Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-05-12

sis Ihe new set or the Ohio Legisls
,Iture, 20 enable soldiers to vote /
Ian county, State, Congressional, Q
! Presidential elections held In thi
! State, is In substance ss follows.
!. All persons who are qualiie,
voters in this State, but, who ma,
be absent at any time during th
rebellion in the militeEy service o
the United States, in The capacity o
soldiers, marines, teamsters, qusr
termasters. or other employees O
the Government and their agents
shall be entitled TO exercise tn,
right Of suffrage as fully Is If they
were within the Ststes 77.. !.
\ 2 Polls shall be pp 4sn each re,
giment, battery and independent but.
TALON, and all electors within two
miles of the headquarters Of the
regiment, etc., may vote. Officers
and others detached may vote at the
most convenient polls, and in certain
cases may open polls at the most
convenient post or vessel.
8. At nine o'clock in the morning
of the day of election. electors shall
elect Viva voos three Judges, and the
Judges shall appoint two clerks,
who shall take the requisite oath,
which they can administer TO each
other .. H..r-.... -.a
4. Provision is made for challeng-
es, to show that the person Offering
to vote is not voter in the ward,
&c. in which he claims residence.
5 The county of the electors
residence shall be written or printed
on his ballot, which shall be so fold
ed as to expose the same to the view
Of the Judges, and each elector, on
presenting his ballot, shall announce
his name, the place of his residence,
the letter his company, and the
name or number OF his regiment,
battery, &C., his rank and position
in the service, which shall be entered
on poll books; and the judges shall
announce his name. and if no objec
ton is made, and they are satisfied
that he is qualified elector, they
shall deposit the ballot in the
box, &c.
6. The poll books shall be duly
signed and certified under oath, and
duplicate tally sheets shall be made
out of the votes of each county
separately. The box is to be opened,
and the ballots counted, as is usually
done.
7. One of the tally sheets shall be
inclosed to the clerk of each county
by the first mail, express, or other
safe conveyance, and one of the poll
books and all the ballots in one
envelope shall be enclosed to the
Governor. who shall indorse the
date of its receipt and deposite it
with the Secretary of the Treasury
to remain unopened till delivered to
tile State Board of Canvassers.-I
Another poll book with one full set
of tally shee's shall be inclosed to the
State Auditor.
s. No certificates Of election
shall issue until the thlrtieth day
after any general election, or the
twentieth day after any Presiden tial
election, at which time, or within
three days thereafter. all the returns
male to the Common Pleas clerk
shall be opened rs now provided for
by this act shall be counted with the
returns of the county, State, etc,
elections.
9. The Auditor, Treasurer and
Secretary of State shall constitute a
Board of Commissioners, who shall
print sufficient number Of copies
of THU act, together with blank poll
hooks, tally sheets and election
returns for the use Of Ohio elections
in the naval ana military service,
and forward them with the requisite
postage stamps, at least SIX weeks
before the day of election.
10. Before issuing anv commits
sion, the Governor shall compare
the returns from the county clerks,
with the abstracts on file in the
Secretary of States office, and issue
the commission to the person or
persons thus found to be entitled
thereto.
These are the principal features
of the act 1t provides guarantees
against frauds. Many of the details
are the same that the old law of cleo
tions provides for. 1t repeals the
act of April 18th. 1863.