The New York herald., 1871-11-07

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The polls M be open n yhe various election dis
tricta-the pSding places ana boundaries OF which
IN t6s mousing ana Close 1t ve O'Clock In the even
ing, instead Of from sunrise 70 sunset provided
lots at the boxes, should scan Them Carefully 10 zee
that the names Of those and only those they Intend
y9ss Ior are cpon them ad mat they are pro
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TAXI THEIR rLACDs IN ZINE
and await their turn to deposit their ballots The
unt,l the name Of the voter has been placed upon
the boxes and accepted when the voter should re.
~ me anq zee s a Spon and Deposited
frequently deposited the tickets the wrong boxes
A each box rs Labelled an intelligent voter should
be able a. once 20 detect an error OF this kind
If Challensed, What to Do. W
| Under the law each political party has the right
position that he can each eIecsor asS
nc has the right to challenge any voter Tne law
governing challenges being important is given in
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vote q The poll Of tho inspectors shall tender 20
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place resdence qualifications Is an elecor
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REFusE TO rAxR THE sAD PRELIMINARY OATH
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him shs guanc..ion any, In - which Re shall ap
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any IN Or or apd are not nS
result OF this election and that you have not voted this
SEC H. tsEo 49, II any shall refuse take tho
oath so rendered his vote shall be rejected.
SO many votes have been thrown out by Inspect
Ors OF Election. owing to the ignorance OF voters
that the above clauses should be carefully read.
UGreG1sterod VOfcs-HOW to Act.
Notwithstanding that the registration this year
has been unprecedenty large 1t very certain that
thousands Of legal voters by business engagements
have been prevented from registering. The new
law enables all sucn to swear In their votes Any
voter placed IN this predicament can 70 before Q
notary public ana under oath state the cause Of his
If sATisFAcT0RY TO THE INSPECTORS. HIS VOTE
MUST BE RECEIVED. 1853 .s
In the event Of legal voter being challenged, and
nrf fvrfe ina nwtfc~ ~v~a~g
the inspectors for non registry or other technical
grounds he should proceed to the headquarters OF
his CLAIMS 70 VOTE wnen ali nccessaiy rciie viii be
Afforded In time to have his vote recorded vorun.
tarily or by msnuamus OF the courts
IS Interfering with vstcrs.
Voters have rights that even the police are pound
TO respect and among them Is tue privilege OF TAX
Of aisoraer coaacs s bssc o h - peacs nss
manning there until they have deposited t1elr votes
ne Of 500 ana six montns' mprs5nmens for py Sns
person cltlzen or OGAcIaI) 70 improperly interfere
ws 'episs yess q vSg 81 ns way 9 ne polls q whie a.
Who HIVE the Right to Attend tue tue rom.
Tic persona who have The right to be present in
the polling place are he lnspecnscs and poll clerks,
tile police officers, detailed IN uniform for the pre-
scrvauon Of the peace. and one challenger from
each political party. IL y the duty Of the police
~ anu caeuGe ny voter and m
o msdcmeanor for a policeman or other person to
interfere with cnuuengct.
Daties sr Inspectors aud Poll clerks.
Inspectors OF Election are to receive and deposit
the ballots Of legal voters; 10 exact satisfactory
10 challenge ana examine, under oath, every per.
son Offering to vote, "whon they snail know or sus-
pS BE- s a legal
closing OF the polls TO canvass the votes. No one
sna act @ an IN any aS IN which rSs Ne
inspectors have iull authority to mainlain order
around the polls, and to cause the arrest and deten
cord tnc names and address OF each voter he de-
posts his ballot and perform other clerical duties,
under the direction Of the inspectors.
Citizens May Challenge a Voter.
Every citizen has the night TO be present at the
iore0, aud he has the right under the law to chal
lenge the vote OF any person whom he may know or
voter thus challenged snail be examined under oath
by the inspectors.
Ths Cauvass OF votcs-Watch 'em.
On the closing Of the poll the Inspector (without
snx sdSSEaysas S 1a must proceed 70 the canvass
shall @ nav nave bee been fully Completed Tie Srst proceed
Ing Is the comparison not Of ;ns s p2ll lisa
and the cdfSaed q any my ana III Mistakes that
may be found therein. The boxes must be can
to be taken ont and counted unopened, except so
far as to ascertain whether such ballot Is single.
III ballots round folded together they should be
destroyed II by counting them the number Will ex-
coed the whole number OF ballots OF that kind
received according to the poll LIST; otherwise they
shall be counted II they had been found separate
G. -s-a.a-- DALLO.a IN TIE WRONG BOxs s'.~s.T.
Ballots having an endorsement indicating that
they belong In box different from tue one III Wn9R
they are FOUND viii bc laid aside and carefully pre-
served. until the box TO which they seem to belong
has been opened and The ballots In II counted. And
theD II no excess OF votes IN inc latter b0x over the
numper rs designated OH the pon lists will thereby
be produced the ballots 80 found IN the wrong box
must be counted as belonging to their own proper
box; but, IN case OF sucn excess they must be re-
jected.
EXCESS OF UNOPENED BALLOTS OVER POLL LISTS.
Ii the ballots properly endorsed found In any
box exceed the whole number on the corresponding
column OF the poll lists they are TO be replaced 10
the box from which tney were taken. and one O.