Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-10-10
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for and be labeled, "state;' one ticket shall em
brace the names Of all county officers voted for.
including Office OF senator momber, and members
OF assembly, Ut voted for aud members Of Congress,
II voted for, aud be labeled. "county = one ticket
shall embrace the names Of all township officers
voted for, and bo labeled, township !" one ticket
shan embrace the names Of all borough oficcrs
voted for, and be labelled. thorough = and each
class shall be deposited in separate ballot boxes.
further supplement to the Act regulating
elections In this Commonwealth. approved
january 30, and February ls, A. d. 1874
WHEN rnE POLLS AnE TO Br KEPT OPEN.
! Src. b, AZ all elections hereafter held u ndcr
the laws ofthis Commonwealth, the polls shall be
opened at seven O'Clock, a m, and closed ut seven
o'clock, ?. IN.
APPOINTMENT on JupgEs iSsPgoroRs.
sEc. 0. In all election districts where a vacancy
exists by reason OF the disqualification Of tho
officers or otherwise 10 an election board her to
fore appointed, or where any new district shall be
formed, the Judge or Judges Of tho Court Of Com
mon Pleas of the proper county shall ten days
before any general or special election, appoint
competent persons to Gil said vacancies, aud to
conduct the election In said new districls and In
the appointment Of inspectors IN any election
district both shsll no. % ~ the same political
party, and the judge Of slcstons shall In an
be Of the political party having the milnrity Of
u
or judges can ascertain tho fact, and in case Of
the disagreement, Of the judges 10 the selection
Of inspectors the political majority Of the judges
shall select one Of said inspectors, and tho miloF
ity Judge or Judges shall selec, thl other.
Sac Z. Whenever there shall be a vacancy In
an election board on the morning Of an election,
said vacanc y shall be flled in conformity with
existing laws.
DUTIES % ELEcrioS OFFICERS
4 Hu aUaufntf al fta t.aIf t.lN a.
tons II shall bc the duty Of the Judges Of election
for their respective districts to designate one OF
the inspectors, whose duty It shall be to have in
custody tho registry Of voters. and 10 make the
entries therein required by law, and It shall b,
the duty Of the oihcr Of the said inspectors TO
receive and number the ballots presented at said
election.
SEC. .. All elections by the citizens shall be by
ballot; every ballot voted shall be numbered In
the order IN which II shall be received, and tho
number recorded by the clerks on the list of voters
opposite the nnme Of the elector from whom re-
ceivcd. And any voter voting two or more tick >
cts, the several tickets SO voted shall each he
mum bered with the number corresponding with
the number TO the name Of the voter. Any elec.
tor may write his name upon bis lickot or rauso
the same 10 be written thereon, and attested hv
citizen OF the district. In addition 10 Inc oath
now prescribed by law 70 be taken and subscribed
NN erection NNttlrf ivy tlhll NtNffNIIV IQ
or Armed not TO disclose how any elcetnr sbniI
have voted, unlefs required to do so as Witnesses
in judicial proceeding An judtes, inspeetors.
clerks aud ovcrteeis Of any election beld
under this act shall before oLterinr unon ,hs,r
duties, be duly sworn or affirmed In the nresopc.
Of each other The judge shall 10 sworn NV ,bc
minority Inspector ifthefe shall be such minority
Inspector, and In ease there shall be no minority
Inspector then hy justice Of the peace or alder
man, and the inspectors, oyorscers and clerks shall
be sworn by the Judge. CeriiGoates of sneb swsa,.
ing or Affirming shall be duly made out and ,irn-
ed by the officers 20 sworn, aud attestcd by Tho
officer who Administered the oath. Ifany iudge
minority inspector refuses or fails to swear The
officers Of election In the manner required by tbis
act, or II any officer Of election shall act wi,hout
being first duly sworn. II any officer Of election
shall sign the form Of oath without being duIv
sworh or II any judge or minority Inspector shall
certify that any oheer was sworn when he was
not, u shall be deemed a mislemeanor and upan
conviction the oifeer or officers 70 offending shall
be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars or
impriforment not exceeding one year or both in
the ditcre,ion Of the court
NoS REGISTERED vorrns.
