The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-10-14

\ II any peFSco CEetcHt UT dticiUpt 10
prevent any oficer of any election under
this act from holding such election use
or ihrcnten any whence TO any such officer
or shall interrupt or Improperly interfere
with him in the execution of his duty. or
shall block up the window or avenue TO any
window where the same may be holding. or
shall riotous'y disturb the peace mt such
= election, or shall use or practice any intimi-
dating threats, force or violence, with design
, to influence unduiy or ovcrawe any elec,or
or to prevent him from voting or restrain the
freedom OF choice, such persons, on conviC-
: tion shall be fined III any sum not exceeding
FIVE hundred dollars and be imprisoned for
any time not less than one nor more than
twelve months and if it shall be shown TO
the Court where the trial of such offence
shall be had that the person so offending was
not resident of the city, ward, district or
township where the said offence was COM
mitied and not entitled to vote therein, then
on conviction he shall be sentenced to pays
fine of not less than one hundred or more
than on, thousa nd dollars, and be imprisoned
not less than SIX months, nor more Than two
jyetrs.
If any person not by law qualified shall
trauduleutly vote at any election in this
: commonwealth, or being otherwise qua lifted,
shall vote out of his proper district, or if any
person knowing the want of such quaifca.
tion, shall aid or procure such person to vote,
the person so offending sha II on conviction, be
fined in any SUN not exceeding two hundred
dollars, and be imprisoned for any Term not
exceeding three months.
Ii any person shall vote at more than one
election district or otherwise fraudulently
T vote more than once on the same day, or
shall fraudulenlly fold and deliver to the in
spector two tickets together with the intent
Illegally TO vote, or shall vote the same, or
if any person shall advise and procure an
f other so to do, be or they SO offending shall
on conviction, be fined in any sum not less
han fifty nor more than five hundred dol
{ lars, and be imprisoned for any term not less
than three nor more than twelve months.
"If any person not qualified 10 vote in this
Commonwealth, agreeably to law except the
sons ofqualified citizens), shall appear at any
place OF election for the purpose of issuing
tickets or influencing the citizens qualified
to vote, he shall on conviction forfeit and pay
any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars,
E for every such offence, and be imprisoned for
any term not exceeding three months.
! "All elections by the citizens shall be by
ballot. Every ballot voted shall be numbered
in the order in which il shall be received, and
the number recorded by the election officers
: on the list of voters, opposite to the name of
the elector who presents the ballot. ANY eiector
may write his name upon his ticket, or cause
the same to be written thereon and attested by
citizen of the district The election officers
shall be sworn or affirmed not to disclose how
;, any elector shall have voted unless required to
I do so as witnesses in a judicial proceeding.
Electors shall in all cases except treason,
felony aud breach Of surety of the peace, be
privileged from arrest during their attendance
on elections and in going to and returning
therefrom.
Whenever any of the qualified electors of
this Commonwealth shall be in actual military
service, under requisition from the President
1 of the United States by the authority of this
Commonwealth such electors may exercise the
right of suffrage in all elections by the citizens,
under such regulations as are or shall be pre-
scribed by law, as fully as if they were present
at their usual places of election.
: All laws regulating the holding of elections
by the citizens for the registration of electors
shall be uniform throughout the State, but no
elector shall be deprived of the privilege of
: voting by reasJn of his name not being re-
gistered.
Any person who shall give or promise or
offer to give, to an elector, any money, reward
or other valuable consideration for his vote at
an election, or for Withholding the same, or
{ who shall give or promise to give such con-
sideration to any person or party for such cleo
tors vote or for the withholding thereof, and
any elector who shall receiveor agree to receive
for himself or for another, any money, reward
or other valuable consideration for his vote at
an election, or for withholding the same, shall
thereby forfeit the right to vote at such cleo
ton, and any elector whose right to vote shall
be challenged for such cause before the cleo
ton officers, shall be required to swear or affirm
that the matter of the challenge is untrue be-
fore his vote shall be received.
! ANY person who shall, while candidate for
Office, be guilty of bribery, fraud or willful
violation Of any election law, shall be forever
| disqualified from holding an office of trust or
, profit in this Commonwealth, any person con-
victed of willful violation of the election laws
/ shall, in addition to any penalties provided by
} law, be deprived of the right of suffrage abso-
lutely for term of four years.
! For the purpose of voting no person shall be
deemed to have gained residence by reason
of his presence, or lost it by reason of his
absence, while employed in the service, either
civil or military, of this State or of the United
States, nor while engaged in the navigation of
the waters of the State or the United States, or
on the high seas, nor while student in any
institution of learning, nor while kept in any
poor house or other asylum at public expense,
nog while confined in public prison.
District election boards shall consist of
judge and two inspectors, who shall be chosen
annually by the citizens Each elector shall
8 have the ri ght to vote for the Judge and one
inspector, and each inspector shall appint one
clerk The first election board for any new
district shall be selected, and vacancies in cleo
ton boards filed, as shall be provided by law.
f Election officers shall be privileged from arrest
upon days of election, and while engaged in
making mp and transmitting returns, except
upon warrant Of court of record or judge
: thereof, for an election frand, for felony, or
for wanien breach of the peace. In cities they
may claim exemption from jury duty during
their terms of service.
J. Notice is Also Given,
i That it is provided by an Act approved