The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-10-09
Lars concerning Eleotions.


the penalties for illegal voting, aud other
matters concerning elections, we make the
following extracts from the Constitute n
aud the Revised Statutes.
The following is the Constitutional pro-
vision defining who shall have the right TO
vote, at elections held IN thi5 State
ain ell elections not otherwise provided
for by the Constitution, every white male
citizen Of the United States, of the age of
twenty-one years and upwards, who shall
have resided in the State during the six
months Immediately preceding such cleo
ton and every white male, of foreign
birth, of the age of twenty-one years and
upwards, who shall have resided in the
Uuited States one year, and shall have re-
sided in this State during the next six
months Immediately preceding such cleo
ton, and shall have declared his intention to
become a citizen of the United States, con-
formally to the laws of the United States
on the subject of naturalization, shall be
entitled to vote in the township or precinct
where he may reside"
The following are the statutes of the
State, against fraudulent voting, &c:
SEC. 65. If any person shall furnish an
elector who cannot read the English Ian
guage, at any election, held pursuant to
law, with ticket which such person shall
represent to the elector, as containing q
name different from the one printed OF
written thereon, such person shall be fined
not less than ten, nor more than one hun
dred dollars.
SIC. SO. If any person shall fraudulent
ly cause, or attempt to cause any elector
at any election held pursuant to law in TIN.
State, to vote for a person different from
| the one he intended to vote for, such person
shall be fined not less than ten, nor more
than one hundred dollars
SEC. 81. If any elector shall vote or at
tempt to vote more than once at any elec
ton, or shall knowingly hand in two o.
more tickets together, or having voted il
any township, precinct or county, shall
| afterwards on the same day vote, or attemp
| to vote in any township, precinct or county
| such person shall be fined not exceeding fit,
dollars, and be incapable of voting at an,
election or holding any Office for two year
| thereafter.
| SEC. SO. Any person not having the lie
| gal qualifications of voter at any election
authorized by law, to be held in this State
| for any Office whatever, who shall vote o
| offer to vote at such election, shall be fine,
| not less than five nor more than one hundred
dollars.
SEC. 81. If any person shall use an.
| threats, menaces, force, or any corrup
means, at or previous to any election he'll
| pursuant to the laws of this State, towar
! any elector to hinder or deter such electo
from voting at such election, or shall di
rectly or Indirectly offer any bribo or re
| ward of any kind, to induce any elector t
vote contrary to his inclinations, or sbal
on the day of the election, give any publ
| treat, or authorize any person to do so, T.
obtain votes for any person, the person 8
| offending shall be fined not exceeding liz
hundred dollars, and be Incapable of hold
| ing any Office for two years after conviction
! thereof.
| SEC 5. OF the act regulating general cleo
tions (page 26l, LIST vol. R. S. says: "Eacl
elector shall vote in the township or pre-
| cinct, in which he resides
SEC. 10. provides that
1.-THE election shall be opened in th
| forenoon, between the hours Of eight an
ten o'clock, and continue open until fou
| o'clock of the afternoon with an intermis
sion, if the board desire it, of one hour 3
noon after which the board may close th
election at any time, when all the elector
present have voted or have had an opportu
nifty of voting, or when fifteen minnie
have passed without vote having been ten
dered but the polls shall, in no case, b
kept open after o'clock in the afternoon.
SIC. IS says: When the polls al
closed. proclamation thereof shall be mad
at the place Of voting, and no votes shall b
afterwards received"
SEos. 20 and 81 provide that
$3.50. 20. Any person Offering to vot
may be challenged as unqualified, by an
person entitled to vote at such poll, and
all cases the inspector and judge shall cha
lenpe any person offering to vote, whom h
shall know or suspect not to be qualified
and TO any person so challenged such boar
shall declare the qualifications of an electo
"SEc. 81. If such person insist that he
entitled to vote, and the challenge be nc
| withdrawn, such board shall administer t
him the following oath: You do swear "a
affirm that you are a citizen of the Unite
States, that you are over the age of twenty
one years, according to the best of your in
formation and belief; that you have reside,
in this State during the six months imme
| diately preceding this election; that yor
are at this time n resident of this township
or precinct, (as the case may be;) that yol
are generally known by the name in which
| YOU now ask to vote; and that you have
| not voted at any other poll at this election
and in cases of foreign birth; that part o
| the oath relative to citizenship shall bt
| dispensed with, and the following substitu-
| ted: That you have resided in the United
States one year, and have declared your
intention TO become a citizen of the United
States in conformity with the laws thereof
In addition to the above, We give the
following Constitutional provision, fcr the
benefit Of whom it may concern:
SEC. s, Art. II, says; every person
shall be disqualified from holding Office dur
ing the term for which he may have been
elected, who shall have given or offered g.
bride, threat, or reward, - procure his cleo
ton"
Here is the way perjury is death with