Upon the holding of any such special election the precinct board of canvassers shall canvass the vote, make and certify said returns to the Governor, who shall canvass all such elections held as provided herein. The Governor, upon receipt of all the ballot boxes and boxes containing all the affidavits, together with the returns from each and every precinct in such county, shall forthwith canvass said returns and shall at once declare the result of such special election and shall cause the will of the electors to be carried into effect.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 83