be brought before the several boards of county
 canvassers, and shall order that a concurrent recount of the votes be conducted for any office


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 or ballot question petitioned for under sections 861a to 876, if the votes appear on the same
 ballots as those which are to be recounted by the board of state canvassers. The concurrent
 recount must be under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the board of state canvassers.
 All ballots and election materials must be safely guarded and when no longer required must be
 delivered to the individuals charged with the care and custody of those items.