The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-05-07

election, then the supervisors shall, twenty
judges aud clerks for that election. and shall
not themselves act. No more than two (2)
judges and one u clerk OF election, ex-
cept where town supervisors and town
clerks SO act, shall belong to the same politi-
cal party. No person shall be eligible as
judge or clerk of election unless he be a
qualified voter within the election district in
which he sits, nor unless he can read, write
and speak the English language understand
ingly.
SEC. S. At least thirty days before any
election. the local, city or village committees
Of the several parties participating at the
last preceding election may furnish to the
a list Of qualified electors for the various
election districts to act as judges of election,
which lists shall be certified to by the several
secretaries OF such committees. Said judges
One for each election district from each Of
said lists SO recommended by the said differ
emit parties: the first to be selected from the
list submitted by the party polling the largest
last preceding general election; the
second from the list submitted by the party
polling the second largest number Of
votes at the last preceding general
submitted BY the party polling the third
largest number of votes at the last preceding
general election: and in case there are not
three lists submitted to such council. or other
appointing authorities. then said council, or
other appointing authorities shall select one
from each list submitted as above provided
and said council or other appointing author
tiles shall themselves select the remaining
Judge or judges, but in no case shall more
than two OF such judges belong to the same
political party.
SEC 6. The secretary Of state shall. be.
tween the first days Of July and September
in each year. direct and cause to be delivered
to the auditor Of each county notice speci-
tying all the officers in said county whose
term OF office will expire on the first Monday
OF January, next succeeding. and specifying,
also. the several officers to be chosen In such
county at the next general election. Tho
auditor TO whom such notice is delivered
shall. upon the receipt thereof, cause like
notice to be sent to each town, city and vii.
lage clerk in his county. Every township.
city and village clerk, at least fifteen
Q5) days before the holding Of any general
election,and twenty .(so) days before the
holding Of any special election, shall give
public notice OF the time and place Of hold
ing such election by posting IN three public
places IN every election district three ~
notices containing list of the officers to be
tees shall be posted I'D at the place Of hold
ing the election. Said notices shall contain,
also, the hours during which the polls will
be open; provided, that no failure OF clerk
w SiNC suCA AOtlCC uAOACsdlo SAAolA ~ H1iNotS
an election.
SEC Z. If either of the judges Of election
OF any election district in the state shall fail
to attend at the time and place appointed
an election, or if either of said judges be a
candidate at such election. or refuse to act
as judge, the qualified electors Of such cleo.
ton district present shall elect viva voce
some qualified elector Of said election dis
trict. of the same political party as The judge
- absent, to act as judge instead OF each judge
absent, disqualified or refusing to act: and
if any clerk of election lie absent. disquali-
fed or refuse to act the judges Of election
shall appoint, some qualified elector OF the
same political party as the clerk so absent,
disqualified or refusing to act. in place Of
Oh clerk; and before any judge or clerk Of
election enters upon the discharge of the
duties imposed upon him by this chapter.
he shall take and subscribe to the following
oath. to wit:
II, A. B., Judge or clerk Of election. as the
case may be) do solemnly swear Cor sffrm)
:thatI will. :.perfal& the duties Of judge Tor
according to law and the best OF my ability,
and will studiously endeavor to prevent
fraud, deceit and abuse in conducting this
election, SO help me Cod which said oath,
30 taken, subscribed and certified, shall be af-
fixed to the said list or register provided for in
sections eight G) and eleven QD of this act.
If there be no person present authorized to
administer oaths, then the judges OF election
may administer 10 each other, ana to clerks,
the oath provided.
REGISTRATION IN TOWNS AND VILLAGES, AND
IN CITIES CONTAINING LESS THAN 2,0OC IN
HABITANTs
SEC. s. The Judge. Of election in
each election district throughout the state
thousand G2, oo0) inhabitants), at least twenty
coy days before any election, shall make q
list or register Of the names of all persons
who are entitled to vote in their respective
\, oh oil SoH lice eknl
contain the surnames Of such persons In
their alphabetical order and their places Of
residence. Three copies Of said list shall. at
least ten (lO) days before such election. be
posted in each election district, together
with notice of the time and place when and
where the judges of election will be present
for the purpose of making corrections in said
list The judges of election on the Tuesday
next preceding election, from the hour Of
nine (0) in the morning until the hour Of
cities containing population OF over two
thousand (2,OOO inhabitants and upwards on
Tuesday two weeks preceding the election,
and on the Tuesday next preceding such
noon until nine (O O'Clock in the evening Of
said days, shall be present at the place ap-
pointed for the holding Of such election in
their respective election districts for the pur-
or register; In making such corrections said
judges of election shall enter upon such lists
the additional names Of all persons properly
shown to be entitled to vote in that election
district at such election. aud erase from said
list or register the MANS Of oil persons
properly shown to be entitled to vote in that
district at such election. The said judges On
first making out said list, shall consult the
poll lists used at the last preceding general
election in their election district and shall
sons whom they know. or can with reasopa-
bic diligence ascertain. to be entitled to vote
st such election in their respective election
districts. The register shall be corrected,
duy, as provided for in sections thirteen Q3).
fourteen (4) and fifteen u5) of this act, and
III cities the judges may require the oath
specified in section thirteen Q3), but other.
wise the provisions of such sections shall not
apply. At such election no person shall vote
whose name is not upon said list or register
At the time of opening the polls: provided,
that If any person offering to vote whose
produce. evidence which satisfies a majority
OF the judges that he has the qualifications OF
an elector in said district. and is entitled to
vote at such election, but whose name has
been omitted from said list or register, then
the name of such person shall be added TO
the lists or registers, aud he shall be allowed
to vote and shall not. unless the judges 70.
ouire it, be obliged to make the oath or pro-
duce the evidence provided by section sixty
(6O of this act. But if required by the judges
be shall do so; nor shall the vote Of any per
son be rejected whose name is upon said list
at the time Of opening the polls; provided,
that if evidence satisfying majority Of the
judges be produced showing that the name
was registered by mistake, and that the per.
son so offering to vote has not the qualiAca-
tons Of an elector in said district. and is not
entitled to vote at said election, there then tho
name Of such person shall be stricken from
said list and he shall not be allowed to vote :;
but in all such cases an entry shall be made
opposite to each name added to or stricken
from said lists or registers after the opening
OF the polls. and the judges Of election shall
make, or cause TO be made, q duplicate Of such
lists or registers, so that there shall be two(2)
registers or lists at every election. The
population Of the various grades Of cities
shall be determined by the last officially pro-
mulgated state or national census.
SEC. 0. The judges Of election in all cleo
ton districts throughout the state In de-
termining the residence Of any person for
the purpose Of ascertaining who are qualified
electors shall be governed by the following
rules so far as they are applicable:
First--The place shall be considered and
held to be the residence Of person In which
his habitation is fixed, without any present
intention Of removing therefrom, and TO
which whenever no Is absent he has the in
tention Of returning.
Second-A person shall not be considered
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