Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-09-09
you declare your intention to become a
citizen of the United States?

were you finally admitted to citizenship
Fifth-Whcn did you last see Your
certificate of naturalization, and where is
it now, if you know?
These interrogatories shall be answer
ed under oath, and if i, appear that the
person offering to vote has been duly
naturalized in a competent court, and he
possess all the other qualifications of a
voter, his vote shall be received, other
wise it shall be rejected Provided
that when person is entitled to vote
only for part of the officers voted for
at such election, the oath shall be varied
accordingly, and the clerk shall enter the
names OF ali persons who are challenged
on the poll lists, and the word sworn, in
brackets, opposite such name, and such
entry shall be presumptive evidence that
such voter was sworn, and ii any person
shall refuse to take the oath 30 rendered.
his vote shall be rejected.
SEC. II. There shall be provided
and kept by the judges of each election
precinct Eat the expense of the county,
suitable ballot box, with lock and key.
Sec. IS. There shall be an opening
in the lid of such box, of no larger size
than shall be sufficient to admit
single folded ballot Before opening
the polls, the ballot-box shall be carefully
examined by the judges of the election,
that nothing may remain herein; it shall
then be locked and the key thereof de.
livered to one Of the judges to be desig-
mated by the board, and shall not be
opened during the election, except in the
manner and for the purposes hereinafter
mentioned.
SEC. 10. At each adjournments OF
the polls, the clerks shall, in the presence
of the judges, compare their respective
poll lists compute and set down the
number Of votes, and correct all mistakes
that may be discovered, according to the
decision of the borad, until such poll lists
shall be made in all respects to correspond
SEC. 20. The ballot box shall then
be opened, and the poll lists placed there
in, aud such box shall then be lock ed,
and covering with a seal placed on the
opening in the lid of such box so as to
entirely cover the same, and the key de.
livered to one of the judges and the box
to another, to be designated by the board
SEC. 81. The judge having the key
shall keep it in his own possession, and
deliver it again to the board at the next
opening Of the polls, and the person hav-
ing the box shall carefully keep it, with
out opening it or suffering it to be opened
or the seal thereof to be broken or re.
moved, and shall publicly in that con
dition deliver it to the board of judges
at the next opening of the polls, when
the seal shall be broken, the box opened
the poll lists taken out and the box again
locked.
Sec. %. As soon as the polls of the
election shaIl..bc finally closed, the judges
shall Immediately proceed to canvass the
vote given at such election, and the can
vass shall be public and continue without
adjournment until completed
SEC. %. The canvass shall com.
mence by comparison of the poll lists
from the commencement, and correc-
ton of any mistake that may be found
therein, until they shall be found to
agree. The box shall then be opened
and the ballots found therein counted by
the judges, unopened, except to ascertain
whether each ballot is SINGLE and if two
or more ballots be found SO folded to.
gether as to present the appearance of IA
single ballot, they shall be laid aside un-
til the count Of the ballots is Completed;
and it, on a comparison of the count
with the poll lists, aud the appearance
OF such ballots, majority of the judges
shall be of the opinion that the ballots
thus folded together were voted by Que
elector, they shall be rejected.
SEC. "a. If the ballots shall be found
to exceed the whole number of votes on
The poll lists, they shall be replaced in
the box latter being purged after the
manner above stately and thoroughly
mingled, and one Of the Judges after
being blind-folded, shall publicly draw
out and destroy therefrom SO many bal.
lots unopened as shall be equal to such
excess.
Sec. 20. The ballots aud poll list
agreeing, or being made - agree, the
board shall then proceed to count and as.
certain the number Of votes cast, and the
clerks shall set down in their poll books
the name of every person voted for, and
then at full length the Office for which
such person received such votes, and
the number he did receive, the mum.
Der being expressed at tull length;
such entry to be made as early as crcum
stances will permit, in the following
form, to-wit:
At an election held at the house OF
{ A B), in the town district or precinct
of $3.50, in the county of. and in