The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-10
CONFLICTING rae FRACTION,

IS. Not more than one voter for each
compartment mentioned in section As OF
this chapter shall be allowed in the cleo.
ton room at one time, and no person
other than election officers, challengers
and voters engaf ed in receiving, prepar-
ing and depositing their ballots, shall be
permitted to BIO within the rail, except
by authority OF the board Of election
judges for tho purpose Of keeping order
and enforcing the law.
81. No person excepting the election
officers, cballengers and voters while
going to the election room to vote and
returning thereirom, shall be or remain
within sixty. feet Of said rooms but this
section shall not apply to persons living
or carrying on business within that dis.
TANGO Of the election room, in the dis.
charge Of their legitimate business, or to
persons whose business requires them TO
pass and rcpass within sixty feet OF such
room. On entering the cleo
lion room the voter shall give his name
and residence to ons Of the poll clerks,
who shall thereupon announce the same
in loud and distinct tone Of voice. The
poll clerk Rhall then deliver To him one,
and only one, ballot, except as herein
otherwise provided.
81. On receipt OF his ballot, tho voter
shall forthwith, and without leaving the
enclosed space, retire alone TO one OF the
booths or compartments provided for
the purpose, aud shall prepare his ballot,
as provided IN section thirty.four Of this
chapter. Alter preparing his ballot, the
voter shall fold the same 60 that the
face thereof shall not ho exposed, and
80 that tho names OF the poll clerks
thereon shall be seen, unless he elect Ia
vote openly. When the voter has pre-.
pared his ballot he shall then vote forth
with, and before leaving the polling
place. He shall give his name and pre-
sent his ballot TO one Of the Commits
sioners OF Election, who shall proclaim
in q loud and distinCt tone the name o.
the person offering to vote, and hand
the ballot to another OF said Commis
sioners OF Election, OF q different politi
cal party than his own, and II majority
OF said Board are Satisfied that the bal
lot is single, and that the person Is emit
tied to vote at the SAID election, one o
the said Commissioners Of Election shall
deposit the ballot in the ballot box, ant
the poll clerks shall enter the name o
the voter on the poll.books, numbering
the voters in the order in which theN
vote. The Commissioners OF Election
may inspect every ballot before II is de
posted In the baliot.box 10 ascertain
whether It Is single, but without I'M
folding or unrolling 1t, 90 as TO diRclos
ita contents.
When the voter has voted he shal
retire Immediately from the election
room and beyond the sixty foot ltmi
thereof.
as. Not more than one person shall b
permitted to occupy any booth or com
pMtment at one time; and no perso,
shall remain in or occupy booth o
compartment longer than may be neceS
sary to prepare his ballot, and in n
event longer than Eve minutes. N
voter or person Offering to vote shal
hold any conversation or communicate
with any other person than the pol
clerks or commissioners Of electio
while in the election roonc.
Ilballots are not voted they must !
returned to the clerk.
When voter declares to the cler
that he cannot read or write, or 10 III
able to prepare his ballot, the poll CLERK
in his presence, must prepare his ball'
for him, and then explain to him VII
he is voting for. A heavy penalty
provided In case poll clerk deceives
voter.
The above provisions are those whiC
radically change the present system