Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-10-29


election, and also the name of the
county and precinct wherein such
| clector resides; and carefully and truly
write down the number OF votes that
shall be gwen for each candidate at
the election as often as his name shall
bc read to us by the inspector thereof,
and in all things truly and faithfully
perform our duty respecting the same,
to the best of our judgment and abili-
ties, and that We are not, directly nor
indirectly, interested in any bet or wa
ger on the result of this election.
SEC. 3,O74. 1t shall bc the duty of
the County Auditor to make out one
copy of each of the said oaths or af-
tirmations for each election precinct
which shall be severally subscribed by
the inspector, judges and clerks, and
the said Oaths or aflirmations shall be
certified under the hand of the person
by whom they shall he administered.
and the said oaths or atlirmations shall
be placed with the election returns to
be returned to the County Auditor.
SEC. 3,O75. The Inspector shall be
Chairman of the Board, and after its
organization shall have power to adj
minister all necessary oaths which may
he required III the progress of the cleo
ton. He shall also have power to fill
any vacancy that may occur in the
Board of Judges, or by absence or re-
fusal to serve of either of the Clerks
after the polls shall have been opened.
OPENING OF THE PoLLS-vOTING AND
CHALLENGES.
SEC. 3,O7G. At all elections the polls
shall he opened at 8 o'clock in the
morning, and shall continue open
without recess until 6 o'clock in the
evening, at which time the Judges
shall close the polls; provided, that in
sparscly settled precincts, whenever a
sufficient number of qualified electors
to constitute a Board of Election are
not present at 8 o'clock on the morn
ing of the day of the election, it shall
be lawful to open the polls as soon
thereafter Il sufficient number are
present
SEC. 3,O77. The Board of Judges,
before they commence receiving bal
lots, shall cause it to be proclaimed
aloud at the place of voting that the
polls are now open.
SEC. 3O7S. 1t shall he the duty OF
the Auditors of the several counties to
furnish the Inspectors of each election
precinct with two poll books at least
five days before the time of holding
the election.
SEC 3,O79. The voting shall be by
ballot. The ballot shall be plain,
white paper ticket, containing the
names of the persons for whom the
electors intend to vote and designating
the Office to which such person so
named is intended by him to be chos-
en-. No ballot shall bear upon the
outside thereof any impression, device,
color or thing designed to distinguish
such ballot from other legal ballots or
whereby the same may be known or
designated. Whenever any person Of
fers to vote the Inspector shall pro-
nounce his or her name in an audible
voice, and if there be no objections to
the qualifications of such person as an
elector, he shall receive his ballot and
in the presence of the Judges put the
same, without being opened or exam
ined, into the ballot box. The ballot
shall be four inches in width and
twelve inches in length, or not to vary
one-fourth of an inch in length or
breadth from above specifications.
SEC. $3.50. The name of each elec-
tor whose ballot has been thus re-
ceived, shall be Immediately entered
by each clerk in the column of his poll
list, headed names Of voters" num-
bering each name in the additional
column, as it is taken down, so that it
may be seen at any time whether the
two lists agree. Whenever the Board
of Election rejects a ballot, it must, at
the time of such rejection, cause to be
made thereon and signed by a major
ity of the board an endorsement of
such rejection and of the cause there
of. All rejected ballots must be pre-
served and returned in the same man.
ner as other ballots. Whenever a
question arises in the Board as to the
legality of ballot, or any part there
of, and the Board decide in favor of
the legality, such action, together with
a concise statement of the facts that
gave rise to the objection, must be en-
dorsed upon the ballots and signed by
a majority of the Board.
Sec. 3,O81. Any person offering to
vote may be challenged as unqualified
by the Inspector, or either of the
Judges, or by any legal voter, and it
shall be in all cases the duty of the
Inspector and of each of the Judges
to challenge any person offering to
vote, whom they shall know or sus-
pect not to be duly qualified as an
elector.
Sec. 3,OS2. When any person offer
ing to vote is challenged, it shall be
the duty of the Judges to declare to
him the qualifications of an elector,
and the Inspector, or one of the Judges,
shall tender him the following oath:
You do swear Cor affirm) that you
will fully and truly answer all ques-
tions as shah be put to you, touching
your place of residence, and qualifi-
cations as an elector." The Inspector,
or one of the Judges, shall then pro-
ceed to question the person challenged
in relation to his name, his then place
of residence, how long he has resided
in the precinct and county, where his
last place of residence was, also as to
his citizenship, and whether native
or naturalized citizen, and if the latter,
when, where, in what county or be-
fore what officer he was naturalzed,
and all such other questions as shall
tend to test his qualifications as to cit
izenship and the right to vote.
Sec. 3,OS3. If any person shall re-
fuse to take the aforesaid oath, when so
rendered, or to answer. any and all per-
tinent questions as to qualifications,
his vote shall be rejected; and if the
Board OF Judges are satisfied from
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