Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-06-01
JUDGES OF ELECTION.

A law was passed at the late session OF
the Legislature of this State, amending
the act regulating the election of state
and county officers, so as to allow the
party in the minority TO be represented
in the board of the judges of elections.
In order that the township officers in
Trumbu1 county may be fully advised
of their duties under the law we pub
lish a couple of sections to which their
attention is especially invited. AS the
next election will be conducted under
the provisions Of this law, it is impor-
tant that the necessary steps be taken at
once to secure its faithful execution:
SECTION 6. That the judges of cleo
ton, for every election precinct, at all
elections holden under this act, or the
acts amendatory thereof, or supplement-
airy thereto, shall be chosen and con-
stituted as follows, to wit:
FirSt-In every township, and for the
township election precinct therein, said
judges shall consist of the two electors,
receiving, hereafter, at any general
April election, the highest numder of
votes for the Office of trustee of such
township, andt the elector receiving there
at the highest number Of votes for said
Office of those not elected thereto /: pro-
vided, If, of those elected township trus-
tees, at any election, two haye an equal
but not the highest, or if the three have
the same, or, an equal number of votes
for said office, then in every such event.
the township clerk shall, without delay,
publicly determine, by lot, which of
said two, or which two of said three so
elected but receiving votes as aforesaid
las the case or cases a. required, shall
be judge or judges of election. If any
township comprise more such precincts
than one, the trustee therefore not chosen
as foresaid, shall be one of the judges of
election for one such precinct, whereof
the other two, as well as the judges of
election for any additional township
precinct, situate wholly or partly in such
township, shall be chosen in the manner
provided in section seven of this act.
The clerk of every township shall make
and preserve a record of the names of all
persons, with the proper dates, chosen
judges of election as aforesaid in such
township.
SecoRd-Said Judges of election foreach
ward Of any city, or village divided into
wards, shall consist of the two council
men of such ward, and the elector re-
ceiving, at the preceding April election
therein, the highest number of votes for
the Office of councilman of those not
elected thereto, provided, if two or more
electors not elected to said office, have
the highes and an equal number of
votes therefor, then il shall be the duty
o the city or village clerk, as the case
may be, on opening the returns from
such ward, to determine, by lot, which
of such electors shall be judge of cleo
ton for the same, a record whereof he
shall make in his minutes; and said clerk
shall issue a certificate of election, as in
other cases, to the person in each ward
so chosen. Judges of election chosen as
aforesaid, shall serve as such during one
year, and until their successors are cho-
sen and qualified as herein provided;
and each, before entering upon his du-
ties, shall take an oath Tor affirmation)
such IS is prescribed in the following |
section:
SEC. 3. The act shall take effect and
be in force on and after its passage: pro-
vided the electors, who, according to the
returns would have been selected Judges
of election, had this act been in force on
the 18th day Of April, 1870, shall be
judges of election, and shall qualify as
such, as if the same had been then in
force; and said township and town clerks
respectively, shall forthwith determine
from such returns who such electors are,
and notify them of their selection, a
record whereof they shall make in their
minutes.