§ 17-22-5 - Certificates of election – Statement to secretary of state.
SECTION 17-22-5
§ 17-22-5 Certificates of election –Statement to secretary of state. – (a) The state board shall immediately, after the result has been ascertained,furnish to each candidate elected a certificate of that candidate's election,and shall deliver to the secretary of state, who shall keep it on file in thesecretary's office, a statement of:
(1) The number of votes cast in each voting district, town,and city for each candidate;
(2) The total number cast in the state for each of thecandidates for electors and for general officers;
(3) The total number cast in each congressional district foreach candidate for representative in congress;
(4) The total number cast in each senatorial andrepresentative district for each candidate for senator and representative inthe general assembly;
(5) The number of votes cast in each voting district, town,and city for and against any proposed amendment of the Constitution, orquestion submitted to the electors of the state;
(6) The total number of votes cast in the state for andagainst any proposed amendment or question;
(7) The names of the respective candidates elected and theoffices to which they have been respectively elected;
(8) Whether or not the proposed amendment has been adopted;and
(9) Whether or not any question has been assented to by theelectors of the state.
(b) The certificates and statement shall be signed by theboard and shall be final and conclusive evidence of the matters contained inthem and of the title of the persons declared elected to the offices for whichthey have severally received certificates of election, except as otherwiseprovided in the Constitution of this state.