Sec. 9-300. Deposit of certificates.
Sec. 9-300. Deposit of certificates. The moderator shall forthwith endorse on such
certificates, in writing signed by him, that such certificates show the result of the official
count for each box, respectively, in his town or district. One of such certificates he shall
place in the ballot box and seal up with the votes cast and returned to that box. The
other, in towns not divided into voting districts, shall, on or before the following day,
be deposited in the office of the town clerk by the moderator. In towns divided into
voting districts, this second certificate shall forthwith be returned to the presiding officer
by the assistant presiding officers. On or before the following day, the presiding officer
shall deposit the certificates for his district with the town clerk, who shall carefully
preserve the same on file in his office. The presiding officer, after having ascertained
the result of the votes of the whole town, as given in the several districts, shall declare
the same in open meeting at the polling place where he presides. Such meeting shall
not be adjourned until such vote has been declared.
(1949 Rev., S. 1072; 1953, S. 777d.)
Return should disclose reason for rejection. 62 C. 261; 102 C. 583. See 104 C. 401.