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Counting Votes Before the Polls are Closed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Lucile McCarthy
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library

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Legislative Notes and Reviews
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1925

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References

1 The following citations give the original and amending acts:

Missouri, Laws 1875, p. 51, sec. 3; Revised Statutes, 1879, sec. 5495; Laws 1907, p. 260; Laws 1915, p. 281.

Idaho, Session Laws 1899, p. 372; 1909, p. 196, H. B, 16, sec. 21.

Texas, General Laws, first special session 1905, ch. 11.

Oklahoma, Session Laws 1907, ch. 31.

Colorado, Session Laws 1913, ch. 76; 1915, ch. 77.

Kansas, Session Laws 1915, ch. 205; 1917, ch. 179, 180; 1921, ch. 181.

Nebraska, Laws 1917, ch. 32; 1919, ch. 83; 1921, ch. 87.

West Virginia, Acts 1917, ch. 37.

Iowa, Session Laws 1921, ch. 60.

Oregon, General Laws 1921, ch. 161.

Utah, Laws 1925, ch. 34.

Georgia does not provide for double election boards, but does provide that “The superintendents may begin to count the votes at any time in their discretion, but they shall not do so until the polls are closed if a candidate in person or by written authority objects.” Polit. Code 1914, sec. 82 (6). A letter from the legislative reference department of the Georgia state library says “It is customary to count the votes upon the close of the polls.”

2 Colorado, Compiled Laws 1921Google Scholar, sections 7683–7692.

3 Idaho, Compiled Statutes, sec. 627631.Google Scholar

4 Iowa, Code 1924Google Scholar, sec. 887–903.

5 Kansas, Revised Statutes 1923Google Scholar, ch. 25, art. 5.

6 Michigan, Compiled Laws 1922Google Scholar, sec. 3848 (170)–3848–(174).

7 Missouri, Revised Statutes 1919Google Scholar, sections 4776–4781.

8 Nebraska, Compiled Statutes 1922Google Scholar, sections 1925–26, 1958, 2020–22, 2032.

9 Oklahoma, Compiled Statutes 1921Google Scholar, section 6144–55.

10 Oregon, Session Laws 1921Google Scholar, chapter 181.

11 Texas, Complete Statutes 1920Google Scholar, articles 2921, 2923–24, 3006–24.

12 Utah, Laws 1925Google Scholar, chapter 34.

13 West VirginiaCode 1923, pp. 3234.Google Scholar

14 Original law and Revised Code of 1908 read “when 50 votes have been cast.” The election law pamphlet of 1924 and the compiled statutes read five votes.”

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