§ 168.172State senators and representatives; certificate of election; publication of

certificate of determination and statement of votes; notice of election results.
 Sec. 172.
    The secretary of state or the county clerk shall file in his or her office and preserve the
 original statement and determination of the board of state canvassers or the board of county
 canvassers of the result of the election and shall immediately execute and cause to be
 delivered to the persons declared elected, a certificate of election, certified by him or her under
 the great seal of the state or the seal of the circuit court of the county. In each county which
 alone constitutes 1 or more senatorial or representative districts, the county clerk may cause a
 copy of the certificate of determination, together with a statement of votes cast at the election
 for the officers, to be published in at least 1 newspaper printed or circulated, or both, in that



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 county. The county clerk shall notify the daily or weekly newspapers of the election results, in
 writing, as soon as practical after that information becomes available.