Certified abstract of result - Contents. For the purpose of canvassing and ascertaining the result of the votes cast at any election upon any proposed amendment to the constitution, or any other proposition submitted to a vote Page No. 10 of the people, the state canvassing board shall proceed to examine the abstracts received by the secretary of state from the county auditors to ascertain and determine the result. The board shall certify a statement of the whole number of votes cast for and the whole number of votes cast against an amendment or proposition, and it shall determine whether the amendment or proposition has been approved and ratified by a majority of the electors voting thereon, and a certificate of that determination must be prepared and subscribed on the statement.
§ § 16.1-15-48Canvassing returns of constitutional amendment or other proposition -
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