returning officer

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noun British.

a public official appointed to conduct and preside at an election.

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Origin of returning officer

First recorded in 1720–30

Words nearby returning officer

returned man, returned soldier, returnee, returner, return-flue boiler, returning officer, return on assets, return on equity, return on investment, return on net assets, return receipt

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How to use returning officer in a sentence

In Alabama, the minimum compensation for poll workers is $50, which increases by $25 per training day, and an extra $25 if you’re a returning officer or clerk.
COVID has created a shortage of poll workers. Here’s how to step in.|Sandra Gutierrez G.|October 1, 2020|Popular-Science
In Germany, an independent federal returning officer oversees a complex state and federal voting system.
America's Disgraceful Voting System|David Frum|November 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A Returning Officer can only deal with objections arising out of the nomination paper.
The Master of Mrs. Chilvers|Jerome K. Jerome
The 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

returning officer

noun

(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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