When a city or part of a county is entitled to separate representation in the Legislature, the election commissioners shall prepare for the election, and shall receive and canvass the returns, declare the result, and transmit it to the Secretary of State, and act in all respects as in other elections.Derived from 1972 Code § 23-5-175 [Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 7, art 5 (16); 1857, ch. 4, art 5; 1880, § 131; 1892, § 3641: 1906, § 4148; Hemingway's 1917, § 6782; 1930, § 6253; 1942, § 3282; repealed by Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 335]; Laws, 1986, ch. 495, § 196, eff. 1/1/1987.Amended by Laws, 2017, ch. 441, HB 467, 128, eff. 7/1/2017.
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