Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1891-09-25

aid inspector or Judge shall print on
he back and near the top of the ballot
With the rubber or other stamp provid-
a for the purpose, the designation
official Ballot" and the other words
IN the said stamp us provided for in
section 20 of this act, and also write
lis initials thereon, Each qualified
'lector shall be entitled to receive from |
The said judges one ballot.
S "a. How ELEcToR SHALL PRE-.
PARE BALLOT On receipt of his bal
lot, the elector shall forthwith, and
without leaving the polling places,
booths or compartments provided, to
prepare his ballot. He shall prepare
his ballot by marking a cross before the
name of the person or persons for
whom he intends to vote. For example
''A," or in case of a ballot containing a
constitutional amendment, or other
question, to be submitted to the vote of
the people, by crossing out thcrefrom
parts of the ballot in such manner that
the remaining part shall express his
vote upon the question submitted, cor
the elector may write in the blank
spaces or paste over amy othor 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 may be seen. He shall then
vote forthwith and before leaving the
polling place, and after voting he shall
Immediately leave the room; Provided,
hewever, That any elector who desires
to vote an entire group or y straight
party ticket may mark cross rs above
described against the political desig.
nation of such group, or-party
ticket, and shall then pe deemed to
have voted for all tho persons named
in such group or in such party ticket
whose names shall not have been
erased, the former provisions of this
section notwithstanding.
S 25. ONLY ONE PERSON IN BOOTH.
Not more than one pei son shall be per.
mitted to occupy any one booth at one
time, and no person shall remain in or
occupy Il booth or compartment longer
than be necessary to prepare his ballot,
and in no event longer than five min.
utes; Provided, That the other booths
or compartments are occupied.
S 60. In CASE OF ELEcroR spo1Ls
BALLOT ] No person shall take or re-
move any ballot from the polling place
before tho close Of the polls. If any
voter spoils ballot he may successive
ly obtain others, oLe at time, not ex-
ceeding three in all, upon returning
each spoiled one. The ballots thus re.
turned shall be Immediately cancelled
and together with those not distributed
to the voters, shall be preserved and
shall b1 secured in seal packages and
re turned to the county auditor from
whom received.
S ~. In CASE OF DISABILITY OF
ELEcroR.] Any voter who declares to
the judges of election, or when it shall
appear to the judges of election that he
cannot read, or that blindness or other
physical disability he is unable to mark
his ballot, shall, upon request, receive
the assistance of two Of the election
officers 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 there after give no information
regarding the same. The judges may,
in their decretion, require such dcclara-
tion of disability to be made by the vo-
ter under oath before them ,and they are
hereby qualified to administer the
same. No clector other than one who
may because Of his inability to read, or
physical disability, be. unable to mark
his ballot, shall divulge to any one
within the polling place the name of
any candidate for whom he intends 10
vote, or to ask or receive the assistance
of any person within the polling place
in the preparation of his ballot.
S 20. INSTRUCTION TO ELECTORS ]
The auditor of each county shall cause
to be printed in large type, on cards, in
English, instructions for the guidance
of electors in preparing their ballots.
He shall furnish ten such cards to the
judges of election IN each election pre-
cinct, and one additional card for each
fifty electors or fractional part thereof
in the precinct, at the same time and in
the same manner as the printed ballots.
The judges of election shall post not
less than one of such cards IN each
place Or compartment provided for the
preparation of ballots, and not less
than three of such cards elsewhere IN
and about the following [polling] places
,,nOn the dav Of election So,d o,rda