Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-19
VOTING IN ENGLAND.
The METHOD BY WHICH MEMBERS
OF PARLIAMENT ARE SELECTED.

Writing and stamping BaIIots-In Case
objection Is Made-AIi Paper Accounted
for.
The polls are open on election day from
O'Clock Il. IN. until : o'clock p. m, and the
presiding officer, with his clerk or clerks, is
on duty at the pOlling station all that time
! The returning officers Of the borough sit in
the VeStry hall mt the parish church, and the
sheriff in the shire hall, TO receive appeals
| from persons who NAV have changed their
residences since tn" register was conplrted, or
who for some other technical reason are not
| allowed by the presiding officer to cast their
| ballots, The polling station is a large room,
divided across hy strong railing, with a
gateway in it, The rear part OF the room is
further divided by railing at right angles
! to the first. In the rear OF the room are
tables at which the electors write their bal
lots. They are divided one from the other 10y
high lOarl divisions reaching Ia the ceiling
OF the ruom, - that man at one table can
neither SEQ nor he seen 10y man ut the next
On the other side of the room and behind the
second railing sits the presiding officer with
Ills tltTk, "llllB Ill lIOllt bI MIN SldlllS InC
b lllot box.
THE BALLOT BOX AND BOOK
Shortly before o'clock in the morning of
election day a policeman takes his stand at
the gate. There the presiding officer and his
clerk bring i'll the ballot box, still sealed up
and the package of papers. Each candidate is
entitled to have Il "personatiOn agent at each
polling station and in the presence of these
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the box shown to be empty The box is
made of tin, is about foot and half high
and foot square On the top it has u slit
about one and "A half inches long and frac-
ton of an inch wide.
In the sealed package of papers are, first, a
complete printed copy of the register of the
borough; second, that portion of the register
which contains the names .. the electors en-
titled to vote in that polling district; third, a
book containing the ballots: fourth, IA book
containing fifty ballots printed on colored
paper to lie handed out under the objectior
of the "persOnatiOn agent" of either candt-
date. There is also a stamp with which to
stamp each ballot as it is given out. Ths
average register has leaves about as large as
those of an unabridged dictionary, and is
about one-thirl as thick rs that necessary
book. Each page is divided into five
columns: in the first appears a number, in
the second the voters name Then in the
third comes his residence, his occupation in
the fourth. while the property on which he
votes Is described i'll the fifth and last column.
This ballot book is like a large and thick
check book, the ballots being the checks
They are about large as the regular small
hlutting papers. Each ballot is numbered, a
corresponding number being printed on the
stub which remains i'll the book The names
of the candidates are printed on the ballot,
large blank space being left opposite each.
Above each table where the electors write
their ballots hangs notice printed in large
letters, setting forth what the voter may and
may not do. When these notices are put i'll
place and the books laid out ON the table, the
presiding officer and his clerks take their
places and at O'Clock the polls are declared
open. The would-be voter passes by the
polie on guard at the gate, who allows
only one person to enter the mclosure at a
tire He GOES first To the table, and gives his
name to the presiding officer, who finds it in
tGe register.
What is your resid lco." asks the presid-
mg officer. The voter gives it
Your occupation" continues the officer:
and when the answer corresponds with the
statement in the register, he asks the voter to
describe the property on which he claims IA
right to vote
PREPARING THE BALLOT
Not until all the questions are answered in
accordance with the printed form does the
presiding officer offer the voter a ballot paper
from the register he takes the voters num-
Der. and writes il in ink on the stub of the
ballot book immediately below the number
of the ballot, which Is printed on the stub.
Then he tears out the ballot paper, stamps it
with his stamp, and hands it to the voter, who
goes over TO one Of the tables. There pens,
ink and blntting paper are provided. There,
Us be- i dirN'tcd by the printed notice above
the table, he marks a crrss against the name
of the candidate for whom he is voting, hlOts
his ballot, folds it. AMI. returning 1t to the
table by the railing, holds it up and drops it
into the ballot box. Having done this, he
makes room for the next voter.
In case any objection is made by the agents
of either candidate, and the voter insists upon
casting his ballot, the presiding officer gives
him ballot paper from the small ballot book.
The procedure is the same Us though the man
were casting all unchalenged vote, but hi
ballot is thrown aside when the votes arr
counted and the objections to it considered
later before it is counted. II any voter is uIl-
able to read or write, 1t is the sworn duty of
the presiding officer to go with him to tbC
table. tell INN the names of the candidates, and
place the cross opposite the name that the
voter wishes, and he must never reveal the
name of the candidate 81 selected.
The polls are closed at ) o'clock in the even
ing, after having been open twelve hours
The presiding officer is expected to be present
all the time; he Is allowed to be absent not
more than thirty minutes during the twelve
hours and for those thirty minutes he must
appoint deputy. immediately ON the cloSe
of the polls the ballot box is sealed up, all the
papers and books made into u parcel, all bal
lots spoiled by voters placed together and
sealed, and an account msde Of every piece of
paper used in the polling booth during the
day. The presiding officer and his clerks
with the agents, then take the box and pack
ages 10 the shire town of the county, where
he swears to his returns, AIid where the votes
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