(a) After the completion of the requirements of § 2-7-131, the duplicate tally sheets shall then be completed, showing the total number of votes cast for each office and question, the total number of votes cast for each candidate, including write-in candidates, and for each position on a question.(b) The duplicate tally sheets shall be certified correct and signed by each judge and by the officer of elections and shall be placed in the poll books.(c) A final proclamation shall then be made as to the total vote received by each candidate and for each position on questions.Acts 1972, ch. 740, § 1; T.C.A., § 2-732.
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