Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-10-23
BISMARCK WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY OCT 90 1891.

or other question, to, be submitted to the
vote OF the people, by crossing out there
from parts of the ballot in such manner
that the remaining part shall express his
vote upon the question submitted, or the
elector may write in the blank spaces or
paste yer any other name the name Of
any person for whom he may wish to
vote. After preparing his ballot the
elector shall fold it so that the face of
the ballot will be concealed, and so that
the Endorsement stamped thereon NAV
be seen. He shall then vote forthwith
and before leaving the polling place,
and after voting he shall Immediately
leave the room; Provided, however, That
any elector who desires to vote an entire
group or a straight party ticket may
mark q cross as above described against
the political designation of such group,
or --- party ticket, and shall then
be deemed to have voted for all the per-
sons named in such group or in such
party ticket whose names shall have
been erased, the former provisions of this
section notwithstanding.
SEC. 70. Only n person in booth.
Not more than person shall be per-
mltted to occupy any one booth at one
time, and no person shall remain in or
occupy a booth or compartment longer
than may be necessary to prepare his
ballot, and in no event longer than five
minutes; Provided, That the other
booths or compartments ure occupied.
Sec. 26. In case elector spoils ballots.
No person shall take or remove any bal
lot from the polling place before the
close of the polls. If any voter spoils a
ballot he may successfully Obtain others,
n at a time, not exceeding three in all,
upon returning each spoiled one The
ballots thus returned shall be imme-
diately cancelled, and together with
those not distributed to the voters, shall
be preserved and shall be secured in
sealed packages and returned to the
county auditor from whom received.
SEC. q. In case of disability of
elector.1 Any voter who declares to the
judges of election, or when it shall ap-
pear to the judges of election that he
cannot read, or that by blindnes or other
physical disability he Is unable to marx
his ballot, shall, upon request, receive
the assistance of two of the election
officials in the marking thereof, who shall
be chosen from different political parties,
and such officers shall certify on the
outside thereof that it has been so
marked with their assistance, and shall
thereafter give no information regarding
the same. The judges may, in their
discretion, require such declaration of
disability to be made by the voter under
oath before them, and they are hereby
qualified to administer the same. No
elector other than one who may because
of his inability to read, or physical dis
ability, be unable to mark his ballot,
shall divulge to any one within the poll.
ing place the name of any candidate for
whom he intends to vote, or to ask or
receive the assistance of any person
within the polling place in the prepara-
ton of his ballot.
The ballots for the coming election
will be very simple, only two names be-
ing printed on them. When handed to
the ~elector, the face of the ballot will
look like this: