The new North-west., 1889-09-27
officers. Following are the sections that

SECTION II, All ballots prepared llntier the
provisions OF this act shall be white in color
and Of good quality OF printing paper, and
the names shall be printed thereon ia black
Ink. Every ballot shall contain the name of
every candidate whose nomination for any
office specified in the ballot has been certified
or tiled according to tho provisions Of this
act, and no other names Tile names of can
didates for each office shall be arranged under
the designation of the office in alphabetical
order, according to s,,rnames except that
The names of electors of President aud Vice
President Of the United States presented in
any on" certificate of nomination shall be
arranged in separate group. Every ballot
snail also contain the name of the party or
principle which the candidates represent az
contained in the certificates of nomin nation
AT the end Of the list of candidates for cacl,
office shall be left blank space large enough
to contain as many written names Of candi
shall be margin 0 caoli slde at least a half
an inch wide. and reasonable space between
voter may clearly Indicate in tho way herein.
after provided the candidate or candidates
for whom he wishes to cast his ballot. When
ever the Secretary Of the Treasury has duly
certified to the County Clerk any question to
be submitted to a vote of the people. the
County Clerk shall have printed on the reg
nlar ballots the question in such form as will
enable the electors to vote upon the question
so presented in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided. The County Clerk shall also prepare
the necessary ballots whenever any question
is required by law to be submitted TO the
vote of the electors of any locality. and not
to the Territory generally; provided, how
ever. that in all questions submitted to the
voters of n municipal corporation alone, it
shall be the duty Of the municipal clerk to
provide the necessary ballots.
SEC. 49, The County Clerk of each comfy
| shall provide for each election precinct in
the county Two hundred ballots for fverv
| fifty electors registered in the precinct. If
there is no registry in the precinct the
ty lori. h11 nrn h1l lrtS tn, }In
number of two hundred for every fifty or
fraction Of fifty electors who voted at the
last election in the precinct; provided, how
ever, that in the municipal elections it shall
| be the duty Of the municipal clerk to pros
| vide tickets as specitich in this section.
SEC. 10. Whonever it Shall appear BY atii-
davlt that an error or an otnisS ion has occur
red in the publication of the names or
description Of the candidates nominated for
| office, or in he printing Of ballots, the Pro
bate Court Of the county NAV, upon arplica-
| ton Of any elector, by order, require the
county or municipal clerk to correct such
| error, or to show cause why such error should
| not be corrected.
SEC. 90 Before the opening of the polls,
| the County Clerk OF the county. or the lnu-
| nicipai clerk in case OF m,lniripal elections
shall cause to be delivered To the judges Of
election OF each election precinct wliirh is
within the county Tor within the municipal
| ity in case of municipal cIectionS] and in
which the election is to be held, at the poll
ing place of the precinct, the proper number
of ballots rs provided for in section eighteen
of this act He shall also deliver to the said
judges rubber or other stamp,with ink pad, ,
for the pnrrroSe Of stamping or designating
the official tickets, as hereinafter provided,
Said stamp shall contain the words, "Otiicia
Ballot" the name or number Of the election
| precinct. the name of the county. the date of
| tile election, and the name and official dcsig
| naticn of the clerk who furnishes the tickets.
| The judge Of elrction TO whom the stamps
| aud ballots Shall be given pursuant to this
| section shall be the same person who may he
| designated by the Commissioners to post the
notices required by section one thousand and
thirteen, tif,l division, compiled statutes of
| Montana, But in case il be imIracticabln to
| deliver such stamps and ballots to such Judge,
then they may be delivered to some other
one Of the judges of election.
| SEC q TN receipt Of his ballot the cleo
| tor shall forthwith, and without leaving the
| polls, retire a!ope to one Of the places,
| booths or COM mpartinents provided, to prepare
| his ballot. He Shall prepare his ballot by
| making cross before or after the name 0f
| the person or persons for whom he intends
| 10 votc-tor example, \; or in case of hal
| lot containing a constitutional amendment,
| or other question:, to be submitted to the
| vote nj the people, by crossing ont therefrom
| parts Of the ballot in such manner that the
remaining part shall express his vote upon
| the question submitted. Or the clector may
| write in the blank spaces, or paste over an
| other name the name OF any person for whom
| he may wish to vote. n marking such bal
| lots any cltctor shall he ut liberty To use or
| copy any unofficial sample ballot which he
| may choose to mark or to have had marked
in advance of entering the polling place or
| booth; but 10 clcctor shall be ut ihtrty to
use or bring into the polling place any unot-
| fetal sample ballot, printed in the exact
| style. manner, width or character of paper Of
| the Official ballot. After preparing his ballot,
| the clector shall be concealed, and so that
| the endorsement stamped thereon NAV he
| seen. He Shall then vote forthwith, aud he
fnr 1..nf. .infr yI,n 11t,t Ial
however, that any elecior who desires to
| vote for an entire group may mark cross as
| above described against the political desig.
nation Of such group; and shall then be
deemed 10 have voted for all the persons
| named in such group whose names Shall not
| have been erased.
| SEC %, Not more than one person shall
| he permitted to occupy any one booth at nn,.
| time, and no person shall remain in or oc.
cupy a booth or compartment longer than
may be necessary to preDare his ballot, AMI
| in no event longer than five minutes; provi,
ded. thai the other booths and compartments
| are occupied.
SEC. Ni. Any voter who shall by accident
| or mistake spoil his ballot, may, on return
| ing said spoiled ballot, receive another in
place thereof.
SEC. q. ANY voter who declares to the
| judges of election, or when it. shall appear to
| the Judges of election that he cannot read,
| or that by blindness or other physical disa-
| bility he is unable to mark his ballot, shall,
|
| or two of the election officers in the marking
| thereof, and snch officer or officers shall
certify on the outside thereof that it was so
marked with his or their assistance, and
shall thereafter give no information regard
| ing the same. The judge may, in their dis
! cretion. require such declaration OF disabil-
! ity to be made BY the voter under oath be.
| fore them, and they are hereby qualified to
| than the one who may, because Of bis ina
| billtv to read, or physical debility, be unable
is mark his ballot, shall divnlge to anv one
| within the polling place the name of any
| ask to receive the assistance ofany person
within the polling place in tho preparation
| of his ballot.
SEC. 81. No officer of election shall do any
electlOneering on election day. No person
| whatsoever shall do any rlectionrering on
election day within any polling place. or
anv building in which an election is heing
| held, or within twenty-five feet thereof, nor
obsiruct the doors nor entries thereto or pre-,
| vent free lngress to and egress from said
| building. Any election officer, sheriff, con.
! stable or other peace officer is hereby author
| lied and empowered, and it is hereby made
his duty to clear the passageways and pre-
vent snch obstruction, and to arrest any per.
son SO doing. No nerson shall remove any
ballot from the polling place before the clos
| ing of The polls. No person shall show his
| ballot after it Is marked to any person In
such a way as to reveal the contents thereof.
or the name of the candidates for whom he
| has marked his vote, nor shall any person
| solicit the elector to show the same; nor shall
| any person excepta Judge of election receive
| from any elector a ballot prepared for vot-
ing. No elector shall receive a ballot from
| any other person than one ofthe Judges of
election having charge of the hailo's, nor
shall asy. person other than snch Judge of
election deliver a ballot to such elector, No
| eactor shall vote or nffar to vote any ballot
| except such as he has received from the
.indges Of election having charge of the bal