Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-28

In person, or 10y representative, TO wit.
ness said count. II any envelope con.
tains two or more ballots Of the same
kind, folded together, only one shall be
counted.
The canvass shall commence by the
Judges who have acted ~ clerks Of the
election comparing their respectivu
lists, and asceftainiug from said lists
the number OF votes cast. The box
shall then he opened, and the ballots
therein taken out and counted by the
Judges, and the Judges, acting n
clerks, shall each make list Of all
the petsons voted for The presiding
Judge shall then proceed 10 open the
ballots aud call or thcreffom the
names OF the persons voted for. aud the
offices they are Intended TO an; and
the judges acting ne clerks shall take
an account Of the same upon their list;
aud all the ballots shall be Immediate
~ returned 10 the ballot box, aud the
ballot box shall he locked AMI securely
sealed; and the box, with the ballots
inclosed, email be preserved by the
presiding Judge VI election for twenty
days after the result " the election has
been declared by The Utah Commits.
sion, aud said ballot box, with the
ballots inclosud, shall be forwarded 10
the commission Immediately on being
~ required by the commission. II not
20 required, the ballots shall he de.
stroyed by the presiding Judge Of the
election, and the ballot box shall be-
returned by him 10 the Office " the
clerk Of the county clerk.
CERrifioA1IoN.
After the canvass shall have been
completed, the Judges Of election shall
add up AMI determine the number "
votes cast for each person for the seve.
raj offices, which results shall he placed
on the lists made by the Judges acting
~ clerks Of the election; and the Judges
shall thcrcupOn certify 10 the same,
and shall forward all the lists securely
sealed by mail, or other safe convey
ance, 10 the secretary NJ the commits.
sion at Salt Lake City, Utah.
RECAriTuLATiON.
From the foregoing It II clear that
one Of the judges must keep the regis
try list and write tho word 'votcd"Op-
polite the NAME of each person casting
vote, and another Judge must write
the name Of each person voting, aud
opposite 10 u the number Of the vote.
Az soon ~ the polls close aud the lists
are compared, and the ballots counted,
each Of these judges must make list Uf
all the persons voted for. On this list
they must tally the number Of votes
for each person ~ they are called off
the name Of lhu office which the eau
dldate Il intended 10 flll being opposite
his uamc--and on these two lists the
Judge must take AN account 81 MI the
votes east, and that account, ON uHch
tally list, must show the entire mum.
Der Of votos east for each candidate ut
that poll.
Aftur the canvass has been cumplel-
ed, the judgvH " election shall add up
and determine the number u votes
cast for each person for the several
offices, which result shall b. placed on
the lists made by the Judges acting as
clerks VI election, that II, on the tally
lists above referred TO, and the Judges
shall thofeupOn certify 20 the same
that II, they shall add at the bottom
OF each OF tho said tally sheets
certificate 10 the effect that
the foregoing IL true anu correct
account Of the numhor NJ votes caEt
for each candidate for said Office ut
said poll, and nil the Judges should
then sign each Of the snid certificates
and date them, and should also certify
10 the registry list and poll lis,, aud
forward all the lists, that X the regis-
try lls., the poll list aud the two tally
lists, which should all agree, securely
sealed, 10 the secretary ~ the Utah
Commission, Mt Salt Lake City, Utah.
In addition 10 tho foregoing lists re-
quired by law, tho Utah Commission
have prescribed that m abstract be-
made, settling forth the names Of the
candidates and number " votes cast
for each. This requirement should DO
complied with.
Great care should be taken In nil the
lists and returns 10 give the full AMI
exact name of each candidate, aud the
judges should be careful 10 rec that
each name IL correctly spelled.
The returns, which should go ia y
scaled envelope 10 tho Utah commits.
sion, consists Of the registry list, the
poll llat, the two tally lists (all duly cor.
tlhodl and the abstract required by
the commission.
Immediately after the canvass, all
the ballots must be returned 20 tho
ballot box aud the box locked aud Sc
ourcly sealed. AZ the law aud the In.
slruciiOna Of the commissions are both
silent ~ 10 the kind VI zeal 10 bee used,
ave recommend that n paper, bearing
tho signature Of each Judge OF election,
be 20 pasted over the slot and keyhOle
as to prevent the possibility u anything
being put into the box OF taken out Of
II without tearing the paper.
SAMUEL A. MERRITT,
Chairman Democratic Territorial Cen.
trail Committee.
ELIAS A. RMIrII, Secretary.