19:58-28. Canvass of presidential ballots The inner envelopes containing the Presidential ballots shall be opened and the Presidential ballots shall be removed therefrom and counted, and the votes so cast canvassed, and the results thereof certified, by the county board of elections and the votes so counted and canvassed shall be counted, in determining the result of the election of such electors, at the same time and in the same manner as is required by the act hereby supplemented in the case of absentee ballots, except that it shall only be necessary to count or canvass such votes on a county wide basis and not on a ward and district basis. L.1964, c. 134, s. 28. Amended by L.1972, c. 86, s. 1, eff. July 10, 1972.
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