§ 168.842Board of state canvassers; meeting; time and place, notice, adjournment;

expedited canvass of returns.
 Sec. 842.
    (1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (2), the board of state canvassers, for the
 purpose of canvassing the returns and ascertaining and determining the result of an election,
 shall meet on or before the twentieth day after the election. The secretary of the board of state
 canvassers shall appoint the day of the meeting, which must be as soon as practicable after the
 receipt of the returns from the boards of county canvassers, and shall notify the other members
 of the board. Except as otherwise provided under subsections (2) and (3), the board shall
 complete the canvass and announce the board's determination not later than the twentieth day
 after the election. The board may at the time of its meeting canvass the returns for any office
 for which the returns have been received.
    (2) If the unofficial election returns show that the election of electors of President and Vice
 President of the United States is determined by a vote differential between the first place and
 second place candidates for President and Vice President of the United States of less than
 25,000 votes, the secretary of state shall direct the boards of county canvassers to canvass
 returns on an expedited schedule. The secretary of state may direct the boards of county
 canvassers to complete the canvass and certify the statements as required by law not later than
 the tenth day after the election.
    (3) The secretary of the board of state canvassers may appoint the day for the board of state
 canvassers to conduct the expedited canvass of the returns as required under subsection (2)
 and determine the results of that election. The day appointed for the expedited canvass must be
 as soon as practicable after receipt of the returns from the boards of county canvassers, but the
 board of state canvassers shall complete the canvass and announce the board's determination
 no later than the thirteenth day after the election.
    (4) If any statewide primary election has an unofficial vote differential of 1,500 votes or
 less, the secretary of state shall direct the board of state canvassers to canvass the returns of


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 that statewide primary election on an expedited schedule and shall appoint the day for the
 board of state canvassers to conduct the expedited canvass.
    (5) It is the ministerial, clerical, and nondiscretionary duty of the board of state canvassers,
 and each of the members of the board of state canvassers, to certify election results based
 solely on the certified statements of votes from counties.