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members of the Legislative Assembly. The persons having the highest number of votes for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, respectively, shall be declared elected, but if two or more shall have an equal and highest number of votes for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, the two houses of the legislative assembly, at its next regular session, shall forthwith, by joint ballot, choose one of such persons for said office. The returns of the election for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor shall be made in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.

3. III.

OHIO.

The returns of every election for the officers named in the foregoing section shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government, by the returning officers, directed to the president of the Senate, who, during the first week of the session, shall open and publish them, and declare the result, in the presence of a majority of the members of each house of the General Assembly. The person having the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected; but if any two or more shall be highest, and equal in votes for the same office, one of them shall be chosen by the joint vote of both houses.

6. V.

OREGON.

Contested elections for Governor shall be determined by the Legislative Assembly in such manner as may be prescribed by law.

RHODE ISLAND.

3. VIII.

The names of the persons voted for as Governor, Lieutenant

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Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney-General and General Treasurer shall be placed upon one ticket; and all votes for these officers shall, in open town or ward meetings, be sealed up by the moderators and town clerks and by the wardens and ward clerks, who shall certify the same and deliver or send them to the Secretary of State; whose duty it shall be securely to keep and deliver the same to the grand committee, after the organization of the two houses at the annual May session; and it shall be the duty of the two houses at said session, after their organization, upon the request of either house, to join in grand committee, for the purpose of counting and declaring said votes, and of electing other officers.

4. III.

SOUTH CAROLINA.

The returns of every election of Governor shall be sealed up by the managers of elections in their respective counties and transmitted by mail to the seat of government, directed to the Secretary of State, who shall deliver them to the Speaker of the House of Representatives at the next ensuing session of the General Assembly, and a duplicate of said returns shall be filed with the clerks of the courts of said counties, whose duty it shall be to forward to the Secretary of State a certified copy thereof upon being notified that the returns previously forwarded by mail have not been received at his office. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, after the expiration of seven days from the day upon which the votes have been counted, if the returns thereof from any

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of the court of said county and order a copy of the returns filed in his office to be forwarded forthwith. The Secretary of State shall deliver the returns to the Speaker of the House of Representatives at the next ensuing session of the General Assembly, and during the first week of the session, or as soon as the General Assembly shall have organized by the election of the presiding officers of the two houses, the Speaker shall open and publish them in the The presence of both houses. person having the highest number of votes shall be Governor; but if two or more shall equal and highest in votes, the General Assembly shall, during the same session, in the House of Representatives, choose one of them viva voce. Contested elections for Governor shall be determined by the General Assembly in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.

3. IV.

SOUTH DAKOTA.

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The Governor and LieutenantGovernor shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State at the time and places of choosing members of the Legislature. The persons respectively having the highest number of votes for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor shall be elected; but if two or more shall have an equal and highest number of votes for Governor or Lientenant-Governor, the two houses if the Legislature, at its next regular session, shall forthwith, by joint ballot, choose one of such persons for said office. The returns of the election for Governor and shall Lieutenant-Governor

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The Governor shall be chosen by the electors of the members of the General Assembly, at the time and places where they shall respectively vote for the members thereof. The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of government by the returning officers, directed to the Speaker of the Senate, who shall open and publish them in the presence of a majority of the members of each house of the General Assembly. The person having the highest number of votes shall be Governor, but if two or more shall be equal and highest in votes, one of them shall be chosen Governor by joint vote of both houses of the General Assembly. Contested elections for Governor shall be determined by both houses of the General Assembly, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.

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for at said election having the highest number of votes for each of said offices, respectively, and being constitutionally eligible shall be declared by the Speaker, under sanction of the Legislature, to be elected said office. But if two or more persons shall have the highest and an equal number of votes for either of said offices, one of them shall be immediately chosen to such office by joint vote of both houses of the Legislature. Contested elections for either of said offices shall be determined by both houses of the Legislature in joint session.

IX.

VERMONT.

The votes of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor and Treasurer of the State shall be - sorted and counted, and the result declared, by a committee appointed by the Senate and House of Representatives. If at any time there shall be no election by the freemen of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor and Treasurer of the State, the Senate and House of Representatives shall, by a joint ballot, elect to fill the office, not filled by the freemen as aforesaid, one of the three candidates for such office (if there be so many) for whom the greatest number of votes shall have been returned.

The Governor shall be elected by the voters at the times and places of choosing members of the General Assembly. Returns of election shall be transmitted, under seal, by the proper officers to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, who shall deliver them to the Speaker of the House of Delegates on the first day of the next session of the General Assembly. The Speaker of the House of Delegates shall, within one week thereafter in the presence of a majority of the Senate and House of Delegates, open the said returns, and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the highest number of votes shall be declared elected; but if two or more shall have the highest and an equal number of votes, one of them shall be chosen Governor by the joint vote of the two houses of the General Assembly. Contested elections for Governor shall be decided by a like vote, and the mode of proceeding in such cases shall be prescribed by law.

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The returns of every election for the above-named officers shall be sealed up and transmitted by the returning officers to the Secretary of State, directed "to the Speaker of the House of Delegates," who shall, immediately after the organization of the House and before proceeding to business, open and publish the same, in the presence of a majority of each House of the Legislature, which shall for that purpose assemble in the hall of the House of Delegates. The person having the highest number of votes for either of said offices shall be declared duly elected thereto; but if two or more have an equal and the highest number of votes for the same office, the Legislature shall, by joint vote, choose one of such persons for said office. Contested elections for the office of Governor, shall be determined by both houses of the Legislature by joint vote, in such manner as may be prescribed by law. The Secretary of State shall be appointed by the Gov

The Governor and LieutenantGovernor shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State at the times and places of choosing members of the Legislature. The persons respectively having the highest number of votes for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor shall be elected. But in case two or more shall have an equal and the highest number of votes for Governor or Lieutenant-Governor, the two Houses of the Legislature, at its next annual session, shall forthwith, by joint ballot, choose one of the persons so having an equal and the highest number of votes for Governor or Lieutenant-Governor. The returns of election for Governor and LieutenantGovernor shall be made in such manner as shall be provided by law.