Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-05

Sec. IA. Except as the electors
are admitted and pass in, one at
time, to vote, no person shall, unde
any pretcxt whatever, be permitted
in the polling room from the openin.
of the polls until the completion o
!, the count of the ballots and certifi
cation OF the returns, except the
Sheriff or deputy Sheriff, the Judges
and clerks Of the election, and tn,
witnesses of election" who may be
selected and sworn as such, as here.
matter provided. No elector enter
ing the polling room for the purpose
of voting shall be permitted to re.
main therein longer than five min.
utes.
Sec. 10. Each elector upon enter.
ing the polling room shall be given
one ballot by the Judges. Before de,
liverlng a ballot to an elector at least
one of the judges shall write his
name or initials on the back thereof
within two inches of the top. Nc
ballot shall be so endorsed except as
it is handed to an elector. On re-
ceiving his ballot the elector shall
forthwith, and without leaving the
polling room, retire alone to one OF
the booths provided for that pur-
pose, and there prepare his ballot.
He shall cross out the names Of all
candidates except those for whom he
wishes to vote, and write in the name
of any person for whom he may wish
to vote whose name is not printed
where he would have it, or not print
ed on the ballot at all. In the case
of constitutional amendment or
other questions, as, for instance,
"for license or against license, "
which the County Clerk shall cause
to be printed on the ballots whenever
the question of liquor license is to
be voted on, the clector shall cross
out parts of his ballot in such man
ner that the remaining parts shall be
as he wishes to vote. After thus pre-
pairing his ballot the clector shall
fold the same so as to conceal the
face thereof. and show the name or
initials of the judge on the back,
and hand it to the receiving judge,
who shall call out the name of the
elector, the number of the ballot,
and then deposit it in the ballot box
in the sight Of the elector, who shall
then Immediately leave the room.
Sec, 16. Any voter who shall by
accident or mistake spoil any ballot,
so that he cannot conveniently or
safely vote the same, may return it
to the judges and receive another in
the place thereof. In no case shall
any person he permitted to carry a
ballot outside of the polling room.
Sec. II. Any elcctor who shall
tell the Judges that he cannot read OF
write, or that by reason of physical
disability he is unable to mark his
ballot, may declare his choice of the
candidates to the Judges, who, in the
presence of the elector and the wit
nesses, shall prepare his ballot fol
him as he wishes to vote it. But be-
fore any such elector shall be re.
quired or permitted to tell how he
wishes his ballot made up, or for
whom he wishes to vote, all other
electors, including those in the
booths, shall be required to leave
the polling room,
Sec. Is. No ballot shall be re-
ceived from any elector, or deposi-
ted in the ballot box which does not
have the name or initials of at least
one of the judges indorsed on the
back of it.
Sec. 10. Any person taking OF
carrying any ballot obtained from
any judge of election outside of the
polling room, or having in his posses
sion outside Of the polling room be,
fore the closing of the polls, any bal
lot provided by any County Clerk
as prescribed in this act, or any pa.
per purporting to be such ballot
shall be deemed guilty Of a misde.
mcanor, and, upon conviction there
Of shall be fined not less than TWEEN.
ty-Gve dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars, and Imprisonment
in the county Jail not less than one
month nor more than six months.
Sec. 20. The chairman of the
county central committee of each pc,
litical party in every county in which
such party has any candidates in
nomination at any election may ap-