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returning officer
noun
- a public official appointed to conduct and preside at an election.
returning officer
noun
- (in Britain, Canada, Australia, etc) an official in charge of conducting an election in a constituency or electoral district, who supervises the counting of votes and announces the results
Word History and Origins
Origin of returning officer1
Example Sentences
In Alabama, the minimum compensation for poll workers is $50, which increases by $25 per training day, and an extra $25 if you’re a returning officer or clerk.
In Germany, an independent federal returning officer oversees a complex state and federal voting system.
A Returning Officer can only deal with objections arising out of the nomination paper.
The counting was most exciting; we kept side by side all the time, and at the close the Returning Officer declared we had tied.
He spoke of the Acting Returning Officer as a most impartial, kind, and painstaking officer.
The returning officer sits in an outer room, beyond which is an inner chamber with only one door, but with a desk.
The voter gives his name to the returning officer, and receives a white ticket bearing his number on the register.
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