St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-09

SldIS anu equity duutlOlo anu City
clerks must Immediately give or
send the person handing IN the
names an acknowledgment thereof,
When constitutional amendment or
other public measure is proposed to be
voted upon, the substance thereon
must be clearly indicated upon the
white ballot, and two spaces shall be
left on the margin in which the words
yes or mo" shall be placed. The
elector shall designate his vote in favor
or against the measure by cross (Xl
mark. Ii the measure effects only a
norton of the state, and is to be voted
for locally, it shall be placed on the blue
tinted ballot.
Any state or county auditor, or city
clerk, who shall fail to perform his du-
ties within the time designated by the
law, shall be punished by Il fine of not
less than 5000, no more than $1,000; or
by Imprisonment, not less than thirty
days, nor more than two years, or both.
Ii an error or omission occurs in pub
fishing the names OF description of can
didateS for Office, or in printing the bal
lots, the supreme court, or a judge
thereof, may order the proper officer to
make correction.
THE POLLING BOOTHS.
Another important change in the law
is the arrangement of the polling places.
There shall be as many ballot boxes as
there are kinds Of ballots voted: one box
painted white, one red and one blue.
In the rooms in which the judges sit
there shall be provided not less than
two booths for each hundred electors
registered, so constructed that the voter
can retire from observation, and pl0-
Vided with an indelible pencil OF pen
and ink for the nse Of the voter in pre-
pairing his ballot. Each compartment
Shall be provided with either a door or
cur tain to shield tine voter from ObSer-
walton while preparing his ballot. IL
these booths are in the same room
where the Judges of election sit they
shall be separated from the rest of the
room by a railing, leaving space of at
least six feet in front OF the compart-
ments ana ballot boxes.
No persons shall be allowed in the
room containing the ballot boxes or. IN
case the booths are in the same room,
shall not go or remain inside the railing,
except the Judges, clerks, officers OF the
peace, one representative OF each party,
policemen and electors who are about
to vote, and, in cases of voters calling
upon some one to mark his ballot
(Which NAV be done only when the
voter makes oath that he cannot read
English or, otherwise, because of ply
steal disability, can not mark his BALLOT.
No person shall be permitted to mark
more than six ballots for voters in any
one election district-at one election.
He must mark the ballot as directed by
the voter.
The judges may arrange for entrance
and exit of the voters, and limit the
time, if occupying the polling room, to
not less than three nor more than ten
minutes, except in eases Of challenge of
his vote.
One of the judges shall present to
each qualified voter ballots torn from
each of the blocks that are to be voted
marked with his initials on the back.
The voter then retireS to one OF the
booths and prepares his ballot, by plac-
ing cross (Xl mark opposite the name
of each candidate for whom he wishes
to vote If he desires to vote for all the
candidates of one political party, 1t Will
be sufficient to so mark the head of the
ballot opposite the name OF some candl-
date of that party. The ballot must be
so folded as to expose the initials of the
Judge on the back thereof. If the voter,
after marking his ballot, shows it to any
one, except the persons designated by
law, the Judge shall refuse to receive or
place it in the ballot box.
PLACING YOUR MARK.
If cross (X) mark is placed opposite
the names of more persons than are en-
titled to the office for which they are
candidates, it shall not be counted for
those officers 50 voted for in the excess.
A spoiled ballot may be returned and a
new one obtained. The spoiled ballots
and those not used must be returned to
the county auditor. Ii the cross mark
is placed opposite the name of one can
didate only, and whose name is not at
the head of the ticket, the voter is pre-
sumed to vote for that man only.
4 Judge of election, person marking a
ballot for another, or any other person
who discloSeS how an electOr voted, Or
shall mark a ballot contrary to the in
structions of the voter, upon conviction
shall be fined from $50 to 5000, or i'm
prisonment from fen to ninety days. or
both. A Judge of election or other per-
son in the polling room or booths, en-
deavomng to pursuade any person to
vote for a particular candidate, shall.
upon conviction, be fined not exceeding
500 OIL imprisoned not more than ninety
days.
REGISTRATION.
There shall be three days for registra
! ton at each election district; that is or
| Tuesday, three weeks before election
day, from 8 O'Clock a. m. to Z p. m; OF
| Tuesday, two weeks before election day
during the same hours; and on one
week previous, from 10 m. to p. m.
Only registered electors can vote. NJ
one can vote, upon oath as to Qualifica
tion, who is not properly registered
Those who have removed from the dis
trict in which they have previously reg
| istered cannot register in the new dis
trlct without procuring certificate o
registration from the judges in the OLE
district.
The attempt to influence any voter by
| threat or bribe is punishable by fine
of not less than 500 or more than $1,000
and imprisonment for not less than on
nor more than six months.