| 单词 | returning officer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreturning officer returning officer n. Politics the official whose duty it is to conduct or preside at an election, and to report the result to the proper authority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [noun] > election officials scrutator1618 scrutineer1682 scrutinator1691 returning officer1728 presiding officer1745 viander1751 warden1763 poll clerk1783 canvasser1792 polling clerk1833 tally-clerk1890 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband i. i. 13 He had scarce a Vote, in the whole Town, beside the Returning Officer. 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 15 If your worship has any objection to Crispin Steel-Tap, the Cobler's being returning officer? 1818 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 644 He objected..to the power given to the returning officers to appoint any number of constables. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vi. 62 An elector might bring actions at law against returning officers for refusing his vote. 1911 E. E. Stenberg Principal Electoral Syst. 24 The Returning Officer then proceeds to re-examine and transfer such candidate's Ballot Papers, according to the preferences shown thereon. 1964 Western Polit. Q. 17 60 The actual names of the poll captains were taken from lists supplied by the party headquarters or from lists of party-selected enumerators submitted to the local returning officer. 2004 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 28 June a3 The counted ballots and other election documents are sealed in the ballot box and delivered to the returning officer for validation. < as lemmas |
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