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	Returning Officer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In United Kingdom, a Returning Officer is responsible for overseeing elections in one or more constituencies.
		In England and Wales the post of Returning Officer is an honorary one, held by the High Sheriff of the county, and in practice the job is delegated to an Acting Returning Officer, who is a civil servant in the local authority.
		In Hong Kong, the returning officer is usually a judge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Returning_Officer (133 words)

	Dominica Electoral Law: PART IV
		The returning officer shall, as soon as he has ascertained the result of the poll, forthwieth publicly declare the result and announce the candidate to whome most votes have been given to be elected as the member for the constituency.
		A premature return shall be deemed not to have reached the Chief Elections Officer until the same shoudl have reached him in due course, and he shall, if circumstances so require, sned back the return and any or all election documents connected therewith to the returning officer for completion or correction.
		Forthwith upon making the return to the writ in accordance with the provisions of section 44, the returning officer shall cause the ballot boxes used thereat, with the locks and keys, to be deposited in the custody of the member of the police service in charge of a police station in the constituency.
	www.georgetown.edu /pdba/Electoral/Dominica/part4.html (906 words)

	Council of Architecture :: Rules - 1973
		Returning Officer - The Returning Officer shall call upon all the head of architectural institutions in India to elect such number of members as are referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (3) of section 3 and in the case of first election, five members shall be elected.
		The Returning Officer shall open the outer envelopes immediately after the closing of the poll at the place to which the envelopes are addressed to him.
		The Returning Officer as soon as the result is declared shall inform the successful candidate by letter of his being elected to the Council.
	www.coa-india.org /acts/rules.htm (3215 words)

	Returning Officer Position Summary
		The Assistant Returning Officer assists the Returning Officer with his or her duties and must be able to take over from the Returning Officer in the case of resignation, illness etc.
		All Returning Officers are accountable to The Chief Electoral Officer.
		It is the responsibility of the Returning Officer to conduct a fair and impartial election in an electoral division.
	www.electionsmanitoba.ca /main/printer/ROjobsum.htm (978 words)

	Canada Elections Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Any additional officers, clerks and employees that the Chief Electoral Officer considers necessary for his or her exercise of powers, and discharge of duties, under this Act related to the preparation for, and the conduct of, an election may be employed, in the manner authorized by law, on a casual or temporary basis.
		The Chief Electoral Officer shall issue a writ in Form 1 of Schedule 1 to the returning officer for the electoral district in which the election is to be held without delay after the proclamation is issued by the Governor in Council.
		(3) The returning officer shall send one copy of the notice of grant of a poll to each deputy returning officer or central poll supervisor, as the case may be, and the officer or supervisor shall post the notice in his or her polling place.
	www.solon.org /Constitutions/Canada/English/Statutes/E-2.01.html (12606 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - The role and function of Returning Officers - Monday \| October 7, 2002
		The Returning Officer is an individual appointed by the EAC to supervise all the Electoral matters at the constituency level.
		All Returning Officers are appointed indefinitely, however, the EAC may terminate any appointment at any time or the Returning Officer may resign the commission (in writing) at any time.
		The Returning Officer is assisted at the constituency level by an Assistant Returning Officer and a Clerical Assistant.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20021007/news/news9.html (432 words)

	const_preselection1
		A Returning Officer in any preselection may appoint assistants who shall not be a nominee, endorsed candidate, or elected representative of the Party (or an employee or relative of a nominee, endorsed candidate, or elected representative).
		When the Returning Officer is satisfied that the conditions prescribed in clause 5(2) have been complied with, the Returning Officer shall declare the nomination for preselection valid, otherwise the Returning Officer shall declare the nomination invalid.
		The Returning Officer, or his assistant(s), shall verify against the roll that each voting preselector is eligible to vote and has not already been issued with a ballot paper, and shall mark off each voting preselector’s name prior to issuing a ballot paper validated with a distinguishing mark.
	www.geocities.com /pacific_future/const_preselection1.html (2270 words)

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		Subject to the provisions of the Act the Nanonal Returning Officer and Deputy NalionaI Returning Officers shall have responsibility for the conduct of all ballots in the Union in accordance with the Rules.
		They shall be present at all stages of the ballot while the Returning Officer carries out the procedures under the Rules and to direct the attention of the returning officer to any irregularity concerning the carrying out of any step in the ballot.
		They shall not obstruct the returning officer in the performance of the returning officer's duties nor interfere with the conduct of the ballot.
	www.angelfire.com /ma/rank/rule42.html (2229 words)

