Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-10-04
OHIO ELECTION LAW.
Attention, All.


Penalty-Fin"s not exceeding $500.
and imprisonment not exceeding SIX
months; and if candidate elected to
an Office commit the offense. he shall
be removed therefrom by judgmentof
Court.
II. SEC. 7O47-Voting without be.
ing resident of precinct twenty days
preceding election, or. being there for
temporary purposes only. Penalty
Not more than $500, or from three to
six months imprisonment.
III. Sec. 704S-Voting without be-
ing resident of county thirty days be.
fore election. Penalty-Imprisonment
in Penitentiary from one to FIVE years.
". SEC. 7049--Voting without be.
ing resident of State one year. PEN
alty-lmprisonment in Penitentiary
from one to five years.
v Sec. 7O5O-Voting more than
once at the same election. Penalty
Imprisonment in Penitentiary from
one to five years.
VI. Sec. 795l-N oting without res
ldence in the State for one year be-
fore election, not being a citizen of the
United States. or a convict without
pardon. Penalty-Imprisonment from
one to six months.
VII. Sec. 7O52-Procuring such
persons to vote last named. Penalty
Fine from Sl0C to $500, and i'm
prisonment from one to six months.
VIII. Sec. 7053--Procurlng or coun.
selling illegal voters to come into coun-
ty for the purpose of voting there.
Penalty ty-Imprisonment in Penitentia-
ry from one to Eve years.
TX. Sec. 7054-Deceiving an illit-
crate voter as to his ticket or fraudu-
lently changing ballot. Penalty-Im,
prisonment in Penitentiarv from one
to three years.
X. Sec. 7O55-Stufing, fraudu-
lently putting ballot into the ballot
box. Penality-Imprisonment in the
Penitentiary from one to three years.
Xl. Sec. 7O56-Judge of an elec-
tion postponing the counting of votes,
or adjurning for any time or to any
place, or removing box from place of
voting or from custody and presence
of all the judges. Fine from $500 to
1000, and Imprisonment not more
than ten days.
XII. Sec. 7O57-Judge of election
permitting a fraudulent ballot to be
counted. Penalty-Imprisonment in
Penitentiary from one to three years.
XIII. Sec, 7O5S-Judge of an cleo
tion knowingly receiving or sanction
ing an illegal vote, or vote of per-
son who refuses to answer questions as
required by law, or of a person who
refuses to take the oath required by law,
or Judge who refuses or sanctions
refusal of another judge administer
the oath prescribed by law, or refuses
to receive or sanctions the rejection OF
a lawful vote knowingly or refuses, if
requested,to permit the respective can.
didates at such an election, or not ex-
ceeding three friends of such candi-
date, to be present in the room where
the judges are during the receiving
and the counting out OF the ballots, or
a Judge or clerk willfully neglecting
his duty or guilty of corrupt conduct.
Penalty-Fined from $500 to $1,000,
and Imprisonment from three to six
months. Section 1898 provides that
Judges shall allow candidates or three
friends for each to be present at the re-
ceiving and counting of the ballots.
XIV. Sec. 7059-Unlawfully OBJ
tanning or attempting to obtain posses.
sion of the ballot box. Penalty-im
prisonment in the Penitentiary from
one TO three years.
XIV. Sec. 7O60-Unlawfully de.
stroying or attemting to destroy ballot
box, poll book or destroy, mark or alter
ballots cast. neutrality-suspicious.
in the Penitentiary from one to five
years.
XVI. Sec. 706l .-Fraudulently ad
ding to any poll-book, tally.sheet, OF
election returns, the name of any per
son not entitled to vote, or not voting
or fictitious name, or change, alter o!
tamper with poll book, tally-sheet, list
book or paper. Penalty-Imprison
ment in Penitentiary from one to three
years.
XVII. Sec. 7Oe2-Possession of al
tered or forged poll-book, tally-sheet
or returns of any election with fraudu
lent intent. Penalty--Imprisonmen
in the Penitentiary from one to three
years.
SEC. 2939-Makes it a duty of ev-
cry Judge and righU Of every elector t(
; challenge every person offering tt
vote, whose qualification as an electo1
they suspect. Penalty-Fined from
5000 to 1000, and imprisoned three
|. to six months for any judge violating
, this section.
SEC. 294O-Makes it the duty O.
, the Judge upon challenge by al
elector of any persons's right to vote
l to administer to him an oath pre-
scribed By law, and make an examina
| ton of the person offering to vote, a
, to the grounds of the challenge. Pen
r alty-Fined from $500 to $1,000 ane
r Imprisoned three to six months, TO
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