The New York herald., 1864-11-08
yastructions to inspectors ana Can.
va0sorO.


The District Attorney, BY request prepared the fol
lowing digest from the larger books OF the County Clerk
and Secretary OF Stae and they were printed ana given
10 the inspectors and oanvassers;-
The substantial duties Of inspectors are a. to preserve
order within the polling room % to determine by %.
vote, has legal personal Qualncatiors
The substaptial duties or canvasser are a. 10 make
vote Of the poll book ( to determine whether the bal
lots cast are good or detective.
tor Of the ballot oered-ouy with the qualifications u
the voter.
The inspector must admit the voters vote the voter
swoars to all the requirements Of the election oath.
Az there district officers less than Assembly TO
vote, the following can be said
II voter has lived In tho state one year and IN the
ticket and all county officers.
he can also vote for representative In Congress.
he Gas lived .hrty days in the Assembly district he
also vote for Assemblyman although ne may have
lived less than thirty days in the election district
soldiers name y on the registry his balo. cannot
for no challenge He has already sworn 10 the general
oath on his envelope
f the soldiers Is not on the registry. house.
holders affidavit II handed TO inspectors also entities
the ballots to be received without challenge
No stamps required.
question is asked about the endorsement OF ballots
| This Is not question for an Inspector
The canvassers determine validity OF endorsements
The inspector receive any piece paper
claims to be his ballot and put il into any box that the
II il is not properly endorsed nor put into the proper
that.
An inspector may with the consent of the ore Offering
IT, correct or make an endorsement II he chooses upon
ballot about TO be voted.
polling place supreme. He is there above the police
He should not allow any discussion whatever between
chasnRers and the voter Such dscussn disorderiy
challenger he live within the electios
richas only right to state his ground Of challenge,
The duty OF an inspector is expedition He owes Il 10
tho after voters not TO allow them TO be unnecessarily
delayed.
The inspector puts the general OATH which includes
the answers 70 questions and If the oath TAKEN DIS
cosson rs. nu,iss soou. snn,n end; X. ,.,,o ,o,.
Tie inspectors should organize board At sunrise,
and open the poll by the proclamation.
A. ~ voter comes up ask his gss and residence and
As he gives i, and them. one Serk cou.ul,s the
registry and If the name and residence there. cries
aAnOtber poll clerk Wwres that name and address in
there is challenge, the inspector receiving the
ballots deposits them quickly in the box, and excaims
"votes the WHOLE" or "Voes all but -" (namag
According as the inspector names tho ballots the poll
clerk taes them in the proper columns of tho poll book
hand in his affidavit OF excuse; and householder 10
orally sworn to voters residence.
man who boards, whether he s single or married. is
q householder, as we'll as ono whs keeps house
Then the voies received, as before mentioned
II there is challenge the general oath is administered
without delay.
An inspector may challenge
Eo CaonOt resort 10 OUTSIDE evidence tkecent letcf
OF Attorney General Cochrane.)
When the oath Is taken the ballot must besreceived
Tho inspector has power TO take and sign adavits for
swearing 10 votes soldiers ballots, when there has
been failure 10 register.
Canvassers shonld not return scattering
but write the voted Tor, II there special
differences.
n ballots rejected defective, they should be
pasted the return, for the county canvsssers to
look at.
Ballots which have badly spelled. II they sound
right should be counted NJ good ones
Ballots which contain initials Of candidates hrst or
middle Aaes II the last s ull full enough 10 sound
rightly should be counted For instance ''For Sheriff,
j. w. Farmer or -. Farmer" Farmer" provided
two Of are not running. The courts have held
the Intention OF the shall be literally
strued. n majority OF the think that
voter nen ded TO vote for the candidate they have the
power to say so, although the ballot Is not full
pencil pen writing controls and supersedes print
ing although the printing not struck Because the
Law considers that by writing tho voter intended
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