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Show Vote Couullns in South Cur-olluu. Cur-olluu. The law relative to the counting of votes in South Carohua is very severe. It was enacted ut the time ol the ku klux troubles, and was designed to give the ballot box the utmost possible possi-ble protec.ioo. The process is this: On the day of election the local election elec-tion officers count the voles and make a certificate of the returns. The ballots bal-lots are sealed in their boxes and a certificate ol the returns is sealed in a separate package. There is no official copy kept of it. The certificates certifi-cates and boxes are returned to the county electiou commissioners, who canvass the vote and listen to charges of irregularities and correct them. Their Bpecial duty is to nee whether the certification ol Iho returns agrees with the number and character of the votes in the ba lot buxes. The county commissioners then transmit the certificates cer-tificates with their comments to the state bo.inl ol ciuvasseiy, themselves retaining the ballot boxes. The return re-turn of the county canvassers is generally gen-erally considered official, but its not final till after examination and approval ap-proval by the elate loard of canvassers. can-vassers. The latter have the right to supervise the uitirc- count and lo send for the ballot buxes if necessary. The county caovassers will examine the county returns on next Tuesday. Until then the exact official result will not be known. Any result announced an-nounced as official before that time must be made up froji private memoranda. mem-oranda. The state board of can-vasser can-vasser wili not begin their canvass before oiiq week from next Monday. Till that time tho formal official announcement of the result in South Carolina will not b made. |