returning officer
a public official appointed to conduct and preside at an election.
Origin of returning officer
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How to use returning officer in a sentence
In Germany, an independent federal returning officer oversees a complex state and federal voting system.
A returning officer can only deal with objections arising out of the nomination paper.
The Master of Mrs. Chilvers | Jerome K. JeromeThe counting was most exciting; we kept side by side all the time, and at the close the returning officer declared we had tied.
From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography | George Edwards M.P., O.B.E.He spoke of the Acting returning officer as a most impartial, kind, and painstaking officer.
From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography | George Edwards M.P., O.B.E.The returning officer sits in an outer room, beyond which is an inner chamber with only one door, but with a desk.
Greater Britain | Charles Wentworth Dilke
The voter gives his name to the returning officer, and receives a white ticket bearing his number on the register.
Greater Britain | Charles Wentworth Dilke
British Dictionary definitions for returning officer
(in Britain, Canada, Australia, etc) an official in charge of conducting an election in a constituency or electoral district, who supervises the counting of votes and announces the results
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