Material defects in the election returns.
Section 204
SEC. 204. Material defects in the election returns.—If it should clearly appear that some requisite in form or data had been omitted in the election returns, the board shall return them by the most expeditious means, to the corresponding boards of inspectors for correction. Said election returns, however, shall not be returned for a recount of the ballots or for any alteration of the number of votes set forth therein: Provided, That in case of the omission in the election returns of the name of any candidate and/or his corresponding votes, the board of canvassers shall require the board of inspectors concerned to complete the necessary data in the election returns and affix therein their initials: Provided, further, That if the votes omitted to be placed in the return cannot be ascertained by other means except by recounting the ballots, the Commission after satisfying itself that the identity and integrity of the ballot box have not been violated, shall order the board of inspectors to open-the ballot box, and also after satisfying itself that the integrity of the ballots therein has been duly preserved, order the board to count the votes for the candidates whose votes have been omitted in the presence of the candidates affected, or his representative and thereafter complete the return.