§ 24.2-657. Determination of vote on voting equipment.
In the presence of all persons who may be present lawfully at the time,giving full view of the voting equipment and counters or printed returnsheets, the officers of election shall determine and announce the results asshown by the counters or printed return sheets, including the votes recordedfor each office on the write-in ballots, and shall also announce the vote onevery question. The vote as registered shall be entered on the statement ofresults. When completed, the statement shall be compared with the number onthe counters on the equipment or on the printed return sheets. If, on allmechanical or direct electronic voting devices, the number of persons votingin the election, or the number of votes cast for any office or on anyquestion, totals more than the number of names on the pollbooks of personsvoting on the devices, then the figures recorded by the devices shall beaccepted as correct. A statement to that effect shall be entered by theofficers of election in the space provided on the statement of results.
(Code 1950, § 24-312; 1966, c. 453; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-222; 1974, c. 428;1979, c. 329; 1981, c. 425; 1983, c. 461; 1985, c. 458; 1993, c. 641.)
§ 24.2-657. Determination of vote on voting equipment.
In the presence of all persons who may be present lawfully at the time,giving full view of the voting equipment and counters or printed returnsheets, the officers of election shall determine and announce the results asshown by the counters or printed return sheets, including the votes recordedfor each office on the write-in ballots, and shall also announce the vote onevery question. The vote as registered shall be entered on the statement ofresults. When completed, the statement shall be compared with the number onthe counters on the equipment or on the printed return sheets. If, on allmechanical or direct electronic voting devices, the number of persons votingin the election, or the number of votes cast for any office or on anyquestion, totals more than the number of names on the pollbooks of personsvoting on the devices, then the figures recorded by the devices shall beaccepted as correct. A statement to that effect shall be entered by theofficers of election in the space provided on the statement of results.
(Code 1950, § 24-312; 1966, c. 453; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-222; 1974, c. 428;1979, c. 329; 1981, c. 425; 1983, c. 461; 1985, c. 458; 1993, c. 641.)
§ 24.2-657. Determination of vote on voting equipment.
In the presence of all persons who may be present lawfully at the time,giving full view of the voting equipment and counters or printed returnsheets, the officers of election shall determine and announce the results asshown by the counters or printed return sheets, including the votes recordedfor each office on the write-in ballots, and shall also announce the vote onevery question. The vote as registered shall be entered on the statement ofresults. When completed, the statement shall be compared with the number onthe counters on the equipment or on the printed return sheets. If, on allmechanical or direct electronic voting devices, the number of persons votingin the election, or the number of votes cast for any office or on anyquestion, totals more than the number of names on the pollbooks of personsvoting on the devices, then the figures recorded by the devices shall beaccepted as correct. A statement to that effect shall be entered by theofficers of election in the space provided on the statement of results.
(Code 1950, § 24-312; 1966, c. 453; 1970, c. 462, § 24.1-222; 1974, c. 428;1979, c. 329; 1981, c. 425; 1983, c. 461; 1985, c. 458; 1993, c. 641.)