	Office of the Chief Electoral Officer - Provincial Returning Officer Information
		The returning officers are appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to serve in each electoral district in the province.
		Reporting to the Chief Electoral Officer, the returning officer is responsible for the administrative conduct of the election within the electoral district.
		As soon as the writs are issued, offices must be open and returning officers must hire staff and train the dozens of election officers needed to enumerate and compile the official list of voters in order to ascertain that every eligible voter has an opportunity to have his or her name placed on the list.
	www.gnb.ca /elections/95prov/97jun23/97jun23rolist-e.asp (178 words)

	HYDERABAD: Notices issued to returning officer: Local government by-polls -DAWN - Local; 21 March, 2004
		They stated that the returning officer sought verification from the BISE which confirmed that date of birth of Mr Shah was Jan 23, 1982.
		Even they, they stated, the returning officer accepted nomination form of the respondent with the result that the petitioners preferred an election appeal before the district returning officer, who is the sessions judge, Nawabshah.
		He prayed the court to issue directives to the returning officer and district returning officer to reject nomination forms of the respondents.
	www.dawn.com /2004/03/21/local34.htm (475 words)

	Belize Elections & Boundaries Department.
		The Returning Officer is the Chief Administrator in the conduct of elections.
		The Returning Officer is to maintain a record of elections for which proxies have been appointed and the names and addresses of the persons so appointed.
		In such a case, the Presiding Officer is to mark the vote for the elector in the presence of the polling agents and deposit the ballot paper in the ballot box.
	www.belize-elections.org /guide_officials.html (4020 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		However, the ruling does not alter the present position of law that during the process of counting of ballots, or after the counting is over but before the result is declared, a candidate can press for recounting for which an order could be issued by the returning officer.
		The defeated candidate pressed for recounting, which was ordered by the returning officer, and was later declared elected.
		The Supreme Court today said a returning officer cannot order for recounting once the results were “officially declared” and the best that he could do was “only correct a clerical mistake”.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1021127/asp/nation/story_1423811.asp (317 words)

	Dominica Electoral Law: PART II
		The Chief Elections Officer shall, subject to the approval of the Commission, appoint a presiding officer for each polling station in the constituency who shall receive such remuneration as may be prescribe.
		If any presiding officer dies or becomes incapable of performing his duties during the taking of the poll, the poll clerk shall forthwith assume the office of presiding officer and shall appoint some other person to act as poll clerk.
		Oaths to be taken before justice of the peace, returning officers, presiding officers or poll clerks.
	www.georgetown.edu /pdba/Electoral/Dominica/part2.html (494 words)

	The Federal Returning Officer - Elections, European elections
		The Land Returning Officer and his or her deputy shall be appointed indefinitely.
		The appointing agency shall publicly announce the name of the Land Returning Officer and his or her deputy as well as the addresses of their offices, with telephone, telex and fax numbers.
		(3) Prior to polling, the Electoral Officer and his or her deputy shall be advised by the local authorities of the commune that they are bound to perform the duties of their offices impartially and to maintain secrecy on information to which they attain access as a result of their official activities.
	www.bundeswahlleiter.de /wahlen/e/euwahl_rechtsgr04er1.htm (1557 words)

	Mission Statement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Election Committee will elect one of their number as the Election Returning Officer and it will be the responsibility of the Election Returning Officer to ensure that the election of candidates for the IEEE Section Committee is fair and unbiased.
		The Election Returning Officer appointed for the AGM will be unable to stand as a candidate for the IEEE Section Committee that is to be appointed at the AGM.
		The Election Returning Officer, at his/her discretion, can extend this time the ballot boxes remain open if there is a queue of members who wish to cast their votes.
	www.ewh.ieee.org /r10/singapore/Election_Rules.htm (1853 words)

	Elections : Returning Officer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Returning Officers for the 2004/5 elections are Sara Vaughan, Ben Archibald, Damien Kavanagh.
		Note: The Returning Officer is an independent person who is not connected with any of the candidates in a manner that is likely to influence the election.
		Any complaints regarding the conduct of the count must be made in writing to the Returning Officer or his/her nominee not later than the close of office hours on the day after the announcement of the result.
	www.uusu.org /main/election/returning.htm (601 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		An elector who is voting in person in the office of the returning officer can use an ordinary ballot if these ballots have already been printed at the time he or she is voting.
		The ballots of Canadian residents voting in their ridings are counted in the office of each returning officer, on polling night, by a deputy returning officer and poll clerk appointed by the returning officer.
		The returning officers concerned are informed of the total group 1 result for their ridings by memorandum, after the polling stations close on polling day.
	www.mult-sclerosis.org /news/Nov2000/DisabledVotersCanada.html (3522 words)

