The Delta independent., 1891-06-10
WILLIAM JAMES. Proprietor.
THE NEW ELECTION BILL.
Concluded from last week.)

sAu,e in loud and distinct tone of voice
clear and audible, and if suck name is found
upon the registry list by the election Judge
ot clerk having charge thereof, he shall like
wise repeat the said lame and the voter shall
be allowed to enter the space enclosed ~ the
guard rail, as above provided. An election
Judge or clerk shall give kim one and only
one ballot, which shall be removed from the
package Of ballots by tearing the same along
the perforated line between the stub and the
duplicate stub, and b fore delivering such
ballot to the voter the judge or clerk of
election having charge Of the ballots shall
endorse his initials on the duplicate stub.
The nums Of such voter shall be Immediately
checked on said list with the number OF such
duplicate stub. Besides the election officers
and watchers, not nnrc than four voters in
excess OF the number of voting shelves or
compartments provided shall be allowed in
aaid enclosed spuce within said guard rail at
one time, except rs provided in section 2S
Each of the political parties which cast the
largest aad next largest number of votes at
the last general election in the state shall be
entitled to have one person as watcher with.
fs the gaurd rail during the casting and
counting of votes and declaration of the It.
suit thereof. Any person
may also b. challenged. as now provided by
law, when he shall offer his ballot for deposit
in the ballot box. Two cilallengers, rep
resenting each political party or set of
nominations, shall be permitted to remain
jnst outside the guard rail, where they can
plainly see what is pone within the polling
place, except within said booths o. comparl-
ments.
SEC. 20. On receiving his ballot, the
voter shall forthwith and without leaving
the enclosed space, retire alone to one nf the
voting sbelves or compartments so provided,
and shall prepare his ballot by marking, in
ink, in the appropriate margin or place cross
* opposite name of the candidate of his
choice for each Office tn be hIled; and in case
ofa question, submitted to q vote OF the
people, by marking in the appropriate mur.
gin or place n cross tXl against the answer
which he desires to give; provided, that
wherr a voter desires to vote for all the
nominations, instead Gf marking II cross op.
posite the name of each candidate, he may
mark cross (X) above such list of non,ina
design, designating such list or nominations
Msuch device. emblem or design there may
be, and such mark shall Indicate that .hs
voter casts his ballot for all the nominations
in the list y .der snch device. Before eay
ing the voting shelf or compartment, the
voter shall fold his ballot without displaying
the marks thereon, in the same way it was
faldsd when received by him, SO that the
contents of the ballot shall be concerted and
the stub can be removed without exposing
any Of the contents of the ballot, and he si,ali
keep the same so folded until he has voted.
Each voter who has prepared his ballot and
~ ready to vote asssaforesaid, shall then leave
the compartment and approach the judges of
election having the ballet box in charge, and
give his name to one of the judges Of election
who shall announce it in n loud and distinct
voice, clear and audible. The voters ballot
shall be handed to the judge in charge Of the
ballot box, who shall announce the name nf
the voter, anb the number upon the dupi.
cate stub of his ballot, which number must
correspond with the stub nun, ber previously
checked in front of his name by the election
Judge or clerk who handed him his ballot; il
the stub number of the ballot correspond and
Is identified by the initials Of the indgc or
clerk placed thereon, the judge or clerk shall
then remove the duplicate stub from such
ballot. The judge or clerk shall immediate.
Iy write the name Of such voter upon the
poll-list, and shall take the ballot of sucI,
voter and number it in ink, in one corner,
uPon the top thereof, in such manner as not
tn eI ho, a.,
the same to We numbered in the order in
which it shall be received, consecutivel
and 50 as to permit the corner to be turned
and pasted dawn with mucilase, which shall
then be done so that the number is not there.
after visible, and such seal shall only be
broken IN case Of a contested election; and
the same number shall be recorded by the
election judge or clerk on the list Of voters
beside the name OF such voter. Such ballot
shall then be returned BY said judge or clerk
10 ihe voter, wha shall thereupon, in full
view of the judges of election deposit the
same in the ballot box, with the Official en-
dorsement on said ballo. uppermost.
SPOILED BALLOTS.
SEC. 27. No person shall take or remove
any ballot from the polling place before the
close of the polls. Ifany voter speils bal.
lot he may successfully obtain others. one at
time, not exceeding three in all, upon re.
turning each spoiled one.
Any election officer who shall fail 10 thus
account fully and particularly for all official
ballots placsd in his charge shall be deemed
guilty of q misdemeanor.
SEC. 49, Any voter who declares under
oath TO the inspectors Of elestion that he can
not read or write, that, by reason of
physical disability he Is unable to prepare
his ballot without assistance, shall upon
his request, receive the assistance of any two
sf the election judges clerks who are nf
different political parties in the making
thereof that is WAS so marked with their as.
sistance, aud shall thereafter give no in.
formation regarding the saline. No officer
who assists voter liz the preparation of his
ballot, as herein prsrihed, shall in any man.
uer request, persuade or isdnce any snch
voter to vote for any particular candidate
orcandidates Nor shall any such officer re.
veal to another the name of any candidate