b. The counting team shall show each observer the completed tally sheet
before the team takes the sheet to the City Clerk who will add the results of
each counting team on a master tally sheet. Observers are encouraged to
document the tally sheet result for their candidate and to verify that the team
count is accurately entered on the master tally sheet.
16.When all teams counting ballots from the same polling place have completed their
counts, the Board of Aldermen will rule on all challenged ballots from that polling
place. If the Board’s decision is protested, the City Clerk will attach on the
protested ballot a statement of fact. Protested ballots shall be separately
preserved.
17. The candidate who requested the recount may cancel same at any time during the
procedure, at which time the City Clerk will publicly announce the candidate’s
request to cancel the recount and that particular recount will cease at once. The
official results for the election shall be those results announced immediately after
the election.
18. The City Clerk will maintain a tally sheet showing the old and new figures and at
the completion of a recount will present the Board of Aldermen with those figures.
The Board of Aldermen shall then dectare the results of such recount or contest.
