The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-23

booth or compartment the voter shall fold his
ballots separately so that no part of the faces
thereof shall be exposed, and that the ini-
tals hereunder shall be exposed, and on leav-
ing the booth or compartment shall return the
stamp to the poll clerk and deliver the ballots
TO the inspector or to the Judge who may tempo
rarily be authorized to act for him, who shall
forthwith In the presence of the voter and of the
election board, deposit the same in the respect
i've ballOt-bOxes; and the ballot clerks shall
write the word "voted" after the name of the
voter on the poll lists; Provided, hO1cerer,
that if any electOr shall show his ballot or any
part thereof to any other person, after the same
shall have been marked so as to disclose any
of the candidates voted for. such ballot shall
not be deposited in the ballot-box. A minute
of such occurrence shall be made on the poll
list, and such person shall not be allowed to
vote thereafter. The voter shall then leave the
room, but no voter to whom a ticket and stamp
or either have been delivered shall be permit
ted to leave the room without voting the bal
lots or returning them to the poll clerk, or
without returning the stamp to the poll clerk
from whom he received it. Any voter who
shall attempt to leave the room with a ticket
or stamp in his possession shall be at once ar
rested on demand Of any member OF the cleo
ton board.
Sec. 40. Not more than one person shall be
permitted to occupy any booth at one time;
booth longer than may be necessary to prepare
his ballot, and in no event longer than ten
minutes.
Sec. 46. Any voter who shall by accident or
mistake spoil, deface or mutilate his ballot
may, on returning the same to the poll clerks,
and satisfying them that such spelling defacing
or mutilation was not intentional receive an
other in place thereof.
Sec AZ. Any elector who declares under
oath that by reason Of physical disability he is
unable to mark his ballot may declare his
choice of candidates to the poll clerks Who in
the presence OF the elector, shall prepare the
ballots for voting in the manner hereinbefore
provided, and, on request, shall read over to
such elector the names or the candidates
marked.
Sec As. No inspector Of election or Judge
acting for an inspector shall deposit any ballot
upon which the initial of the poll clerk as
herein before provided for does not appear, or
any ballot on which appears externally any
distinguishing mark, DETACHMENT or mutilation.
Sec 40. Any person who shall remove
ballot or stamp from the election room, or
have IN his possession outside of the election
room any ballot or stamp either genuine or
counterfeit shall be guilty of felony, and on
conviction shall be imprisoned in the peniten-
tiary not less than two nor more than five
years.
Sec 50. Immediately on closing the polls
the board shall count ali the ballots remaining
unvoted, record the number of the same the
tally-sheets, and destroy all of such ballots.
Sec. 81. The board shall then proceed to
canvass the votes, beginning first with the state
ballots and completing them before proceed
ing with the local ballots In the canvass OF
the votes any ballot which is not Endorsed with
the initials of the poll clerk as provided iP
this act or any ballot which shall bear any dis
tinguishing mark or mutilaton or any ballot
part OF ballot from which it is impossible to
determine the electors choice, shall be void
and shall not be counted. PrOUtdei, hOtCeUer,
that on protest of any member Of the board.
such ballot shall be preserved by the inspector,
and at the close of the count placed with the seals
of the ticket packages in paper bags, securely
sealed, and so delivered to the auditor of the
county, with notification to him of the number
of ballots so placed in such box, and of the
condition of the seals of the ticket packages
The poll clerk shall also record on the tally
sheets memoranda of such ballots and the con-
ditiOn OF the seals of the ticket packages; and
in any contest of election, such ballots and
seals may be submitted in evidence. On CON-
pletlng the count and recording the same on
the tally-sheets, all the remaining tickets shall
be destroyed by the election board.
Sec. %. Any person who shall ~ falsely
make or fraudulently deface or fraudulently
destroy any certificate or petition of nomina-
ton, or any part thereof; ~ file any certi6-
cate or petition of nomination, knowing the
same, or any part thereof, to be falsely made;
or 81 suppress any petition certificate of
nomination which has been duly filed, or any
part thereof; or (4l forge or falsely make the
official Endorsement of any ballot; or (5) print
or cause to be printed, any imitation ballot, or
circulate the SAME; or (6) conspire with others
to do any OF said acts, or induce, or attempt to
induce, any other person to do any of said
acts, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by
imprisonment in the state penitentary not less
than two nor more than five years
Sec. So. Any clerk, inspector or other mes
senger, entrusted with the custody of ballots,
who shall open any of the packages in which
the ballots are contained or permit any of them
to be opened; or destroy any of such ballots or
permit them = be destroyed; or give or de-
liver any such packages or ballots to any per-
son not lawfully entitled to receive them as
herein provided; or cOnspire to procure, or in
any way AID, abet or connive at any robbery,
loss or destruction of any such ballots or pack
ages shall be guilty OF felony, and on con-
viction shall be punished by Imprisonment in
the state prison for not less than three nor
more than ten years.
Sec. "a. If any person not herein authorized
TO do shall enter attempt TO enter the
election room, or enter or attempt to enter
within the railing leading from the challenge
window to the entrance of the election room,
without first having been passed by the chal-
lengers or been sworn IN as hereinbefore pro-
vidcd; or shall remain within fifty feet of the
polling place contrary to the provisions here
inbefore made he shall be guilty of felony and
on conviction thereof be fined not more than five
hundred dollars and imprisoned for any term
not exceeding two years.
sec. %. II any person snail 1DQuce or at
tempt TO induce any elector TO write, paste or
otherwise place on his ballot the name of any
person or any sign or device OF any kind as a
distinguishing mark by which to indicate to
any other person how such electOr has voted,
or shall enter into attempt to form any
agreement or conspiracy with any other person
to induce or attempt to induce electors or any
elector TO so place any distinguishing name or
mark on his ballot, such person so offending
shall be guilty of felony, and on conviction be
imprisoned not more than five nor less than
two years in the states prison.
Sec. 90. If any person being member of an
election board or otherwise entitled to inspec-
ton of the ballots, shall reveal to any other
person how any eector has voted or what other
candidates were voted for on any ballot bear
ing a name not printed thereon by the board
of election commissioners, such persons so
offending shall be guilty of felony and on
conviction shall be imprisoned not less than
two years nor more than five years in the states
prison. Ii any person shall induce or attempt
to induce any member of an election board to
violate the provisions of this section. Such
person so offending shall be guilty of felony,
and, on conviction, shall be imprisoned in the
states prison not less tnan two years nor more
than five years. 1t shall be the duty of each
inspector TO distinctly read this section to the
election board at the opening of the polls and
each member shall thereupon take an oath
that he has not violated and will not violate its
provisions.
Sec. 81 Any person who shall during the
election remove or destroy any of the supplies
or other conveniences placed in the booths as
aforesaid or delivered to the voter for the pur-