§ 4.90.020. Canvass of returns.

A.

No later than the Monday following each election, the election canvass board shall meet in public session and canvass all election returns. In full view of those present, the election canvass board shall judge the applicability of absentee and questioned ballots, shall open and tally those accepted, and shall compile the total votes cast in the election. The canvass of the ballot vote counted by the precinct election boards shall be accomplished by reviewing the tallies of the recorded vote to check for mathematical error by comparing totals with the precinct's certificate of results. All obvious errors found by the election canvass in the transfer of totals from the precinct tally sheets to the precinct certificate of results shall be corrected by the canvass board. A mistake which has been made in precinct returns that is not clearly an error in the transfer of the results from the tallies to the certificate of results empowers the canvassing board to recommend a recount of the results of the precinct or precincts for that portion of the returns in question.

B.

Upon completion of the canvass, the canvassing board shall prepare a final certificate of the results of votes cast by absentee, questioned and challenged ballots and of votes cast by regular ballot, and shall prepare a written report of the results to be submitted to the assembly.

C.

If election materials have not been received from a precinct prior to completion of the canvass, but election results have been transmitted by telephone, telegram, radio or electronic transmission, the canvassing board shall count the election results received. If the borough clerk has reason to believe that a missing precinct certificate, if received, would affect the result of the election, the clerk shall await the receipt of the certificate until 2:00 p.m. on the Tuesday following the election. If the certificate is not received by the clerk by 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, then the certificate shall not be counted nor included in the final certification of the canvassing board.

(Ord. No. 94-08, § 1(part), 1994; Ord. No. 84-28, § 1(part), 1984)