§ 3068. Disposition of returns; posting; return of district register and voting check list | Statutes | Westlaw

(a) The general return sheet, duplicate return sheets, and statement, shall be printed to conform to the type of voting machine used, and in form approved by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The designating number and letter, if any, on the counter for each candidate, shall be printed thereon opposite the candidate's name: Provided, however, That it shall not be necessary to print the name or designating counter number or letter of any candidate for any borough, township, ward, or election district office. Immediately after the vote has been ascertained, the statement thereof shall be posted on the door of the polling place. The minority inspector shall retain one of said duplicate return sheets, one numbered list of voters, sealed as aforesaid, and one set of oaths of election officers and carefully preserve the same for a period of at least one year. The other duplicate return sheet, numbered list of voters, oaths of election officers, and affidavits of voters and others, shall be sealed up and given to the judge of election, who shall deliver them, together with the general return sheet and the package of ballots deposited, written or affixed in or upon the voting machine, to the county board. If the type of voting machine is equipped with mechanism for printing paper proof sheets, one of said proof sheets shall be posted on the door of the polling place with the statement aforesaid; one shall be retained by the minority inspector; one shall be placed in the envelope and delivered with the general return sheet; and one shall be sealed in the envelope with the duplicate return sheets and delivered by the judge of election to the county board. The printed proof sheet returned with the general return sheet, and the printed proof sheet returned with the duplicate return sheet, shall each be part of the return of the election. The judge of elections shall return to the county board by two o'clock A. M. on the day following the election envelopes; supplies, including all uncast provisional ballots; and returns, including all provisional ballots and absentee ballots cast in the election district.

(b) Immediately upon completion of the count and tabulation of the vote cast, the district register and the voting check list shall be locked and sealed, and returned forthwith by the judge of election to the custody of the proper registration commission. In cities of the first class, the registration commission shall designate police stations at which it will accept such custody.