The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-02
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Information for Managers Of Election.
The following is substantially The law
relating to the duties Of manager of cleo
ton: 81
I.tsThere are three, managers of each
election preeinct, said managers appoint
ed by the Commissioners of Election.
2ilThe managers arefto take and sub
scribe before any officer authorized to: adj
minister oaths,s the oath of office pre-
scribed By, the Consti titution, to wit: - ~
t.I do solemnly swear Tor affirm as the
case may be} that am duly qualified
according to the Constitution of the Uni.
ted States, and this State, to exercise the
duties Of the Office to which / have been
appointed; and that Iswill faithfully dis!
charge to the best of my abilities the du-i
ties thereof; that / recognize the supre-
macy of the constitution and laws of the.
United States oyer the constitution and
laws of any State, and { will support,
protect and defend the constitution of the:
United Ssates, and the constitution OF
South Carolina, as ratified BY the people
on the sixteenth day of April, 186S-So
HelpM Me God. = - 2.
Said oath of office when SO taken and
subscribed is to be Immediately fled in.
the Office Of the clerk of the county. g, q
3.The managers of each sprecinct are
authorized to appoint a clerk to assist
them in their duties; said clerk taking
the aforesaid oath before the chairman
of. the board ofmanagers. ~ - {
4, The managers of each precinct at
their first meeting must organize as a
board by appointing one of their mem-
bers chairman of the board and such
chairman in each instance is empowered
to administer the necessary oaths: 'si,'s
5. The polls; must be opened at the
precincts on day ofelection 9th Novem-
berA from six o'clock in the mornings and
close at six o'clock in the afternoon-and
to be kept open during these hours with
out intermission or adjournment. The
managers must administer to each per
son Offering to vote an oath that ne IS
qualified to vote at the election, accord
ing to the constitution of this State, and
that he has not voted during this elec-.
ton. The quali li6cations of a voter are
that he is male citizen of the United
States, of or over twenty ty-one years OF
age, a resident of this State one year, and
of the county sixty days; but no person
kept in an alms-house or public prison,
or of unsound mind can vote:
6. The law prob hibits the sale of liquors
~ 3.,,, rJovy hofOrn
election until six q clock, a.. M, the day
after election.
z. Voting is by ballot written or prin-
ted5or partly written and partly printed,
and the ballot must be folded so as to
conceal the contents.
s. There IS one general ticket for Rep
resentatiyes in Congress and State, cir,
cult and county officers. There is one
ticket for Presidential Electors; and
there is third ticket in voting on the
proposed constitutional amendment In
reference to the taxation for. public
schools. %.
9. In voting on the constitutional
amendmep. the ballot must be written or
printed, Constitutional Amendment
Yes,n or Constitutional Amendment
No.
10: No person but theyoter must place
his votes in the boxes. - -
i'll. Each box must be publicly opened
and inspected to see that it is empty and
secure, and then locked just before the
opening of the polls, and the keys re-
turned to the managers and must not.
be opened during the election.
IL. Each clerk Of managers shall keep
poll-list which shall contain one col
umn headed Names and Voters" !" and
the name of each voter must be entered
by the clerk in such column. @
13. At the, close; of the election, the
managers with their clerk must immedi-
ately proceed publicly to open. the ballot
box and count the ballots, and continue:
such count without adjournment orInter-s
ruption until the same is completed and
make true statement of the result there
of, and sign the same If in counting.
two or more ballots are found folded to-
gether compactly and containing same
names, only one is counted and the other
DESTROYED; but if they bear different
names, the same. are destroyed and not
counted. If on opening the box there
are more ballots than names on the poll
list, all the ballots are again put in the
box and thorough " mixed togethersa
one of the managers.or the clerk, shall
without seeing the ballot draw there;
from and ediatelyS destroy as many
ballots as there are IN excess ofsthe nun1-
Der of names on the POLL list.
IA. Within three days after the cleo
ton the chairman Of the board of mana
gers, or one of them to be designated in
writing by the board, must deliver to IL the
the boxes containing the ballots, and a.
written statement Of the result of the.
election in his precinct.
Neat, sBnE Not jGaudy.s IN % !;
At Aiken, inzSouth Carolina, on Fri
day, there was democratic parade and
meeting. At the close fathei meeting