The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-10-07
VO IA.
Notice Ohio SOIdiersI
An act to enable Ohio soldiers 70 ex-
ercise the right Of suffrage.

Prom the Cincinnati Ca ve,te.l
SEc 2. A poll shall be opened in each
company at the quarters Of the captain,
or other commanding officer thereof, and
all electors belonging to such company,
who shall be within two milea of sach
quarters on the day of election, shall
vote at such poll, and at no other Tlaoe;
officers other than those Of company,
aud other voters detached and absent
nom their companies as aforesaid, may
vote at such of the said polls as may be
most convenient to them and when there
shall be twenty suoh voters as one place.
distant more than two miles from any
company poll, the electors present NAV
open poll at such place as they may
select and certify in the poll-bOok.
SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE MANNER OF con-
QUOTING AN ELECTION.
Apprehending that many soldiers In
the field will be called upon TO act As
judges and clerks Of elections, who new
er performed such duty before, the fol-
lowing suggestions are presented for
their guidance l..
LIST. The elections will be held at The
quarters of the commanding officer Of
each company; or when twenty or more
men are detached and absent, and more
than two miles from any company polls,
they may open . poll and vote.
I'd. The polls must open at 10 O'clock,
A. NJ, and close At o'clock, z. M.
3D.. AT 10 o'clock, A. NJ, the voters
present shall elect, viva voce, from their
number, three judges, aud the judges,
shall elect two voters present As clerks.
4th. Before receiving any vOtes, one Of
the Judges, or one of the clerks must
qualify the other judges or clerk accord
ing to law, and then one Of those quAli-
fed shall qualify him.
9TH. Before the polls are opened, the
judges and clerks should fill up the head
ing to the poll books, and fill up aud sign
the "oath of judges and clerks" on ths
back Of the printed poll books and the
two certificates following IL. .-l
9th. Ascertain, as nearly as practic-
able, how many counties of the State ara
represented by the voters present, and
I'LL up the oaths and certificates on two
! poll books for each county. There must
be duplicate poll books and tally sheets
for each county.
9TH. A poll box must be prepared for
every county in which voter, At the
election, resides. Any sort of box will
answer, having a suitable hole in the lid.
9th. In receiving tickets, be careful 10
set down in each poll book, for his coun-
ty, the name of the voter, the county
and township, or ward, in which he re-
sides.
Och. At o'clock p. M, close the polls
and fill up and sign the blank certificate
at the end of the poll-book. i ri
10th Fill up the blanks at the head
OF the tally sheet before counting the
votes.
llth. Open one ballot box and count
the votes, keeping proper tallies on the
tally sheets for the proper county, and
string the tickets on thread.
18th. Count out no more uckets from
the box than there are names Of voters
on the poll-bOoks, leaving the balance, II
any, in the box.
IL b. When the blanks are all counted,
fill up the blanks on the back OF the
tally sheet with the proper names and
numbers, writing the numbers in words,
not figures, aud certify the same.
18th. Seal up one poll book, one tally
sheet, and the tickets for the same oOun-
ty, and send them 10 the nearest post
office, to the "Olerk of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, for the county to which they
belong. -r. l.-rf
18th. Seal up the other pollbook AID
tally sheet for the same county, and
send them by the next express mail to
the Secretary Of State, Columbus, Ohio" !"
10th. Proceed in the samv manner with
he tlckets for all the counties represent
ed at such election. a5.
18th. If, during the election, the Judges
ascertain that they have not sufficient
number of ballot boxes and poll l-books
prepared, they must prepare them.
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