Election Returns
Election Returns: Tallies of votes cast in an election after the polls have been closed for voting.
Definition
Tallies of votes cast in an election after the polls have been closed for voting.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
While the term has the informal meaning of the “r esults of an election,” it is precisely defined in some state statutes, generally encompassing “that which is returned to the county by the local boards of election.” In New Mexico, it is “the certificate of the precinct board showing the total number of votes cast for each candidate, or for or against each proposed constitutional amendment or other question, and may include st atements of canvass, signature rosters, poll books, tally books, machine printed returns a nd, in any canvass of returns for county candidates, the original certificates of registration in the possession of the county clerk, together with the copies of certificates of regi stration in the office of the county clerk.” N. M. Stat. Ann. §1-1-8.