The Sierra citizen., 1854-09-23
ELECTION LAW,
OF the Qualifications and Disabilities of
Electors.
ARTICLE II.


ratified at Queretaro, on the Both day of
May, l84S. Of the age of twenty-one years;
who shall have BEEN. resident of the
state six months next preceding the cleo
tion, and the county or district in which
he claims his vote thirty days, shall be en-
titled to vote at all elections which are
now or hereafter may be authorized by
law.
Sec. IL. For the purpose of voting, no
person shall be deemed to have gained or
lost residence by reason of his presence
or absence on the service of the United
States, nor while engaged in the naviga-
ton of the waters of this state or of the
United States, or of the high seas; nor
while n student of any seminary of learn
ing; nor while kept at any alnlshouse or
other asylum, nor while confined in any
public prison.
Sec. y. No idiot or insane person, or
person convicted of any infamous crime,
shall be entitled to the privileges of an
elector
Sec Is. Absence from this state on
business of the state or Of the United
States, shall not affect the question ofresi-
dence of any person.
Sec. Id. A crime shall be deemed ihfa-
nous which is punishable by death or by
Imprisonment in the state prison.
| ARTICLE III.
Of the Place of holding Elections, and also
Of Inspectors, Judges and Clerks of
Elections.
Sec. II. 1t shall be the duty of each
Inspector to be at the place where the
polls are to be opened in the precinct for
which he is appointed, from eight o'clock
in the morning until sunset on the day of
the election. Should such Inspector not
appear at eight o'clock in the morning;
the electors prest mt at the place where the
polls are to be opened, may appoint an 10
spector for the precinct.
Sec. Is. The board of inspectors for
each precinct SHALL before the time of
opening the polls, appoint two suitable
persons to act as clerks.
Sec. 10. Before any election shall be
opened, the inspector, judges, and clerks
shall each, before any officer authorized to
administer oaths, take an oath that he will
! faithfully and impartially discharge the
duties assigned by law. If there is no
person present authorized to administer
oaths, the inspector shall administer the
same 10 the judges and clerks. and one of
the Judges shall then administer the oath
to the Inspector
Sec. 90 The inspector shall be chair
man of the board, and after it's organza-
ton, shall have power to administer all
necessary oaths which may be required in
the progress Of the election. lie shall al
so have power to fill any vacancy that
may occurr i" the board of judges, or by
absence or refusal to serve of either of the
clerks, after the polls have been opened.
ARTICLE ".
0f Opening the Polls; Of Toting, and
Challenges
Sec. %. At all elections the polls shall
be opened at eight o'clock in the morning,
and shall continue open until sunset, at
which time the Judges shall close the polls:
Provided, that the judges of the election
may take recess OF one hour at any time
they may think proper, during the day, be-
fore three O'Clock in the afternoon.
Sec. %. The board of judges. before
they commence receiving ballots, shall
cause it to be proclaimed aloud at the
place of voting that the polls are opened.
Sec. "a. The voting shall be b.; ballot.
The ballot shall be paper ticket coh-
tanning the names of the persons for whom
the elector intends to vote, and designa-
ting the Office to which each person so
named is intended by him to be chosen
Sec: %. Whenever any person offers to
vote, the Inspector shall pronounce his
name in an audible voice, and if there be
no objection to the qualification of such
person as an elector, shall receive his bal
lot, and in the presence of the other judges
put the same, without being opened or
examined; into the ballot box.
Sec. 26. The name of each clector
whose ballot has been this received, shall
be Immediately entered by each clerk, in
the column of his poll list, headed "Aames
of voters" numbering each name in the
additional column, as it is taken down, so
| that 1t may be seen at any time whether
the two lists agree:
Sec. q. Any person Offering to vote
may be challenged as unqualified by the
inspector; or either of the Judges, or by
legal voter, and it shall, in all cases, be
the duty of the inspector and each of the
judges to challenge any person Offering to
vote whom he shall know or suspect not to
be duly qualified as an elector.
Sec. %. When any person offering to
vote is challenged, it Shall be the duty of
the board of judges to declare to him the
qualifications of an elector.
Sec. 20: If such person shall still insist
that he is entitled to vote, and the chal-
lenge shall not be withdrawn. the board
of judges, in their disctetion, may admins
ter an oath or affirmation to the voter:
"You do swear (or afflrm) that you are a
citizen of the United States; that YOU are
of the age of twenty-one years, according
to the best Of your information and belief:
that you have resided in this state six
months next preceding this election, and
in this county COR district, or township, as
the case may be) thirty days, and that
you have not before voted this day."
Sec 80 If the person thus challenged
shall take the oath as rendered to him bv
the board ofjudges he shall be admitted
to vote, and it shall not be lawful, after
he has taken such oath or affirmation, fof