St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-23

same room i'll which the judges of election
sit to receive the ballots, the place where
they sit and the portion of the room Wnere
the compartments are constructed shall be
separated from the rest of the room by a rail
ing SO constructed as to leave space OF at
least six (6) feet in front OF the compart-
ments and ballot boxes.
No person or persons shall be allowed IN
the room containing the ballot boxes; or IN
case the ballot boxes and the compartments
are in the same room, no person or persons
shall be allowed to go or remain inside the
railing mentioned in the preceding section,
except members of the board, officers OF the
peace, one OD representative for each of the
parties represented on the ticket, policemen,
and electors who are about to vote, except as
provided for in section forty-one (41) of this
act The number of electors about to vote
who shall be admitted at one time shall In no
case exceed the number of compartments by
more than three ~. The judges of election
and ballot boxes shall at all times be in pub
lie view.
The Judges Of election may make such ar
rangements for entrance to and exit from
the room or place where the ballot boxes and
compartments are situated as to them may
seem the most advantageous and convenient,
provided they disregard none of the torego-
ing requirements They may also make such
regulations as they deem proper, limiting the
time i'll which an elector may remain IN the
polling room or place while receiving, pre-
pairing and voting his ballot; such limitation,
however, shall not be less than three (ol nor
more than ten (1O) minutes, unless tie delay
is occasioned by the electors vote being
challenged, or is the fault of the judges.
THE METHOD.
When an elector presents himself for the
purpose of voting. one of the judges of cleo
ton, after ascertaining that he is entitled to
vote, shall tear from the blocks ballot OF
each kind that is to be voted, place his Qhe
judges initials upon the back OF the ballots
and hand the same to the voter, who shall
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above mentioned. and there prepare his
ballot by placing cross (X) mark
opposite to the name of each candidate TO
whom he wishes to vote, in the place upon
the margin left for that purpose. He shall
then fold the ballots SO that the face of the
ballots will be concealed, but SO that the in
itials of the judge may be seen upon the
back, and coming from the compartment
shall hand the ballots to one of the judges
designated by them to receive ballots. who
shall deposit the same III the proper boxes.
The elector shall then retire from the voting
room or compartment.
If any elector, after having marked his
ballot, shows it to any one except as herein
after provided, the judge of election shall
refuse to receive or place in the ballot box
such ticket.
If the elector place a cross (X) mark oppo-
site the names of more persons than are en-
titled to the Office for which they are candi-
dates, said ballot shall not be counted for
those officers so voted for in excess, but shall
be as to those officers null and void. 1t any
elector inadvertently spolls ballot, he may
OF tain another from the board by returning
the spoiled ballot to the board, and the board
shall preserve said ballot foS return to the
county auditor.
The Judge having charge of the ballots in
the voting room shall not tear them off from
the block upon which they are bound except
as they are required by the electors for voting,
and the judges shall preserve the unused
ballots, together with the ballots which have
been spoiled, and return the same to the
county auditor with statement Of the num-
Der of ballots used. and the county auditor
shall give the judges of election receipt
therefor
No ballot shall be distributed except in the
voting room to electors about to vote, and
no ballot which has not the initials of q
Judge of election on the back thereof shall
be placed in the box. If any person during
the day of election. and until the closing of
the polls, remove from the polling room any
OF the ballots printed for that election, said
person shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
shall be punished by fine not exceeding
500, or imprisonment not exceeding six
months, or both.
Uniform printed instructions to voters,
printed in large type upon cards, shall be
furnished by the state auditor to the county
auditor of each county, containing any infor-
nation that will enable the voters to quickly
| make and correctly designate their choice,
and the county auditors shall furnish such
cards to the city, village and township clerks
in the county. Such clerks shall furnish
such cards to each polling place, one of
which shall be hung in each compartment,
two in the polling room, and two on the out
side of the building in which the voting takes
place. Whenever the county auditor of any
county notifies the state auditor that the
printed instructions are also needed in for
eign language or languages, and such foreign
language is stated, then it shall be the duty
of the state auditor to furnish such printed
instructions in such foreign language or Ian
guages.
SALOONS BARRED.
No election shall be held, nor shall any
election be appointed to be held. in any
saloon or bar-room, or in any room or place
contiguous with or adjoining thereto. Should
any place be designated or appointed for
holding an election in violation hereof, or be-
come subject to such objection, after having
been so designated, the judges of election
shall have power, and it shall be their duty.
on or before the day of such election, and be-
fore the opening of the polls on such day, to
procure a suitable place, as near thereto as
may be, not subject to like objection Said
judges of election shall meet at the place
first designated at the time for opening the
polls, and after any vacancies in their num-
Der shall have been filled, adjourn to the
place chosen by them, and at the time OF
such adjournment give public notice, by
proclamation, to the electors present. of such
change, and post in conspicuous manner
notice of the place where such election shall
De nelu: anu ali expense aIteNuuS SUCH
change shall be certified by such judges to
the proper authorities, and shall be allowed
and paid accordingly.
Any person or persons init oducing in any
way, upon election day. into the place where
an election is being held, any spurious liq
uors, and any judge or clerk of election
drinking any such liquors in such place, or
being intoxicated therein, upon election day,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof before any court
of competent jurisdiction shall be punished
by fine not exceeding 500, or by imprison-
ment not exceeding sixty (60) days. or by
both such fine and Imprisonment in the dis
erection of the court. No spirituouS, malt or
intoxicating liquor shall be sold or given
away; nor shall any store, saloon or bar room
where such liquor is sold or given away. be
open on any general or special election day
from the hour of hye (5) o'clock in the fore
noon, to the hour OF eight (S) O'Clock in the
afternoon Whoever violates the provisions
of this section shall be fined not less than
one hundred 600 dollars 1so,o, nor : mo- more
for each offense. 1t shall be the duty of the
mayor, sheriff. constable and other officers
and magistrates to see that the provisions of
this section are enforced, and it shall besthe
duty of the mayor, Oh the day next preceding
any election, to issue proclamation that the
provisions of this section will be strictly en-
forced. In case the mayor fail to perform
the duties herein described he shall be sub
ject to fine of one thousand Q,OuQ) dollars,
or imprisonment in the county Jail for sixty
(6O) days, or both in the discretion of the
court
When any English-speaking elector shall
make oath that he - not read, or that be-
cause of physical disability he can not
mark his ballot, or when he shall make oath
that he can not read English he shall have
the right to call to his aid qualified elector'
who may read the ballot TO and mark the bal
lot for Such voter in the presence OF the