Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-29

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 THE SECRET BALLOT BILL. Full Text of the Measure Passed by the General Assembly And Ap- proved by Governor Bulkeley.
 The full text of the substitute secret | ballot bill passed by both branches of the 1 and approved by Governor | Bulkeley is as follows:
 Section 1. All ballots used at elections held on the Tuesday after the first Mon day in November, and at all regular town and city elections, shall be printed on plain white paper. furnished by the secretary of state as hereinafter provided. Such ballots shall be of uniform slze, color, quality and thickness for each ballot of the same class, to Ee determined by the secretary. In addition to the off cial endorsement. the ballots shall con tain only the names of the candidates, the office voted for, and the names of the candidates shall be printed straight across the face of the ballots, in black ink and in type of uniform size, to be prescribed by the secretary of state at least sixty days before any elections held under the provisions of this act. When ever paper shall be furnished to any party as herein provided, the secretary shall deliver with such paper, printed in- structions prescribing the size of type to be used. The secretary shall cause blanks to be prepared of the dimensions prescribed by him, and shall cause to be printed on the back of each blank ballot the words official ballot"
 Sec 9. The secretary shall furnish to such persons as may apply for the same such number of said official blank bal lots as may be applied for upon payment of the cost thereof and he shall furnish such ballots upon application at any time not less than five nor more than thirty days prior to any election held under the provisions of this act.
 Sec 3. The secretary shall furnish the town clerk of each town in the state, at least five days before each election held under the provisions of this act, a sufficient number of envelopes to supply each of the electors of such town or city at such election. Said envelopes shall not be less than three inches in width. | nor less than five inches in length they shall be uniform in color and size, self sealing, and stamped with the seal of l the state.
 shall provide a suitable room or rooms or booths for holding all elections under the provisions of the act. Such rooms or booths shall be supplied with ncces- sary conveniences for electors to ar range their ballots and place them in the envelopes, and may contain ballots for the use of electors. The interior of the rooms or booths shall be secure from outside observations, and said rooms ol booths shall be located in or connected with the room where the ballot box | m l. of~ or booths to be provided by the select, men of each town, az aforesaid, shall be one for each one hundred and fifty names on the registry list of the town.
 Sec. 5. The ballot box at all elections held under the provisions of this act shall be open for the reception of votes in room which shall be so arranged that access to it shall be from the rooal or rooms, booth or booths in which the electors shall prepare their ballots and place them in envelopes. The exit from such room shall be into some other room or hall or into public street or square remain in the room or en- closure where the ballot box is placed, at any meeting held under the provisions of this act except for the pur pose of depositing the envelope whicl contains his ballots, unless he be duly ap pointed moderator, box tender, regis trar, checker or challenger, provided there shall be no more than one challen ger for each political party. No person except those authorized to remain in the enclosure where the ballot box is placed shall be permitted to enter the sane
 except for the purpose of depositing a ballot. No person shall give or offer to any elector, ill any room or booth here
 inbefore provided, any ballot or envel
 ope to be used in voting.
 SEC. Votes cast for presidential
 electors, governor, lieutenant governor
 secretary, treasurer, comptroller, repre-
 sentative in congress, senator, sheriff
 and judge of probate shall be on one bal
 lot. Votes cast for representatives shal
 be on one ballot. Votes cast for cit,
 officers shall be on one ballot. i. Votes cas' for town officers shall be on one ballot
 Votes for justices of the peace shall b, on one ballot.
 Sec. z. The selectmen of each tow1
 shall provide at the entrance into the en
 closure prescribed by the provisions O.
 section four of this act an envelop.
 booth and ballot booth at which the
 voter may obtain ballots of any polit ical party that he may desire. Eacl
 booth shall be in charge of two persons not of the same political party ,who shal
 De appOlnteu Dy the registrars, and |
 shall be the duty of those in charge of tn,
 envelope booth to deliver to each electo
 as he enters the enclosure prescribed b, section four one official envelope and nt more; but in case any elector shall st deface or injure such envelope as to ren der it unfit for use, upon returning sait envelope to such booth tenders it shal
 be the duty of said tenders to furnisl him with another official envelope. N, official envelope shall be delivered t, any elector until said envelope shall b,
 endorsed by both of the persons il
 charge of the envelope booth by mark
 ing thereon their respective names ol initials. No envelope not so endorse,
 shall be received by the box, tenders
 and any envelope not so endorsed found
 in the box shall be thrown out, and tn,