Votes in excess of voter declarations.

If the number of votes cast for any office or on any question exceeds the number of voters’ declarations of eligibility signed as required by section 49.77 , such fact shall be certified, with the number of the excess, in the return. [C51, §263; R60, §498; C73, §627; C97, §1140; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 845; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §50.6 ]