46-116 Election officers; powers and duties; hours of election. - Nebraska Statutes

46-116. Election officers; powers and duties; hours of election.One of the judges shall be chairman of the election board and may (1) administer all oaths required in the progress of an election, and (2) appoint judges and clerks, if during the progress of the election any judge or clerk ceases to act. Any member of the board of election, or any clerk thereof, may administer and certify oaths required to be administered during the progress of an election. Before opening the polls each member of the board must take and subscribe to an oath to faithfully perform the duties imposed upon him by law. Any elector of the precinct may administer and certify such oath. The polls must be opened at 8 a.m., on the morning of the election and be kept open until 6 p.m., of the same day; Provided, in districts embracing twelve thousand acres or less, the polls may, by direction of the board of directors, be opened at 1 p.m., and be kept open until 5:30 p.m., of the same day. SourceLaws 1895, c. 70, § 6, p. 274; Laws 1913, c. 22, § 1, p. 94; R.S.1913, § 3462; C.S.1922, § 2862; C.S.1929, § 46-106; R.S.1943, § 46-116.