Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-10-10
OF ELECTION OFFICERS.
CONSTITUTION OF PESNsYLvANIA-ART. VII

CONSTITUTION OF PENNsYLvANIA-ART. VIII.
SEC. Il. District election boards shall con-
sist of Judge and two inspectors, who shalt
be chosen annually by the citizens. Ea.h
elector shall have the right TO vote for the
Judge aud one Inspector, and each inspector
Shall appoint one clerk. Election officers
shall be privileged from arrest upon days OF
election and while engaged in making pua
and transmitting returns, except upon
warrant of a court Of record or Judge there
of, for an election fraud, for felony, or for
wanton breach Of the peace.
l5 No person shall be qualified to serve
as an election officer who shall hold, or shall
within two months have held an office, ap-
poiutment or employment in or under Ihc
government of the United states or of this
State, or OF any city or county, or of any
municipal board commission or tlust lii any
city, save only justices OF the peace aud alder
men, notaries public and persons in militia
service of the State; nor shall any election
officer be eligible TO any civil office TO be
filed by an election at which he shall serve,
save only to such subordinate municipal or
local offices as shall be designated by general
law.
VACANCIES IN ELECTION BoARDs-ACT OF JAN
UARY so, 1874.
SECTION g. In all election districts where
A vacancy exists by reason of disqualification
OF the officer or otherwise in an election
hoard heretofore appointed, or where any new
district shall be formed, the judge or Judges
of the court OF common pleas OF the proper
county shall, ten days before any general or
special election, appoint competent persons
to fill said vacancies and to conduct the
election in said new districts; and in the ap-
puiutment OF inspectors in any election dis
trict both shall not be of the same political
rarty: and the Judge OF elections shall, i'll
4 ha of fba hlVlnU
majority of votes in said district, as nearly
as the said Judge or judges can ascertain
the fact; and in case OF the disagreement
of the iudges to the selection of inspee-
tors, the political majority of the judges shall
select one of such inspectors, and the M nor
ity Judge or Judges shall select theothei.
VACANCIES on MORNING OF ELECTIoS-ACT OF
JULY 2, 1889.
In case the person who shall have
received the second highest number oil votes
for inspector, shall not attend on the day
of any election, then the person VINO snail
have received the second highest number OF
votes for Judge at the next preceding elec-
ton, shall act as an inspector in his pla'ei
and in case the person who shall have re-
ceiyed the highest number OF votes Tor IN
spector shall not attend, the person elected
iudae shall appoint an inspector in his place;
and in case the person elected a Judge snail
not attend, then the inspector who received
the highest number of votes shall appoint q
i'm iudge his place; and if any vacancy shall
continue in the board for the space oil Que
hour after the time fixed by law Tor the
opening of the election, the Guallfed voters
of the township, ward or district, Tor, wnicn
such officer shall have been elected pres
cnt at the election, shall elect one OF their
mum Der to ill snch vacancy.
THE oATH-ACT JANUARY 30, 1S74
SEC. Q. In addition TO the oath now pre-
scribed by law to be taken aud subscribed oy
election officers, they shall be seyerally sworn
or affirmed not to disclose how any elector
shall have voted unless required to DO SO as
witnesses in a judicial proceeding. All judges,
inspecto clerks and oyerseers of any cleo
lion held under this act. shall before enter
ing upon their duties, be duly sworn or
affirmed III the presence of each other Inc
Judges shall be sworn by the minority IN
spector, and in case there 10y no minority
inspector, then by q justice of the peace or
alderman, and the Inspections, overseers
and clerks shall be sworn be the judge, GER
tificate of such swearing or affirming shall
be duly made out aud signed by the officers
so sworn, and attested by the officers who
administer the oath.
MODE OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS.
ACT JANUARY 80, 1874.
SEC. 5. At all the elections hereafte held rn-
der the laws of this Commonwealth, the
polls shall be opened at 7 o'clock, A. NJ, and
closed at o'clock, P. II.
THE BALLOTS.
CONSTITUTION OF PESNsYLyANIA-AET. WI.
SEC L. All elections by the citizens shall be
by ballot. Every ballot voted shall be num-
bered in the order in which it was received,
and the number recorded by the election