Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-01-15

pfeeiding election officer for the time being
10 steare the observance Of the prsvisions
Of this section.
Sec Is No person shall take or re-
move any ballot from the polling place be-
fore the close of the ro,is. IL any voter
spoils ballot he msy successive
Nv obtAin Z others, one a. . time,
not exceeding three in al, upon returning
each spoiled one. The ballots thus re-
turned shAl be Immediately cancelled and
together with those not distributed to the
voters, shall be preserved and with the
check list used by the ballot clsrks. which
shall be certified by them to be such, shall
be secured in An envelope, sealed and
sent TO the several city ard town clerks, ~
rsqaired by law in the ease Of the ballots
cast and the other check Let used.
Sec 81. ANY voter who declares to the
presiding election officer that he cannot
reed. or that BY blindness or other physical
disability he is unable to mark his ballot.
shall, upon request, receive the assistance
of one or two of the election officers in the
marking thereof, and such OH Ger or officers
shall certify on the outside thereof that it
was so marked with bis or their assistance,
and shsll thereafter give no information
regarding the same. The presiding cfhcer
may, in his discretion, require such declara-
ton of disability to be made by the voter
u-der osth before him, and he is hereby
qualified to administer the came.
See. 81. If . voter marks more names
than there are persons to be elected to an
office, or if for any reason it 10 impossible
to determine the voters choice for, any Of
fee to be filed, his ballot shall not be
counted for such ofsice. No ballot withcu:
the official endorsement shall, except rs
herein otherwise provided, be allowed to be
deposited in the ballot box, and none but
ballots provided in sccosdapcs with the pro-
visions Of this act shall be counted. Ballots
not couuse shall be marked defective" on
the back thereof. and shall be preserved, as
required by Sec. rs.
Time OF Opsring and Clcsins the
Polls.
Sec. IS. Meetings for the election OF
national, State, county and municipal OH
GERS may be opened ~ early a. six O'Clock
A, NJ, and 10 no case shall the polls be
kept open later than 1--WE O'Clock p. NJ,
and notice of the time of opening and
closing shall be given in the warrant call
ing the meeting.
VtsutSAOos
Sec. 80. voter who shall, except n
herein otherwise provided, allow his baIlo,
to be seen by any person with the apparent
intention of letting it be known how he il
about to vote. or who shall make q false
statement of his inability to mark his bal
lot, or any person who shall interfere, OF
attempt to interfere with any voter when
inside said enclosed space, or when mark
ing his ballot. or who shall endeavor to in
duce any voter before voting to show how
he marks or has marked his ballot, shall be
punished by hue of not less than five dol
lars, nor more than one hundred dollars
and election officers ehall report any person
SO doing TO the police officer in charge OF
the polls, whose duty it shall be to see that
the offender is duly brought before the
protcr court.
See. 80 Any person who shall, prior to
an election, wilfully deface or destroy any
list of candidates posted in accordance
with the provisors of this act, or who. dur
ing an election, shall willfully deface, tea,
down, remove or destroy any card of iu-
struction or specimen ballot printed OF
posted for the instruction of voters, or who
shall, during an election, wilfully remove
or destroy any Of the supplies or convsn.
fences furnished to enable voter to pre-
pare his ballot or shall ilfully hinder the
voting of others, shall be pubishe by fine
of not less than five dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars.
Sec. 81. Any person who shall falsely
make or wilfully deface or destroy any Ger
tifcate of nomination or nomination
paper, or any part thereof or any letter of
withdrawal Or file any certificate of nomi-
nation or nomination paper or letter Of
withdrawal, knowing the same or any part
thereof to be falsely made; or suppress any
certificate of nomination or nomination paper
or any part thereof which has been duly
fled !, or forge or falsely make the official
endorsement on any ballot; or wilfully de-
stroy or deface any ballot, or wilfully
delay the delivery of any ballot, or
shall take or remove any ballot out
side of the inclosure provided for
voting before the close Of the polls shall be
punished by fins not exceeding one thou
sand dollars, or by imprisonment in the Jail
not more than ore year, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Sec. so. Any public officer upon whom
a duty is imposed by this act, who shall
wilfully neglect to perform such duty, or
shall wIlfully perform it ia such way as
to hinder the objects of this ac:, shall be
punished by fine of not less than five, nor
more than one thousand dollars, or by I'M
prisonment in Jail FOR not more than one
year, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.