The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-03
THE NEW BALLOT LAW.
FULL TEXT OF PENNsYLvANIA's NEW
ELECTION LAW.
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FULL TEXT OF PENNsYLvANIA's NEW
ELECTION LAW.
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Sec. IS. The county commissioners
of each county shall provide for each
election district in which an election
is to be held, except in elections for
township and borough Offices, two sets
If such ballots each oi not less than 70
for every 80 aud fraction of so voters
therein as contained upon the assessors
list. They shall also prepare full IN
structions for the guidance of voters ss
to obtaining ballots, rs to the name
of marking them and the method Of
gaining assistance, and as to obtaining
new ballots IN placed of those accidenlly
! spoiled, and they shall respectively
cause the same, together With copies
of sections 81 10 SO inclusive Of this act
30 be printed in large clear type onsep-
arate cards to be called cards of instruc-
ton. They shall also cause to be
printed on tinted paper aud without
the facsimile Endorsements al equal
number of copies Of the form OF the
ballot provided for each voting place
at each election therein, which shall be
called specimen ballots, and at each
election they shall furnish to each
voting place, together with the ballots
to be used there a sufficient number of
cards of instruction aud specimen bal
lots for use as required in section Fl OF
this act They shall also provide for each
election district at every election there
in two copies of the assessors lists of
voters and shall deliver the same as
such lists are now delivered, one copy
to be called the "ballot checklist" for
the inspectors in charge of the ballots
and the other copy to he called the
voting checklist TO be used il mark-
ing the names of those who have voted
and the numbers of their ballots, as
now required by law.
Sec. II. The two sets of ballots, to-
ge'her with the specimen ballots and
cards of instruction printed by the
county commissioners as herein pro-
vided, shall be packed by them in sep
arate sealed packages, with marks on
The outside clearly designating the
election districts for which they are in
tended and the number of ballots of
each kind inclosed.
They shall then be sent by the
county commissioners OF the respective
counties sepal ately and at different
times or by different methods to the
judges of election at the several voting
places so as to be received by them, one
Sc on the Saturday before the day of
election and the other set on the Mon
day before the day of election. The
res pective judges of election shall on
delivery 10 them of such packages
return receipts therefor to the com-
missioner, who shall keep a record of
the time when and the manner in
which the several packages are sent,
and Shah preserve for the period Ofone
year the receipt OF the said judges of
election. For elections of officers of
townships and boroughs and of cleo.
ton officers and school directors in the
same, the auditor shall provide for
zach election district seventy-hVe bal
lots for eve;y fifty and fraction of fifty
voters on the assessors list and an
equal number Of specimen ballots, and
shall obtain from the county commits
sioners the requisite cards of instruc-
ton, which SHAH be delivered with the
ballots to the iudgtsof election The day
before the day Of election.
Sec. is III case the ballots to be fur
nished t. any voting place in accord
ance with The provisions Of this act
shall fail for any reason To be duly de-
livered, OF in case after delivery they
shall he destroyed on stolen, it shall be
the duty Of the judge of election of such
voting place to cause ether ballots to
be prepared substantially in the form
of the ballots so wanting, and upon re-
ceipt of such other ballots from him,
accompanied 10y u statement under
oath that the same have been so pre-
pared and furnished by him, and that
the original ballots have so failed to be
received or have been so destroyed or
stolen, the election officers shall cause
the ballots so substituted to be used in
lieu of the ballots wanting as above. 1t
shall be the duty of the county COM
missiOners of each county to mail com
plete specimens of the ballots and other
necessary papers by registered letter
to thejudge of elections of each election
district at least four days before the
election, to enable him to comply with
the directions of this section.
PRIVATE STALLS FOR VOTERS.
Sec. 10. The county commissioners
of each county shall provide for each
election district therein, at each elee-
ton, a room large enough to be fitted
up with voting shelves and a guardrall
as hereinafter provided. If in any
district no such room can be rented
or otherwise obtained, the said com
missioners shall cause to be constructed
for such district "a temporary room of
adequate size to be used as a voting
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