Black v. State

1. Where a superintendent of an election fails to discharge any duty required of him by law he is guilty of a misdemeanor. Penal Code (1910), § 658; Civil Code (1910), § 83.(a) One of the duties of a superintendent of an election, after the votes are all counted out, is to state, in a certificate signed by him, the number of votes received by each person voted for. Civil Code (1910), § 82, par. 7. This means, of course, that the certificate must correctly give the number of votes received by each person voted for. If the number of such votes is knowingly and falsely misstated by a…