When any final canvass of primary election returns has been completed by the county board of canvassers, the county election officer shall prepare and issue a certificate of nomination to each person nominated. When any final canvass of general election returns has been completed by the county board of canvassers, the county election officer shall prepare and issue a certificate of election for each person elected. Certificates of nomination shall specify with particularity the office to which the person has been nominated, and if the election is on a partisan basis, the political party of the candidate. Certificates of election shall specify with particularity the office to which the person has been elected. The secretary of state may prescribe by rules and regulations the form and content of certificates of nomination and certificates of election.