	Fleet Representative Election Rules
		The Returning Officer will announce the results before 17.00 GMT on the Sunday after the voting has closed and the duly elected Fleet Representative will begin his/her term at that time.
		All votes are to be counted by the Returning Officer, the Chief of Comm.
		5.4 The Returning Officer will investigate any complaint unless they themselves are involved, have been implicated or their position has become compromised, in which case, an investigative officer will be assigned at the *Chief Justice's discretion.
	www.s47.org /reprules.php (1190 words)

	The Hindu : National : Congress objections referred to Returning Officer
		The Election Commission today requested the Returning Officer to reconsider the nomination papers of the two Congress candidates in the Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.
		"It is for the Returning Officer to consider all relevant matters with due and deliberate care and pass such appropriate order in his quasi-judicial capacity as he may deem fit," the Commission, which has limited power in the matter, said in its communication.
		The Commission yesterday stayed the Rajya Sabha results from Uttar Pradesh after the Congress complained that the nominations of its two candidates were rejected "unconstitutionally and unlawfully." The party had alleged that the Returning Officer was "biased" and was acting under pressure from the Samajwadi Party-led State Government.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/06/23/stories/2004062303011100.htm (262 words)

	LAHORE: RO, subordinate refuse to depose before ECP -DAWN - Local; January 19, 2003
		LAHORE, Jan 18: The returning officer for PP-147 and his subordinate staff on Saturday refused to depose before the inquiry team of the Election Commission of Pakistan.
		Both the officers argued that they had already deposed before the DRO on the matter and they were instructed not to make a statement before any other inquiry team.
		An official of the DRO office, while requesting anonymity, told Dawnthat he had defended the stance of both the returning officer and his assistant before the inquiry team and had asked it to get a formal permission from the DRO for recording their statements.
	www.dawn.com /2003/01/19/local35.htm (465 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Election 2005 \| The Basics \| Glossary of election terms
		The returning officer has the final say on whether a recount takes place.
		Returning officer The official in charge of elections in each of the constituencies.
		The returning officer has the final say over whether any paper not marked with a single cross is valid.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4346975.stm (1644 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 332 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The EC also directed the returning officer, Mohammad Golam Quddus, also additional divisional commissioner of Chittagong, to take effective measures against violation of electoral code of conduct by the contenders in the polls.
		The returning officer, Additional Divisional Commissioner (Revenue) Humayun Kabir, Deputy Election Commissioner for Chittagong Division Biswas Lutfur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner Nesar Ahmed Rumi, Deputy Inspector General of Police Majedul Haq, CMP Commissioner Amjad Hossain, Col Arefin, Col Khaleque, sector commander of Bangladeshi Rifles and chief metropolitan magistrate attended the meeting.
		But EC officials said it is the jurisdiction of the returning officer to decide about army deployment and take necessary measures related to law and order.
	www.thedailystar.net /2005/05/05/d5050501011.htm (547 words)

	Case Report Muhammadu Buhari et al v Olusegun Obasanjo et al (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Your petitioners plead that this failure, neglect, or omission robbed all the officers who participated in the conduct of the election of the fundamental competence to participate in the conduct of the election.
		The Commanding Officer posted the soldiers to the various local government areas and ordered them to report to the PDP liaison officers in their areas of posting.
		The Commanding Officer told his officers and men that the PDP liaison officers in their areas of posting had already been instructed to receive them.
	nigerdeltacongress.com /carticles/case_report_muhammadu_buhari_et.htm (10206 words)

	The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officer's Charges) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005
		The Schedule to this Order specifies the kinds of expenses incurred by a returning officer for or in connection with a parliamentary election in respect of which he is entitled to recover his charges, together (in the case of Part A) with the maximum recoverable amounts in respect of those charges.
		[2] Section 29(3) provides that a returning officer is entitled to recover his charges in respect of services properly rendered or expenses properly incurred for or in connection with a parliamentary election if the service or expenses are of a kind specified in an order made under that provision and the charges are reasonable.
		[3] The Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland is the returning officer for each constituency in Northern Ireland by virtue of section 26 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si2005/20051160.htm (2215 words)

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		The returning officer in the Permatang Pauh parliamentary constituency in Penang was wrong in not announcing the election result on polling night, the Election Court heard.
		Counsel Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said he was “worried” to hear returning officer Muzamin Mastak testified that he only needed to tell Barisan Nasional candidate Datuk Pirdaus Ismail, who was defeated in his bid for the seat.
		Shafee also said the returning officer should take the blame for the “strange phenomena” where the CCTV installed at the tallying centre “suddenly could not work” as its tape was in the officer's custody.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=8578983&postID=109860406857720141 (324 words)

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