Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-05-19
POLL HOW OPENED AND BY WHOM.

PoLLHo OPENED AND BY WHOM.
80 The judges of elections. or one Of
them, Immediately before proclamation is
made of the opening of the polls, shall
open the ballot boxes in the presence Of
the people there. assembled. and turn
them upside down, so as to empty them
of everything that is in them, and de-
iyercd to one of the judges, and said
VOTING, HOW DONE.
81. Every elector shall vote by ballot
| and each person offering to vote shall de-
| liver a single ballot to one of the judges
The ballot shall ,e white paper ticket, and
containing on the face or inside of it, written
| Or printed, or partly written and partly prin l.,
! ted, the names of the persons for whom the
elector intends to VOTE and designating the
Office TO waca each person 50 names
is intended by him to be chosen but no bal
lot shall contain a greater number of names
of persons designated TO any Office than there
are persons to be chosen and ali persons voted
for by an elector sLan be on one ballot.
3D. The judge to whom any ballot is deliver
! ed shall, upon receipt thereof, pronounce
| with an audible voice the name of the person
! from whom the ballot is so received, and il
the name of the person is found on the regis
4 tration book, and there be no objection made
the said judge shall, without opening said bal
/ lot permitting the same to be examined lex
cept to ascertain whether it is single ballot
endorse number thereon corresponding tothe
number that the elector will have on the poll
book, and deposit the same in the ballot
box, whereupon the name Of the elector shall
be checked on the registration book by one
Of the judges and entered by the clerks
/ of election on the poll books and correctly
| numbered. in accordance with the number Of
electors heretofore recorded
HOW POLLS CLOSED, VOTE CANyAssED AND Re-
TURNS MADE.
35. As soon as the polls are finally closed
(of which closing proclamation shall bs
made by the judges fifteen minutes previously
thereto)the judges shall Immediately proceed
TO canvass the vote given at such election.
aud the said canvass shall be continued
without adjournment until cOnipleted and
the result thereof declared.
81 After the poll books are signed,
the judges shall Gin the presence, if de-
sired, OF not exceeding two friends of
each political party represented 10y the
person voted for in such election) proceed
to count and ascertain the number of votes
cast for each person voted for :; and the
tickets or ballots shall De distinctly read
and as soon as read and canvassed, Shall
be strung by one of the judges on a string,
and the clerks shall set down on the poll
books, next after the certificate of the
of the judges at the foot of the list of cleo
tors as the returns Of the election, the
name of every person voted for, written
at full length, the Office for which such
person received such votes, and the mum
Der of votes he received the nun Der be-
ing expressed in figures, aud also at full
length, in writing, in accordance with the
form prescribed in section twenty seven
Of this act. Which said returns, when
50 made out, shall be designed and attes
ted as provided in said twenty-seventh
section of this act; provide that no per-
soa other than tha judges Of election shall
handle the ballots
SO. If a ballot is found to contain a
greater number of names for any one Office
than the number of persons required to Ill!
the said Office the SAID ballot shall be con
siderod void as to all the names designated
to ELL such office. but no further; bus no
ballot shall be void for containing less
number of names than is authorized to be
inserted therein.
SO. After, canvassing the votes in the
manner aforesaid, the judges, before they
adjourn, shall put under cover one Of the
roll books, seal the same, and direct it to
the county or corporation corrt clerk Of
the county or corporaton(a as the Use may
be) in which the election is held and the
poll book, thus sealed and directed, to
sether with the ballots strung as aforesaid
enclosed and sealed, shall be conveyed by
one % f; "a. ipdges, &c &c he determined BY
lot, if tney cannot otherwise agree, e ~,
clerk to whom they arc directed, on the
day following the election aal the other
| poll book sha! be Deposited with the
c!erl. Of the township in which the cleo
ton is held or if in town or a city
having d corporation court, tie Office OF
the mayor Of such town or city, there to
remain for the use Of the persons who II sy
choose to inspect the same. The clerk To
whom the ballots are delivered as afore-
said, shall deposit the same in his Office,
without breaking the seal, where they
shall be safely kept for twelve months;
and he shall not allow the same to be in
spected, unless in cases # contested cleo
tons, or unless the same become necessa-
ry, to be used, and then ouly on the order
Of the proper court or officers.
PENALTIES FOR FAILURE To ATTEND ELECTION
WHEN appointed JUDGES, &c.
Y. Any Judge, or clerk or commission
er of election, who shall fail to attend at
the time and place appointed for such
) election, without good and sufficient rea-
!, son, shall forfeit thirty dollars.