单词 | returning board |
释义 | > as lemmasreturning board returning board n. U.S. Politics (now chiefly historical) a board of officials appointed to ascertain and report the result of an election. ΚΠ 1872 Congress. Globe 10 Jan. 341/2 He does not pretend that the act of rejecting these votes was as the act of the returning board, consisting of the Governor, attorney general, and secretary of State, but as the act of the Governor himself. 1919 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 30 30 He..never questions his being counted in over Tilden by the famous returning boards in South Carolina and Louisiana. 2004 Independent 2 Nov. 30 The Democratic candidate wins the Florida election by 20,000 votes [in 1876]. However, the Board of Registration and the Returning Board are both controlled by Republicans. < as lemmas |
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