§ 16.1-15-01 Ballots void and not counted – Part of ballot may be counted
§ 16.1-15-01.1 Counting write-in votes
§ 16.1-15-02 Board of election to generate canvass reports – Location – Public may attend
§ 16.1-15-04 Canvass report prepared by election board for county auditor
§ 16.1-15-05 Oath required of members of election board upon completion of canvass – Contents
§ 16.1-15-06 Canvass report and pollbooks sent to county auditor – Compensation for making returns
§ 16.1-15-07 County auditor not to refuse election returns if delivered in undirected manner – Informality in holding election
§ 16.1-15-08 Wrapping and returning of ballots to county recorder – Ballots set aside to election official administering the election
§ 16.1-15-09 Voting systems – Returns
§ 16.1-15-10 Failure of voting system – Counting by alternate method
§ 16.1-15-12 Care and custody of ballot boxes and voting machines
§ 16.1-15-13 County recorder to keep ballots – Exception – Use of ballots as evidence
§ 16.1-15-14 Failure to comply with formalities not to invalidate election – Evidence of compliance
§ 16.1-15-15 County canvassing board – Composition
§ 16.1-15-16 Qualifications of members of canvassing board – Replacements – Quorum
§ 16.1-15-17 Time of county canvassing board meeting – Oath required – Reconsideration of canvass
§ 16.1-15-18 Compensation as members of board
§ 16.1-15-19 County canvassing board to disregard technicalities, misspelling, and abbreviations – Ballots set aside – Write-in votes canvassed – Votes from unestablished polling places disregarded
§ 16.1-15-20 County canvassing board may subpoena members of election board to correct errors – Failure to obey subpoena is a contempt
§ 16.1-15-21 Primary election statement prepared by county canvassing board – Contents
§ 16.1-15-22 County auditor to transmit abstract of votes to secretary of state after primary election
§ 16.1-15-23 Notice of nomination given candidate for county office by county auditor – Publication of findings of canvassing board
§ 16.1-15-24 Abstracts of votes of general election made by county canvassing board – Contents
§ 16.1-15-25 County auditor to forward abstract of votes of general election to secretary of state – Contents – Abstract for presidential electors
§ 16.1-15-26 Notification of date of receiving returns in secretary of state’s office
§ 16.1-15-27 Abstract of votes – Secretary of state to record – Failure of county auditor to send – Messenger dispatched
§ 16.1-15-28 Certificate of election for officers elected in county at general election
§ 16.1-15-29 Determining tie vote in county offices
§ 16.1-15-30 Determining tie vote for legislative assembly
§ 16.1-15-31 County auditor to make certificate for payment of election officials – Payment
§ 16.1-15-32 County auditor to publish returns of election
§ 16.1-15-33 State canvassing board – Membership – Oath – Quorum – Compensation
§ 16.1-15-34 Member of state canvassing board – When disqualified
§ 16.1-15-35 Meeting of state canvassing board
§ 16.1-15-36 Returns to be canvassed by state canvassing board
§ 16.1-15-37 Examination of abstracts by state canvassing board – Messenger dispatched to county when error discovered
§ 16.1-15-38 Adjournment of state canvassing board
§ 16.1-15-39 Disagreements in canvassing returns by canvassing board – Disregarding technicalities, misspelled words, and abbreviations
§ 16.1-15-40 Abstract prepared by state canvassing board for primary election – Contents – Signing – Candidate notified of nomination
§ 16.1-15-41 Statements of general or special election prepared by state canvassing board – Contents
§ 16.1-15-42 Certificate of result of general or special election by state canvassing board – Secretary of state to receive
§ 16.1-15-43 When special election ordered
§ 16.1-15-44 Secretary of state to record statement of general or special election, prepare certificates of election, publish abstract
§ 16.1-15-45 Form of certificate of election for state officers – Signatures
§ 16.1-15-46 Members of legislative assembly to receive certificates of election
§ 16.1-15-47 Certificate of election to member of Congress – Signing – Delivering
§ 16.1-15-48 Canvassing returns of constitutional amendment or other proposition – Certified abstract of result – Contents
§ 16.1-15-49 Certified statement and determination of results of constitutional amendments and propositions recorded by secretary of state – Publishing
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 16.1-15 - Canvass of Votes - Canvassing Boards

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Ballot: means a paper ballot from which the votes for candidates and questions are tabulated by hand or by a voting system. See North Dakota Code 16.1-06-12
  • candidate: means :

    1. See North Dakota Code 16.1-01-00.1

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • paper: means any flexible material upon which it is usual to write. See North Dakota Code 1-01-27
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper alone as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto. See North Dakota Code 1-01-38
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Verified: means sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths. See North Dakota Code 1-01-42
  • Voting system: means the system and devices authorized under this chapter which may employ a ballot marking device with use of a touchscreen or other data entry device to record and count votes in an election. See North Dakota Code 16.1-06-12
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37