The Brookhaven leader., 1890-09-18

commissioners shall llTHlSn blt Sdlbt
in sufficient numbers for the use of elect
ors, and said cards shall be preserved
by all officers Of elections as far as prac-
ticable, and may be used, If applicable,
in subsequent elections.
g. The said commissioners of election
shall appoint one or more deputy com
missioners from the respective election
districts and deliver to them the proper
number of ballots and cards OF instruc-
tion not less than oRe day before the
election, and the deputy commissioners
so elected to receive said ballots shall
be conservator of tho peace and shall
take an oath to be administered by said
commissioner faithfully to perform their
duties and not to attempt to guide, di-
rect or influence any voter in the exer-
oise of his franchise.
8. In case the official ballot caused to
be prepared shall be lost or destroyed,
or in case of the death Of any candidate
whose name has been printed on the
official ballot, the said commissioner or
his deputy, as above provided, shall
have like ballots furnished in place of
those lost or destroyed, if time remains
therefor. II from any cause there should
be no official ballots at precinct such
ballots may be written, bat if written
by any one except the voter alone, for
himself only the names of all candidates
shall be written thereon without any
special mark or device by which one
name may be distinguished from an
other, and such tickets shall be marked
by the voter as provided for printed bal
lots. Within three day after election
day the inspectors shall report to the
commissioner of election under oath
the loss of the official ballots, the num-
Der lost, and all other points connected
Herewith, which report the commits
siOner may turn over to the grand jury
if deemed advisable.
10. The said deputy commissioner re-
ceiving said ballots from said commits
sioner shall distribute the same to the
electors of the proper district in the
manner herein provided for, and shall
receiver one dollar therefor if said duty
is faithfully performed; and in case the
said deputy commissioner shall fail to
have said ballots at the election pre-
cincts at the proper time, or, If there,
shall fail to distribute the same, the in
spectors of election or those of them
present at the election shall provide
said ballots and select some suitable
person to distribute the same according
to law, and who shall take the oath re-
1uired to be taken by tho person to
whom the said commissioner delivered
said ballots, to be administered by any
one of said inspectors.
II. That the sheriffs of the different
counties in this State shall procure for
their respective counties sufficient
number of voting compartments, shelves
and tables on which voters may make
out their tickets, which shall be so ar
ranged that it shall be impossible for
one voter at one table, shelf or COM
partment to see how another voter is
making out his ballot. The number OF
such voting shelves, tables and com
partments shall not be less than one for
every one hundred registered voters at
each voting precinct. Each voting
shelf, table and compartment shall te
kept provided with card of instruction
posted in each compartment, and proper
supplies and conveniences for marking
the ballots by the electors.
II. The deputy commissioners having
the official ballots shall stand at place
convenient to the tables, shelves and
compartments for the distribution OF
ballots. AS requested by each of the
voters, the deputy commissioners afore-
said shall hand the voter an official
ballot.
10. On receiving his ballot the voter
shall forthwith go to one of the voting
shelves, tables or compartments and
shall prepare his ballot by marking in
the appropriate margin or place cross
(X) opposite the name of the candidate
of his choice, for each Office to be filled,
or by filling in the name of the candl-
date substituted in the blank space as
provided therefor, and marking cross
(X) opposite thereto, and likewise
cross (X) opposite the answer he
docipnC ~ niUn of
election on a constitutional amendment
or other questions or matters. Before
leaving the voting shelf, table or COM
partment the voter shall fold his ballot
without displaying the marks thereon,
but so that the words, official ballot
for" followed by the designation Of the
election district for which the ballot is
pre- pared, and the date of the election
shall be for the most pa visible to the
officers of election present. He shall
then cast his ballot in the manner pro-
vided by law, which shall be done with
out undue delay, and the voter shall
then quit the said inclosed place as
soon as he has voted. No voter shall be
allowed to occupy voting shelf, table
or compartment already occupied by
another voter, nor longer than ten
minutes if other voters are not waiting,
nor longer than five minutes in case
other voters are waiting. No person
shall be allowed in the room in which
said ballot boxes or compartments,
tables and shelves are, except the officers
holding the election, to aid them there
in.
IA. No person shall take or remove
any ballot from the polling place before
the close of the polls. lfany voter spoils
ballot he may successively obtain
others, one at time, not exceeding three
in all, upon returning each spoiled one.
15 Any voter who declares to the per-
son or persons having the official ballot
that by reason of blindness or other
physical disability he is unable to mark
his ballot, shall, upon request, secure
the assistance of said person or one of
the election inspectors in the marking
thereof, and such person or officer shall
certify on the outside of said ballot that
it was marked with his assistance, and
shall not otherwise give information in
regard to the same.
l6 II the voter marks more names
than there are persons to be elected to
an Office, or If for any reason 1T is i'm
possible to determine from the ballot
the voters choice for any Office voted
for, his ballot so cast shall not be
counted. No ballot not provided in ac-
cordance with this ordinance shall be
deposited or counted.
IL. Any voter who shall. except as
herein provided, allow his ballot to be
seen by any person, or who shall make
false statement as to his inability to
mark upon his ballot by which it may
be afterward identified as the one voted