The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-11-02
THE ELECTION LAW.

of the election commissioners and
returning officers of the parish of
Grant, at the coming election, we
publish below such sections OF the
law as bear directly on the duties
of these officers, and call especial
attention to them:
Sec. 20. Be it further enacted,
etc, That all elections shall be
completed in one day, and the polls
be kept open at each polling place
from the hour of seven in the fore
noon until six in the afternoon.
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted,
etc, That it shall be the duty of
the commissioners to receive the
ballots of all legal voters who shall
offer to vote, and to deposit the
same in the ballot box to be pro-
vided as above directed for that
purpose, in view OF the voter, or
see that the voter, if he desires to
do SO, shall deposit his own ballet
in the box with his own hand. The
ballot box to be SO placed during
the election as to be seen by the
persons voting.
Sec. %. Be it further enacted,
etc, That the commissioners of
election shall preserve order and
decorun ut the election, and shall
have power to commit to prison
any disorderly person for q time
not TO extend beyond the hour of
closing the polls; provided that
such person shall be permitted to
vote before being committed to
prison.
Sec. %. Be it further enacted,
etc, That all the names of persons
voted for shall be written or print
ed Oh one ticket, on which the
names Of the persons voted for and
the office for which they are voted
shall be accurately specified, and
the tickets snail have printed or
written on their backs the ward for
which they are used, and should
two or more tickets be folded to-
gether the tickets SO folded shall
be rejected.
Sec. Is. Be it further enacted,
etc, That in case the right of any
person to vote is challenged, the
commissioners of election shall
have the power to administer oaths
or atfirmations to all persons Of
fering to vote. and to examine such
persons under osth touching their
right to vote at such election, and
in all cases the commissioners of
election shall appoint one Of their
number to check on the list of
registered voters, and another to
receive the votes. aud shall, by the
clerk or one of the commissioner
keep the list of voters above pro-
vided; and whenever a vote il re-
ceived the commissioner of election
keeping the check ON the list of
registered voters shall mark the
letter "V' opposite to said name
on said registered list, and call
aloud the name of the voter. -
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted,
etc, That the commissioners of
election, or any citizens OF the
State, shall have the right to re-
quire that any person attempting
vote shall be put upon his oath aud
made to declare whether he is the
person registered, or whether he
has voted at any other polling
place. and whether he is a duly
qualified elector of the State, par.
lsh, ward and precinct in which be
offers to vote, and in case such
person makes a false oath, be shall
be subjected to the penalties pro-
vided by law for perjury, and that
the affidavits required by this Sec
ton shall be in writing, and shall
be presented as a part of the re-
turns to be deposited in the Office
of the clerk of the court, =
Sec. 80. Be it further enacted,
etc, That whoever shall use vio-
lence or intimidation, or raise any
tumult or riot. at any election in
this State, with design to infu-
ence unduly, or to intimidate, over
awe, or interrupt the commission
ers, or any other officers, in the
discharge of their duties at the
election, or shall by threate or vio-
lence willfully attempt to overawe
or influence uuduly any voter SO as
to deprive him Of his right to vote.
shall, on conviction, be imprisoned
not more than six months and