Section 12. The duties of election officers
It shall be the duty of the election officers in all such districts to make a complete return of all primary elections to the county commissioners of the county wherein the land is actually situated, and they shall also mail to the county commissioners of the county wherein such borough is situated, or in which a majority of the residents of a consolidated borough resided at the time of consolidation, a return sheet of the same in so far as it relates to ward, borough, and school district offices, and votes on bond issues and other questions relating to borough and school district matters. The blanks and postage for which return sheets shall be furnished by the county commissioners wherein the said borough, or said larger population, is situated. The court or other authority whose duty it is to determine the result of any election for borough or school district bonds or other borough or school district questions shall consider these return sheets as part of the return of such elections, and count same in determining the result of such elections.
At elections (excluding primary elections), it shall be the duty of the election officers in such districts to make a complete return of said election to the proper court of the county wherein the land is actually situated, and they shall also mail to the proper court in the county wherein such borough is situated, or in which a majority of the residents of a consolidated borough resided at the time of consolidation, a return sheet thereof in so far as the same relates to ward, borough, and school district offices. The blanks for said return sheets and the postage therefor shall be furnished by the county commissioners of the county wherein such borough, or said larger population, is situated. The judges of election in all such districts shall meet with the other election judges of the borough or consolidated borough, and, with said other election judges, determine who have been elected to the several ward and borough offices, and issue election certificates to them the same as if said borough was all in one county.
It shall also be the duty of the election officers to make a return to the proper court wherein such borough is situated, or in which a majority of the residents of a consolidated borough resided at the time of consolidation, giving the vote on all questions printed on the ballots which relate to borough and school district matters. The blanks and postage for making this return shall be furnished by the county commissioners of such county. 1923, June 28, P.L. 903, Sec. 12; 1937, June 4, P.L. 1613, Sec. 1.