After the votes for each candidate have been tallied and counted by the election officers as provided in this chapter, such officers shall prepare a statement showing the number of votes cast for each person (upon the respective party tickets at primaries), the total number of ballots received from the board of elections (the number of each party at primaries), the number of ballots cast (the number of each party at primaries), the number of ballots (of each party at primaries) declared void, and any blank ballots cast for each candidate. At elections, the number of votes cast for each candidate by each political party or body by which he has been nominated, and for each independent candidate, shall be separately stated. In specifying any votes cast for persons whose names are not on the ballot, the election officers shall record any such names exactly as they were written or pasted to the ballot. The statement shall be signed by the election officers and clerks, and, after its delivery to the board of elections as provided in this chapter, shall be kept in the records of the board. If any election officer or clerk refuses to sign the statement, he shall append and sign a statement giving his reasons for such refusal.