SEC 10. On the day OF election anv person
whose name shall not appear on the registry Of
voters, aud who claims the right to vote at said
election, shall produce at least one qualified voter
II the district as witness to he residence Of
the claimant in The district in which he claims to
be . voter for the period cf at lcat, two months
Immediately preceding said election, which wit.
ness shall bc sworn or affirmed and subscribe
written, or partly written and partly printed ali.
davit TO the muts stnted by HIN, which amdavit
shall define ciosriy where the residence Is Of tho
person so claiming to be voter, and the person
80 claiming the right to vote shall also take and
sub'eribe written, OF partly written and partly
printed affidavit, stating to tho bes, Of his know
ledge and belief when and whero No was born
that he has been citizen Of the Ubiied States
for one month, and of the Commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania; that he has resided in the Com
monwcalth one year, or II formerly a qualified
cleoior or native born citizen thereof, aud has
removed thercfrom and returned that he has re-
sided therein six months next preceding said eloo-
ton that be has resided IN the district In which
he claims to bo voter for the period Of a, least
two months Immediately preceding said election
that be has not moved into the district for the
purpose Of voting therein that be has, II
twenty two years Of age or upwards, paid a State
or county tax within two years, which was asses
ed at least two months and paid at least one month
before the election. The said AFFIDAVIT shall also
state when aud who're the tax claimed TO bo paid
by the allant wa, assessed. aud when and where
aud to whom paid, and the tax receipt therefor
shall be produced for examination unless the
aiiant shall state In bis affidavit that 1t has been
lost or destroyed. or that he never received any,
and, II naiuralEed citizen, shall also state when,
where and by what court he was naturalired and
shall also produce his certificate Of naturalization
for examination but IL the person 20 claiming
the right to vote shall take aud subscribe an afi-
dayit that he is q native bora citizen Of the
United States, or II born elsewhere shall state
the fact in his affidavit, and shall produce evi.
dence that he has been naturalizc1 or is entitled
TO citizenship by reason Of his fathers Aatural.
zatoh, and shall further state in his affidavit that
he Is at the time Of making the affidavit Of the
age Of twenty. one and under twonty-two years
that be has been a citizen OF the United States
one month and has resided in tho State one
year or, II native. born citizen Of the State, aud
removed thcrefrom and returned, that he has re
sided therein six months next preceding said
election, and In the election district two months
Immediately preceding such election, he shall be
entitled to vote although he shall not have paid
taxes. The said nifdayits all persons making
such claims and the afhdavits Of the witnesses to
their residence shall be preserved by the election
board and at tho close Of the election they shall
be enclosed with the ist Of voters, tally list and
other papers required by law to be filed BY the
retufn Judge with the prothonotary. and shall re.
main on lie Herewith in the proihonotary's office,
subject to examination as other election papers
are II the election officers shall find that the
applicant possesses all the legal qualifications Of
a voter he shall be permitted 10 vote, and bis
name shall be added 10 ths list OF taxabcs by the
election officers. the word "taa" being added
where the claimant claims TO vote on tax, and the
word cage whore he claims TO vote on agc, the
same words being added by the clerks IL each
case respectively on the lists Of persjni yotin Z
at such election.
onALLEsGE OF REGISTERED VOTERS
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citizen of the district, notwithstanding the
namo Of the proposed voter Is contained on the
list Of resident taxablos, to challenge the vote Of
such person, whereupon the same proof Of tho
right Of suffrage as now required by law shall be
publicly made, and acted on by the election
board, and the vote admitted or rejected accord.
ing to the evidence. Every person claiming TO
be q naturalired citizen shall be required to pro
duee his naturalization certificate at the election
before voting except where he has been for Ave
years consecutively a voter in the district In
which he offers his vote, and on the vote Of such
person being received Il shall be tho duty Of the
election officers to write or stamp on such certid-
cate the word "voted," with the day, month and
year, aud " any election officer or officers shall
receive second vote on the same day by virtue
Of The sane certificate, except where sons arc en-.
titled to vote because Of the naturalization Of
their iathers, they and the person who shall offer
such second vote shall be guilty Of amisdemsan-
or, and on conviction thereof bo fined or mpris-
oned, or both at the discretion Of the court, bat
the fine shall not exceed hyc hundred dollars in
each case, nor the imprisonment one year. The
like punlshmcn, shall be inflicted on conviction
OF the officers Of election who shall neglect or re-
fuse to make or cause TO bc ma dc the endorse.
ment required as aforesaid on slid naturalization
certificate.
NEGLECT oF Duty or ELrorioN OrFicERs.
SEcrios ~. IL any election officer shall refuse
neglect to require such proof Of the right Of suf
frage as is described by this law, or the laws to
which this Is a supplement, from any person Of.
iering to vote whose name is not on the list Of
assessed voters, or whose right to vote is chal-
lcnged by any qualified voter present, and shall
admit such person to vote without requiring such
proof, every person 20 offending shall upon con
vicion be guilty Of n misdemeanor, and shall bo
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