Section 34-713 - PREPARATION OF PRIMARY BALLOTS(1) Upon receipt of the sample ballot and instructions from the secretary of state, each county clerk shall print and prepare the official primary ballots for the forthcoming election. The printing of the ballots shall be a county expense and paid out of the county treasury.(2) Each county clerk shall cause to be published on the earliest date possible in May the names of all the political party candidates who shall appear on the primary ballot. The names shall be listed alphabetically under each particular office title.[34-713, added 1970, ch. 140, sec. 117, p. 351; am. 1975, ch. 174, sec. 13, p. 469; am. 1976, ch. 60, sec. 9, p. 205; am. 1979, ch. 309, sec. 7, p. 837; am. 2012 , ch. 33, sec. 3 , p. 103; am. 2015 , ch. 292, sec. 5 , p. 1168.]Amended by 2023 Session Laws, ch. 208,sec. 5, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2015 Session Laws, ch. 292, sec. 5, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by 2012 Session Laws, ch. 33, sec. 3, eff. 3/1/2012.