Section 9-206. Canvass of election district returns of general and special elections  


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  • The canvassing board shall canvass the votes cast within  the
      county  for  state, county, city and town offices; also the vote cast on
      any ballot proposal.   The canvass by the  county  board  of  canvassers
      relating  to  the  offices of president and vice president of the United
      States,    governor,     lieutenant-governor,     state     comptroller,
      attorney-general,   United  States  senator,  member  of  the  house  of
      representatives, member of the state senate, member of the assembly  and
      any  ballot  proposal  shall  show  in  each election district the total
      number of persons voting at such election, the number of votes cast  for
      each  candidate, the number of unrecorded or blank votes for each of the
      above-mentioned offices and each ballot proposal.  Write-in  votes  cast
      for  president  or  vice president for persons who were not certified by
      the state board of elections as write-in  candidates  for  such  offices
      shall  not  be  canvassed  for  such  candidates but such votes shall be
      canvassed as void votes. If, during the  canvass,  there  shall  clearly
      appear  to  be  any  omission  or clerical mistake in the return for any
      district filed with the board of elections,  the  canvassing  board  may
      summon  the  election officers before the board, and such officers shall
      meet forthwith and make any necessary correction, in  order  that  their
      canvass  may  be correctly stated, but they shall not alter any decision
      theretofore made by them.