The returns and certificates sent to the secretary of state are public documents, subject to inspection during customary office hours by candidates and by the chairman of the state central committee of each political party or his accredited representative, and may be copied upon request of a candidate or state chairman. History: 1953 Comp., § 3-13-18, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 320. Official canvass record used to determine number of signatures required. — In determining the number of signatures required under Laws 1963, ch. 317, § 7 (now repealed) to be contained in a petition for nomination the official canvass is to be the record that is used. 1964 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 64-35 (opinion rendered under former law).
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