Article 12 - RETURNS

Section 21-2-490 - Hours of operation of office of superintendent and chairperson of county board of registrars on primary and election days; applicability to counties having population of 550,000 or more
Section 21-2-491 - Public inspection of unsealed returns at office of superintendent; opening of sealed envelopes upon order of superintendent or court
Section 21-2-492 - Computation and canvassing of returns; notice of place where returns will be computed and canvassed; blank forms for making statements of returns; swearing of assistants
Section 21-2-493 - Computation, canvassing, and tabulation of returns; investigation of discrepancies in vote counts; recount procedure; pilot program for posting of digital images of scanned paper ballots; certification of returns; change in returns
Section 21-2-494 - Computation and certification of write-in votes
Section 21-2-495 - Procedure for recount or recanvass of votes; losing candidate's right to a recount; rules and regulations
Section 21-2-496 - Preparation and filing by superintendent of four copies of consolidated return of primary; electronic filing; superintendent to furnish final copy of each ballot used for primary
Section 21-2-497 - Preparation and filing by superintendent of four copies of consolidated return of elections; superintendent to furnish final copy of each ballot used for election
Section 21-2-498 - Precertification tabulation audits
Section 21-2-498.1 - [Pilot program for auditing of paper ballot images using optical character recognition technology or other related technology]
Section 21-2-499 - Duty of Secretary of State as to tabulation, computation, and canvassing of votes for state and federal officers; certification of presidential electors by Governor
Section 21-2-500 - Delivery of voting materials; presentation to grand jury in certain cases; preservation and destruction; destruction of unused ballots
Section 21-2-501 - Number of votes required for election; runoff
Section 21-2-501.1 - [Repealed] Timing whenever a municipal general primary is held in conjunction with the general primary in even-numbered years
Section 21-2-502 - Issuance of certificates of election and commission; Governor's proclamation as to constitutional amendments
Section 21-2-503 - Issuance of commission to person whose election is contested; procedure upon finding that person to whom commission was issued was not legally elected; swearing into office of person whose election is contested
Section 21-2-504 - Special primary or election upon failure to nominate or elect or upon death, withdrawal, or failure of officer-elect to qualify