Section 31-10-1202 - Imperfect returns

When the clerk and his assistant find that the returns from any precinct do not strictly conform to the requirements of law in making, certifying, and returning the same, the votes cast in such precinct nevertheless shall be canvassed and counted if such returns are sufficiently explicit to enable such persons authorized to canvass votes and returns to determine therefrom how many votes were cast for the several candidates.L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1066, § 1, effective July 1.This section is similar to former § 31-10-1002 as it existed prior to 1975.