returning officer

Labour reported the matter to the Police and the returning officer.

But then at 11.10, there was the result being read out, live, by the Torbay returning officer.

The returning officers, meanwhile, split into small groups and went a number of different directions.

The returning officer is the Chairman of the 1922 Committee.

The committee included a returning officer, a judge and a notable person from the constituency.

The provinces and territories of Canada each have their own returning officers.

Returning Officers received votes spoiled with his name in more recent elections.

A mob attacked and burnt the returning officers home, a few days later.

However the boxes were returned a day late after the riding returning officer ordered their return.

Prior to 1977 returning officers were appointed to oversee each election.

The divisional returning officer does not normally vote in an election.

Nominations opened for candidates to register with the returning officer on 23 July 2010.

In a general election year the Office employed returning officers for the 70 electorates.

The outer door opened to admit the returning officer.

The boxes were stored in a closet at the home of a deputy returning officer.

The returning officer may himself or herself lodge objections.

The party will today lodge a formal complaint to the returning officer in Barking.

Voters in this election cast their votes by telling the returning officer who they want to vote for.

In Australia, the returning officer now usually declares the two candidates that are most likely to win each seat.

The returning officer gave his casting vote to Lyons and declared him elected.

If so, the returning officer declares the candidate with the highest number of votes to be elected as President.

His wife, as mayor of the borough, was the returning officer who declared him elected.

Despite objections from the Conservatives, the women's nominations were accepted by the local returning officers.

The practical reason was that no decent housing existed in Russia for the returning officers.

He was elected by the casting vote of the borough's mayor as returning officer.