Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-07-24
LAW OF ILLINOIS.
AN ACT regulating Elections.

ii as hereby enacted by the authority o. me same,
That all general and special elections TOR gov
ernor, Acknowledgements, representatives to
congress, senators and representatives to the
general assembly, and county officers shall be
conducted in the manner hereinafter pTcscrib-
ed by this act.
Sec. 9. ind be IL. further enacted, That each
township heretofore laid oil by the territorial
authority, or which shall hereafter be laid oil
under the authority of this state, shall compose
an election district.
Sec. 3. find be ii further enacted, That the
several county commissioners courts, within
this state, at their term next preceding the
second Monday of july 1920, and at their term
next preceding the second Monday OF July in
each year in which a stated general election
is to be held, shall appoint three capable and
discreet persons, in each township other res
pcctive counties, possessing the qualifications
of electors, to act as judges of the election
within their townships; and the judges of the
election so appointed, shall choose two per-
sons having the like qualifications, to act as
clerks of the election. The said judges Of the
election shall be, and continue Judges of all
elections of civil officers in their respective
townships until otherjudges shall be appointed
as herein before directed; and the SAID clerks
of the election shall continue to act as such du-
ring the pleasure ofthc judges of the election
And the county commissioners courts shall,
from time to time, fill all vacancies which may
take place in the Office of judges Of the cleo
ton in any of the townships of their respective
counties.
Sec. 4. .4nd be it further enacted, That the
said judges of the electionare hereby authorz-
ed and required to name certain house in
their township, as nearly central to the inhabi
tants as circumstances and convenience will
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when and as often as they may be required to
vote for civil officers Pro1dded, That all cleo
tions held in the townships in which the seats
of justice are established, shall be held at the
courthouse in said townships respectively.
Sec. 5. Ind be it further enacted, That the
said Judges of the election shall, at least fifteen
days previous to any general election, or eight
days least, before any specialelection,g ivepub-
lcnotice ofsuch election, by postingup, in three
of the most public places in the township, a
written or printed notification of the time and
place of holding such election, and stating
therein the number and description of officers
to be chosen: and they shall also describe
in such notification the boundary lines of the
township in which such election is to be held:
said notification to be, as nearly as circum-
stances will admit, as follows:
Notice is hereby given, that on Monday the -
of = in the county Of an election zpiH be held
for one governor, one lieutenant governor, one
Representative to the congress Of the Z. States,
one senator, three representatives IN the general
assembly Of this state one sheriff, one coroner, &c.
as the case may require, zchich election zciH open
at eight o'clock IN the morning, and vii continue
Open until sir o'clock in the euening Of said day,
at which hour the POLL nil be closed. The torcn-
ship Of is bounded as tollorcs, ui-. Beginning
at here insert the boundary lines of the tozvpsap.
dated this day cf-1S
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E 6 2, Judges Of the election
Sec. 6. And be 1t further enacted, That if any
person appointed to act as judge of the cleo
ton as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to be
sworn or affirmed to act in such capacity, the
place of such person shall be filed by any one
of the justices of the peace of the township, to
be nominated by the other judge or judges of
the election. And if there is no justice pre-
sent to act as Judge, the other judge or Judges
ehal nominate one or more capable and dis
Greet clector or electors of the township, to
fill such vacancy or vacancies. And if there
shall be no Judge of the election to fill such
vacancy denomination, then such vacancy shall
be filed by the votes of such qualified electors
as may then be present at the place of election;
and the justice or justices, person or persons,
so nominated or elected to fill such vacancy or
vacancies, shall be, and are hereby vested with
the same powers as if appointed by the county
commissioners court as aforesaid.
Sec. 7. .4nd be it further enacted, That the
Judges of the elections in the several town.
Ships, who shall be first appointed in pursuance
of this act, and the Judges of the elections in
all such townships as are not or shall not at any
a., |. Ja5 with n ballot hoy shall
cure or cause to be procured, box Of con-
venient dimensions, having lid secured with
lock, KEY, and hinges, through which lid there
shall be an aperture, two inches long, and one
fourth of an inch wide, for the purpose of put
ting the ballots therein. And such ballot box
shall be, and remain the property Of the town.
ship and when not in use, shall be placed in
the care of one of the judges Of the election,
to be determined by lot, if they cannot other
wise agree. And the cost of such ballot box
shall be paid out of the county treasury in the
same manner as other county debts are paid.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all
elections to be holden under this act shall be
opened at the hour of eighth the morning, and
continue open until the hour of six in the after
noon of the same day, at which hour the poll
shall be closed Provided, ho1veuer, That if no
fudge shall attend by the hour of eight in the
morning, and it should be necessaryforthe cleo
tors attending, to appoint judges to conductive
poll as herein before provided by this act, that
the poll in that case may commence at any
hour before the time provided for closing the
poll shall arrive, as the case may require.
Sec. 9. .4nd be it further enacted, That at all
elections to be held in pursuance of this act,
each of the clerks of the election shall furnish
himself with poll book, as near.as may be in
the following form, to wit:
&c ILL Laol, of IN election hold in the town.