The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-08-21
TuE SOLDIERS VOTING BILL.

ties Of isolatcd companies or dctachments,
there should be no delay in forwarding
the necessary blanks and tickets. To
enable our friends 10 see wha, is neces-
sary TO do we present brief extract Of
the law Of last winter, authorizing the
soldiers of Ohio to vote.
s, ction provides Tint qualified voters
Of the State absent in the military service
may vote. f.
Section 2 provides that polls shall be
opened ut The Head Quarters of the Cap
tain or other comIus nding officer. All
members Of the compdny within two miles
of the Headquarters on the day Of the
election may vote. Officers, other than
company, and other men detached and
sbscnt, may vote nj the polls most con-
venient. Twenty voters, more than two
miles from a company poll, may oPon a
poll at such place as they may select.
Section 3 provides ihOt the polls shall
be opened at 10 A. NJ. aud closed at 8 p.
NJ.
Section 1 relates TO the appointment
Of Judges aud Clerks of election.
Section prescribcs the onth to be ta-
ken by these officers.
Section provides for vote by ballot,
challenging aud administration Of oOths
to the voters.
Section 7 that separate poll books shall
be kept aud separate returns made for the
vote of each county. The county and
tow nship, ward or election district OF
each voter shall be endorsed opposite his
nninc on the poll books.
Section 3. In regard to the receipt Of
the tickets by the Judges, calling out and
entering the name OF tho voter &c.
Section 0. For certifying and signing
poll books.
Section 10. For counting and Prescrv-
ing the ballots.
Section II. For entering iu separate
columns, under the name of each person
vated for, oil the votes Of each county
separately, as indicated in the form pro.
yided.
Section IL. That two or more tickets
found folded or rolled together shall be
considered fraudulent.
Section 10. Other details OF proceed.
ings.
Section i5.-Forms Of poll books and
certificates.
SEc. 10. That the judges, after can
vassing, before they separate, shall put
in an envelope aud seal up the poll-books,
that is, the list of voters and ihe candi-
dates voted for, for each county, and trans
NIT the set Of pol-books through the near
est Post Office, together with the tickets,
to the Cl,rk of the Court Of Common
p leas for the proper county and the
other poll book for such county they shall
in like manner transmit, in the next and
different mail, to tho Secret ry Of State,
who shall, on demand Of any Clerk Of the
Court of Common Pleas, certify officially
tho poll books of his county to such
Clerk.
Section II provides that in thirty days
after any election the Clerk sholl open
and make aud abstract of tho votes for
his county, us provided in the general
election laws I; and such returns shall be
counted with the other returns of Coun.
ty, State, Congressional aud Presidential
elections, in the same manner as II they
had been received In the several town
ships or wards of such county and for
the thirty days aforesaid no certificate OF
election shall be issued by any such
Clerk, for any of the Offices mentioned
Elections shall be subject to contest but
in case OF returns under this act, notice
shall be extended 10 twenty days after
the opening Of returns specified.
Section ls provides that the Secretary
and Auditor of State shall have printed
copies OF this act, blank forms OF poll
books and returns, which, with the neces'
sary postage stamps to prepay postage on
returns, they shall forward AZ least six
weeks before any election TO the captain
or commanding ofhcer of any company
fort or hospital, who shall retain tho same
until the day OF election, when they shall
deliyer the same to the Judges.
Section 10 applies oil provisions o.
general laws relative to frauds at elec
tons, to elections under this act.
Section 90 prohibits compensation tC
any Judge or clerk under this act.
Section 81 provides that when an,
sheriff shall issue proclamation for al
election specified in this act, he shall i'm
mediately transmit copies thereof to Thu
field officers and senior captains in th'
service from his county.
The Toledo Commercial commcntin,
on the above law, states, that by this Law
!, IL is made the duty of the Auditor Of Stat
and the Secretary Of State to have print
ed copies of the act, together with blanl
ioi nus of poll books returns, sc. and caus
them IL be forw ardcd to each compan,
at least six weeks before the day of elec
ton. One of these officers, the Secreta
~ of State, is supporter OF VALLAspIC
HAN, against whom the soldiers will unan
imously vote. This fact ought no, tC
, and may not, affect him in the perform
ance of his official duties and, should h
oven fail to cooperate with the Auditor
il is possible that the latter would be az
thorized to proceed Ia the execution G
the duties alone. There is, howeye
doubt upon these points, and for this rs'
son we recommend the Union men Of III
several counties 10 cause copies Of III
law, with blank forms of poll books, r,
turns, &C., and Union tickets is duly, a
tested by the local committees, to be pr,
pared at once and sc ut from each count
: to all the companies in which il has W
tiers. In this way, with very slight add
!, lional labor and expense they would pr
vide against all contingencies, and pr
vent the possibility of tho loss Of the Vot