50.11  Proclamation of result.

When the canvass is completed one of the precinct election officials shall publicly announce the total number of votes received by each of the persons voted for, the office for which the person is designated, as announced by the designated tally keepers, and the number of votes for, and the number of votes against, any proposition which shall have been submitted to a vote of the people, and the precinct election official shall communicate said information by telephone or telegraph or in person to the commissioner who is conducting the election immediately upon completion of the canvass; and the commissioner shall remain on duty until such information is communicated to the commissioner from each polling place in the commissioner's county.

Section History: Early form

  [C97, § 1142; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 850; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 50.11]

Internal References

  Referred to in § 43.45, 51.7, 52.21, 52.32, 52.37


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