The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-05-30

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III. IN order 10 secure q. nearly
as possible a ialI expression Of the
voice Of The people, ihe election will
bc held At sarh precinct n every
county Of The State Of Mississippi,
and--as required by -undcr The
supervision Of the County boards Of
Registration. The method NJ con-
duciing the election In each county
will be as follows Al the meeting
provided for In the foregoing para
graph each Board Of Registrars will
divide the whole number d election
precincts of their respective counties
into three portions rs nearly cquali in
number us possible, and assign one of
the shares thus made to each regis
traT who will be responsible for the
proper conduct Of the election there
in. Thereupon each registrar will
appoint judge and clerk Of election,
with himself, will constitute the
Commissioners Of election for all
the precincts Of his district. Each
registrar will provide himself with a
ballot-box, with lock and key, and of
sufficient size TO contain the ballots of
all the registered voters in his entire
share of the county. Each registrar
will give full and timely notice
throughout his district, of tue day of
election in each precinct, by means of
handbills furnished for that purpose,
so that he, with his judge and clerk,
can proceed from precinct to precinct
of his district, and hold election on
consecutive days--when the distance
between precincts will permit-witb
a view to the early completion Of the
voting. The election will be by bal
lot, and will be conducted in all de-
tails not herein prescribed, according
to the custom heretofore in the State.
Each ballot nil have written or
printed upon it; "For Constitution" +"
or against Constitution" and the
names of the officers voted for. The
Commissioners Of election will at
any precinct initbeir share OF the
county, receive the votes of persons
registered in that share. Each voter
in offering his ballot, must exhibit
his certificate of registry, across the
face Of which the clerk of election
will write his name in red ink, and
! the word "Voted," with date, thus
cancelling the certificate, and indi-
eating that a vote has been cast upon
that certificate ut this election; at the
same time the registrar will check of
the voters name on the precinct book,
serving as poll book" The polls
will be opened at 5 o'clock, a. M, at
each precinct, and will be kept con-
tinually open until Z P. M, at which
time the polls will be closed. Before
opening the polls the ballot-boxes
will be opened, inspected by the
Commissioners of election, to ascer-
tain that they then contain no ballots.
and in this condition will be exposed
to the view of the persons who may
be in attendance. Then in public
they will be closed, locked and tn,
locks sealed. The ballot-boxes will
not be unlocked or opened until th'
election in the entire county isended
Each day at the close Of the election
the opening in the boxes thpugl
which the ballots are deposited, vii
he closed by covering Of thick pa
/. per, securely sealed with wax. Thi
covering win be preserved until vct
ing s resumed. The scaling ant
! opening of the boxes, in the manne
, directed, will be done 10 public.
G The registrars win begin the elec
e ton at the most remote precincts, AM
c proceed by the most practicable rout'
e from precinct to the county seat 0
other place xles iks resisonlof III
j registration may have been held, an
g upon the arrival thereat Of all th
e Commissioned d &sctiSa t,ey) wi
: at once open one poll and bold th
c election one day for that precinct, I
d wbith0 0ph. however. aaS Jegiseo
o voter Of the county who has not pr,
'e viou.ly voted may cast bis baIIo
4 THE voting at this poll will close th
a election for the county. With
g twenty-iour hours after the clcsing'
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