Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-01

young upon questions submitted to the people by the general assembly shall be by the secretary, and ballots for voting upon questions submitted by the authorities of cities, boroughs and towns by the clerks of such municipal ities, and the purpose of such ballots shall be plainly designated on the back thereof
 SEC, 9.-The clerk of each town shall, whenever any candidates for the offices named in Sec, !, or representatives in the general assembly are to be voted for, deliver, or cause to be delivered. to the moderator at each voting place in such town, within one hour and not less than ten minutes prior to the opening of the polls one and one-half times as many official ballot, of each kind to be voted for at such election as there are names on the registry list at such vot- ing place, taking receipts therefor, and the clerk of the city, borough or town shall in like manner deliver or cause to be delivered ballots when officers of their respective municipalities are to be voted for, as provided in Sec, 6.
 SEC. 10.-Upon the sworn statement of the moderator of any voting place that q certain number of the ballots de- liyered to him have been lost or de- stroyed, and that others are needed to allow the electors at such voting place tO vote, the town, city or borough clerk shall supply such deficiency from the ballots reserved hy him.
 SEC. 1l.-Nominations for officers named in Sec. ] shall be returned to the Secretary Of the State at least thirty days before the day of election, attested by the presiding officer of the COnyen' ton or caucus naming the candidates, or by nomination papers signed, when the candidates are to be voted for throughout the State, by five hundred electors, in congressional districts by one hundred and fifty electors, in coun- ties by one hundred electors, in senator ial districts by fifty electors and in pro- bate districts by twenty-five electors. Nominations for city, borough and town officers and for representatives m the general assembly shall be returned to the city, borough or town clerk at least ten days before the day of election, attested in like manner, or by n0mlna- tion papers signed in municipalities having ten thousand or more electors by rot less than one hundred electors, hay
 ing five thousand and less than ten thousand, by sixty electors, having one thousand or less, by twenty-five cleo tors. Any person declining a nomlna- tion may notify the officer to whom his nomination has been returned in writ ing within two days after the time linn ited for such return, and the party orig | inally making the nomination may fill | the vacancy within three days after | such notice It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the State and the clerk of
 every municipality to preserve on file
 all papers relating to nominations re-
 ceived by them, with the date when re,
 ceived endorsed thereon.
 SEC. l2.-At any election held under
 the provisions of this act. after the boxes
 for the reception of ballots are declared
 open, no person except the moderator
 registrars, hoXtender and peace officers
 when called upon by the moderator, the persons appointed officially to check the
 registry list, and such electors as are
 admitted in the manner hereinafter
 provided shall be admitted within the
 enclosure formed by said guard-rall or
 rope, until said boxes are declared
 closed, and thereafter none except the
 moderator and the official counters
 until the vote is declared and the ballot
 boxes with the ballots returned theret,
 closed and sealed.
 SEC. lH.-After the announcement b)
 the moderator of the opening of th'
 hallot-boNcs, at any time when one o
 more of the compartments for the prep
 aration of ballots is unOccupied, an,
 clcctor shall upon being informed tha
 his name is on the registry list at tha
 voting place, unless challenged, he ad
 mitted within the enclosure, and hi
 name checked If his vote be Chal
 lcngrd he must await the decision of thu
 moderator as tO whether or not he Is al electur. The moderator shall immedi ately deliver to such admitted eIeCtO one ballot for each box in which he i entitled to vote, across the back O which he has endorsed his own name and the eIector shall, unless his ballo may he prepared for him under the pro visions of Sec. h, in an unOcCupie, . compartment at once prepare lns ballo , m the manner prescribed Ill Sec. II . If in so doing he should mutilate o spoil his ballot, he may return it to tn moderator and receive another in it { place. Having prepared his ballot h = shall immediately lay it on the lid of tn l hallot-boX in such a manner that onl x the endorsement upon the back shall b [ visible. and leave the enclosure, Fac elector shall be allowed five minutes t P prepare his ballot, and if at the end c that time he has not done so, he sha return the ballot to the moderator an
 leave the enclosure.
 2 SEC. l4-Every ballot shall he prt I pared by placing cross 0Xl in the spac at the right of and opposite to the nam l of each candidate that the elector q, , sres to vote for. and refoldin- it i l i surh a .naOppr that the endorsement