but if it is necessary to specify , we can say that `` election '' referred to the conduct of the polls , including the listing of voters , the holding of the electoral campaign , and the casting and counting of the votes ; `` returns '' to the canvass of the returns and the proclamation of the winners , including questions concerning the composition of the board of canvassers and the authenticity of the election returns and `` qualifications '' to matters that could be raised in a quo warranto proceeding against the proclaimed winner , such as his disloyalty or ineligibility or the inadequacy of his certificate of candidacy .