§ 168.307Statement of returns; certification of election; votes subject to recount

Sec. 307.
    (1) The appropriate board of county canvassers as prescribed in section 24a shall canvass
 the votes for candidates for school board member and votes for and against a ballot question at
 a regular or special election in each school district. That number of candidates equal to the
 number of individuals to be elected who receive the greatest number of votes cast at the
 election, as set forth in the report of the board of county canvassers canvassing the votes,
 based upon the returns from the election precincts or as determined by the board of county


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 canvassers as a result of a recount, are elected to the office of school board member. Except as
 otherwise provided in section 24a(4), upon completion of the canvass, the board of county
 canvassers shall make a statement of returns and certify the election of school board members
 to the secretary of the school board, the county clerk, and, if other than the county clerk, the
 school district election coordinator.
    (2) The votes cast for a candidate for school board member or on a ballot question
 submitted to the electors at a school election are subject to recount as provided in chapter
 XXXIII. An individual elected to the office of school board member is subject to recall as
 provided in chapter XXXVI and in section 8 of article II of the state constitution of 1963.