The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-10

cial envelopes provided for any election
district be lost, stolen or destroyed, the
official ballots, If such are being used al
such election, shall be voted by folding
the same so as to disclose the official
stamp on the back thereof. without in
closing the ballot IN any envelope; where
the use of the official ballots ami enve-
lopes, or either OF them, is, for any OF
the reasons aforesaid, dispensed with, the
mode aud manner of voting shall, never
theless, in all respects conform as near as
possible to the directions ana require
ments of section forty-seyen thereof.
81 And be it enacted, That If any duly
qualified voter residing in any county or
municipality of this state shall, at least
ten days before any election to be held in
such county or any municipality thereof,
notify the clerk of such county or muni-
cipality in writing that such voter re-
qrIires specified number of the official
ballots, not less than fifty in number, Of
any party organization or petitioners for
a voting precinct or precincts, to be desig-
mated, and requesting the same to be FUR
nished him, it shall be the duty of such
county or municipal clerk TO cause sueh
official ballots of the kind herefnbefore
described to the number and for the vot-
ing precincts requested by such voter, to
be printed and ready for delivery TO such
voter or his agent, at the office of such
county or municipal clerk at least five
DAYS before the election at which said
ballots are intended to be used. provided,
that said county or municipal clerk shall
not cause any ballots to be printed for
any voter requesting the same to be fur
njshed. unless at the time of the delivery
to him Of the written notification aud re-
Quest for such ballots the voter present
ing the same shall pay to such county or
municipal clerk asum of money sufficient
to pay for the printing of all ballots re-
quested by such voter which money paid
shall be used by said county or municipal
clerk in paying for the ballots printed at
the request of such voter
IS. And be it enacted, That sucn ballots
so as aforesaid printed for and delivered
TO any such voter may be distributed be-
voted by any voter desiring SO to do un-
der the restrictions and regulations here
matter prescribed.
80. And be it enacted, That if any bal
lot voted at any election shall have there
on, either on its face or back, any mark,
sign, designation or device other than is
permitted by this act, whereby such bal
lot can or may be identified or distin-
guished from other ballots cast at such
election such ballot shall be absolutely
void and shall not be canvassed or count
ed for any candidate named thereon; and
if on the face or back of any envelope in
closing any ballot there shall be any
marx. SIKut VI NtAASS WHAT
soever other than is permitted by this act.
whereby such envelope can or may be
identified or distinguished from any 9TH
er official envelope used at such election
the ballot inclosed in such envelope
shall be absolutely void and snail not be
counted for any candidate named
thereon.
40. And be it enacted, That nothing In
this act contained shall prevent any voter
from erasiug from his ballot and name or
names thereon printed. or from writing
or pasting thereon the name or names of
any person or persons for whom he de-
sires 10 vote for any Office; the ink or lead
pencil to be used in writing any name or
names upon the ballots shall be black in
color, and the use of any other colored
ink or pencil shall inyalidate the entire
ballot; and all pastors used shall be print
on white paper only, and pastors printed
on other than white paper shall invali-
date the entire ballot; the ballots shall be
printed and in possession of the county
or municipal clerk at least five days be-
fore the election and subject to inspection
and examination by the candidates and
their agents; il any mistake is discovered
it shall be the duty OF the same county or
municipal clerk to correct the same with
out delay, by causing new ballots to be
Immediately printed In place Of those
found to he inaccurate or incomplete, and
those found to be inaccurate or incom-
plete shall be Immediately destroyed
Al. And be it enacted, That whenever
any person nominated for public Office by
any of the modes in this act provided,
SHALL at least ten days before the day of
election, in writing signed by him and
duly acknowledged. notify the officer
with whom the original certificate of his
nomination was flied that he declines
such nomination, the same shall be VOID
and his name shall not be printed upon
the ballots; the officer to whom such
notification is given shall forthwith In
form, by mail or otherwise, the chair
man and secretary whose names are at
tached TO the original certificate of nonli-
nation, if the nomination was by certifi-
cate, that such nomination has been
declined or If the nomination was by
petition, then the officer to whom the
notification or declination is given shall
forthwith, by mail or otherwise, inform
at least five of the persons who signed
the petition nominating such candidate
tn at such nomination has been declined
~. And be IL enacted, That should any
person so nominated die before election
day or decline the nomination as in this
act provided, or should any certificate of
nomination be insufficient or imperative.
the vacancy or vacancies thus occasioned
may be filed in the manner required for
original nominations; il the original
tion which had delegated to committee
the power to fill vacancies. such commit
tee may, upon the occurring of such va
cancies, proceed to fill the same: the
chairman and secretary Of such commit
tee shall thereupon make and file with
the proper officer certificate setting
forth the cause Of the vacancy, the name
of the person nominated, the office for
which he was nominated, the name of the
person for whom the new nominee is to
be substituted, the fact that the commit
tee was authorized TO fill vacancies and
such further information as is required to
be given in an original certificate OF nomi-
nation; the certificate so made shall be
executed, acknowledged and sworn to by
the chairman and secretary of such com
mittee IN the manner prescribed for the
original certificate of nomination.
and shall, upon being filed at least
eight days before election. have
the same force and effect as an orioi-
nal certificate Of nomination.; when
such certificate shall be filed with the
secretary of state, in certifying the nomi-
nations 10 the various county clerks in
sert the name of the person who has
thus been nominated to fill vacancy in
place OF that of the original nominee
and In the event that he has already sent
forward his certificate, he shall forthwith
certify to the clerks of the proper conn
ties the name and description oil the peI
son SO nominated to fill a vacancy. the
Office he is nominated for, the party or
political principle ne represents and the
name of the person for whom such nomi-
nee is substituted
43. And be it enacted, That whenever