Daily globe., 1878-03-08

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of fraudulent vote, that fast of man.
name being on the list on election day, doc
not permit him to vote unless otherwise ouali-
ned and therefore that the result Of no election
could be affected to any extent by the PLACING
upon the list of the check marks referred to. A
reference to the law will demonstrate the truth
OF the foregoingp roposition.
vides, THE judges Of the election in each elec
tion district, at least fifteen (15) DAYS before
any election, shall make list Of the names of
all persons who are entitled to vote in their re-
spective election districts at such election.
which list shall contain the surnames of such
OF said list shall, at least ten Q0) days before
such election, be posted in three ls) public
places in each election district, together with a
notice of the time and place when and where
the judges of election will be present for the
purpose Of making corrections in ssid list.
The said judges Of election, on
We Wednesday next preceding such election
from the hour of nine (9) in the forenoon, to
four a. in the afternoon, and in cities contain
ing population of four thousand (4.OOO) in
habitants and upwards; in addition thereto.
from the hour of eight (8) to the hour Of ten
(10) in the evening" and on the day Immediately
(9) in the forenoon to nine (9) in the afternoon
and for two (2) hours next preceding the OPEN
ing of the polls on the day of such election shall
be present at the place appointed for the holding
of such election in their respective election dis
trlcts, for the purpose of making corrections in
sald LIST: In making such corrections said
Judges of election shall insert upon such list the
additional names of all persons properly shown
to be entitled to vote at such election.
Ihe said judges, in first making out said list.
shall consult the poll list used at the last pre-
cedlng election, in their respective election
districts, and shall place on said list the names
OF all persons whom they know, or with reason
able diligence ascertain, to be entitled to vote
at such election, in their respective election
districts. In making the final corrections of
SAID list, to ascertain who are entitled to vote
at such election, the said judges shall be
goverened by the rules and regulations herein
atter forthat purpose prescribed, and at such
election no person shall vote whose name is not
upon said list at the time of opening the polls.
Provided, that any person Offering to vote
whose name is not on said list, can produce
evidence which satisfies all the Judges, that he
has the qualifications of an elector in said dis
trict, and entitled to vote at such election hut
whose name has been accidentally omitted from
said list, then the name of such person shall be
added to said list, and he shall be allowed to
vote; nor shall the vote of any person be re-
]ected whose name is upon said list at the time
of opening the polls. Provided, that evidence
satisfying all the judges be produced showing
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that the person SO offering to vote has not the
qualifications Of an elector in said district, and
is not entitled to vote at such election, then
the name of such person shall be stricken from
said list, and he shall not be allowed to vote;
but in all such cases an entry shall be made op
poslte the name added to or stricken from (the)
said list after the opening of the polls.
And the judges of election shall make or
cause to be made a duplicate of said list 40
that there shall be two (2) register poll lists at
every election
It will be seen from the foregoing statute,
tnat the poll-llsts for each election are made up
by the judges; that the former lists are merely
issued as reference for the new ones, and that
the judges are in no way bound by them; they
select from them just such names
as they choose, and no more; it there
fore, does not make the slightest
difference whether the names on the old lists
are checked or not, for the law nowhere recop-
nizes the check marks, except for one specific
purpose, as we shall show hereafter. It further
appears from the law itself, that the fact of his
name being on the poll-list does not entitle one
to vote unless he has the requisite qualifications
OF an elector. Had the grand jury read or
quoted the entire law, their entire conclusions
would have fallen to the ground.
Now, as to the Office Of the check-marks,
their purpose, and only purpose, is to mark or
tally the number of votes cast with the num-
ber of ballots received; that is, to prevent any
voter from casting more than one ballot; they
are for the use of the Judges during thu elec.
tion. ia enable them II nronerlv eann... ~
votes. and their e1stenca law tarn;n.ta tne
with that canvass and thew ara navor a,,5 49,
never he apa;n racoon;zed - ~'t>> ~. ~.
purpose. We nnote the law mon s ths
suhiect and & needa No f,~tho- w w
plantation fror, ns sect;on twenty l9M eho ota.
fonr az R;saells statntea w o1'p'oA
.sThe Judge to whom any ballot is delivered
shall nnon the recent thereof nrono,noa Iii.
an audible voice the nama of +ba. eo WI ~
the clerk of election shall theranno,
check the name of tho ao;d -,ari",, &o uu
80; 1;.ts .o ), "10 u VIC eai" person upon tne
Here then we bava tho ;,oon+;o,, oe ~.
check mark. Let us nov; see ;ts f,rtler of;o 'uo
Section txrantvtwo f09S ohontor fe... r.
sarhe canu.ss sL11 oo,, ,a,,,> hlt W.
the hox tha ha al1ote s,,j - "aa.n4 ou' ~
saoa - =, ,,ha+ha- AZ anu opvunS.nB eue
haolo7 -, tIa i;s+. ~ e-.aa:I VIZ VI n'nes
nnmher of hallots asrroe;,,a ~ ho;.a. +1, V1o lo
to agree with the nnmhes ~ % Names .nus @ aIs sa;S
l;sts +ho I;at .hoIl ha .;o.,,.5 :, VI sou
anJ ,ttas+aa h., Dui +ho DJ sau luuges
~ tbora aIso"iro oLe Su.A - anu :1e o1
1;ot ~ = |'1'o n u1o' ~ 'ne ioo' Oh ealo
Ho~o a., .ha a.
and = !. Sue It. marx
When & il aoa;n considered that o ~ nn r"". .,.o
;on are -, 49, thraa 1naS a no eec
mon the nol-lists voted that The fact th.t .e .a
ejec+o das ~ 80 ~ 49,, oo sllsso ."
d;o,;f ~; go. .ooo ~ ono uoes hot
.a"11:. ~ :l1.t:nis a nvnA so:s oS sne ne4!' nor
perm. ens Juuges 70 oml1 nus name 1rom the list,
& 70 alo IN IN 1ne cas1ing OF one solitary fraudulent
vote, the party will have to presume, first, that
tne cneck marx Will carry on the name to the
new list; second, that the real owner of the