The Russellville Democrat., 1891-03-05


 statute, shall be allowed to vote q
 any election in this State, unlesl
 such person shall have been pardon
 ed by the governor; and the record'
 of the court whereln such persor
 shall have been convicted shall b'
 conclusive evidence of his convict ion.
 | All election ballots provided bJ county election commissioners o
 any county in this State for ani
 election shall be alike, and shall b' | printed in plain type, and shall con
 tain in the proper place the name o Ievery candidate whose nomination
 for any office to be filled at that cleo
 tion has been certified to the said
 commissioners as provided for n this act, and shall not contain the
 name of any candidate or person which has not been so certified.
 Below the names of the candidates
 for each office nominated by the or ganized parties, as well as those nominated by electors, shall be left a blank space large enough ts con
 tain as many names Tn writing as there are offices to be filled.
 All officers upon whom the law imposes the duty of designating pol ling places, shall provide in each room dsslgnated by them as polling places, one booth or compartment for each cue hundred electors, or fraction of one hundred, voting there at at the last preceding election, and furnish the same with table, shelf or desk for the convenience Of cleo tors in preparing their ballots. Said booths shall be at least five feet apart, and the walls thereof shall be made of wood, and so constructed as to enable each elector to enter there in and prepare hls ballot free from the interference of any person whom soever. And no person shall be per mitted, under any pretext whatever, to come nearer than fifty feet of any door or window of any polling room, from the opening of the polls until the completion of the count of the ballots and certification of the re turns, except as herein provided. Except as the electors are admit ed and pass Tn, one at time, to vote, no person shall, under any pre- text whatever, be permitted in the polling room from the opening Of the polls until the completion of the count of the ballots and certifi- cation of the returns, except the sheriff or deputy, and the judges and clerks Of election. Provided. The attendance of the sheriff in the polling place shall only be allowed upon the request of the judges of the election. And provided further, If any person who demands admit tsnce to the polling place for the purpose of voting, whose right to vote Is questioned by any elector, the said challenge shall be com mu- nicated to the judges before such person is permitted to vote, by the sheriff or some other officer or per son Tn attendance and in charge of admission to the polling place, and when this is the case the witnesses necessary to determine the matter of the voters qualifications shall be admitted. No elector shall be allow ed to occupy booth or compartment for the purpose of voting for long ct time then five minutes. If the voter shall not have completed the preparation of the ballot within the time allowed he may call upon ths judges to assist him in it's prepara tion, or he may withdraw, after hay 1 ing returned to the judges the bal
 lot delivered to him. After having voted, or declined to do so. the voter shall immediately depart from the polling place and go beyond the pro
 hibited distance therefrom.
 Each elector, upon entering the polling room, shall be given one bal lot by the judges. Before deliver ing q ballot to an elector at least one of the judges shall write his name or initials on the back thereof. On receiving his ballot the elector | shall forthwith, and without leaving
 the polling room, retire to one of the booths provided for that purpose, and there prepare his ballot. He shall scratch of, erase or cross out
 the names of all candidates except
 them for whom he wishes to vote,
 and write the name of any person for
 whom he may wish to vote whose
 name Is not printed on the ballot at
 all. In tue case of constitutional
 amendment or other question, as for
 Instance, for license" or against
 license" which the county election commissioners shall cause to be printed on the ballots whenever the question of liquor license is ts be
 voted on, the elector shall cross out parts of hls ballot in suct manner
 that the remaining parts shall be as
 he wishes to vote. After thus pre- paring his ballot, the elector 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 cut out the name of the elector
 the number of the ballot, and write
 the number on the ballot and then
 deposit it Tn the ballot box in the | sight of the elector, who shall then Immediately leave the room and go
 beyond the prohibited distance.
 Any elector who shall tell the judges that he cannot read or write
 or that by reason of physical disa