Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-03-13

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mark his ballot, shall, upon request,
receive the assistance of two of the
election officers in the marking there
of, who shall be chosen from different
political part. q. and such officers shall
certify on the OF side thereof that it has
been SO marked : 18th 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 I'M
der oath before them, and they are here
by qualified to administer the same. No
elector other than one who may because
Of his inability to read, or physical disa-
bil!ty, be unable to mark his ballot, shall
divulge to any one within the polling
place the name of any candidate for
whom he intends to vote, or to ask or re-
ceive the assistance of any person within
the polling place in the preparation of
his ballot.
SEC. %. No inspector or Judge of cleo
ton shall deposit in any ballot box any
ballot upon which the official stamp, as
hereinbefore provided for, does not ap-
pear. Every person violating the pro
visions of this act shall he deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor.
Sec. %. The auditor of each county
shall cause to be printed in large type,
Oh 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
precinct, 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 upon the day of election. Said
cards shall be printed in large, clear
type, and shall contain full instructions
to the voters as to what should be done,
viz: First, to obtain ballots for voting;
second, to prepare the ballots for deposit
in the ballot boxes; third, to obtain a
new ballot in the place of one spoiled by
accident or mistake. Said card shall con-
tain a copy of Sections 81, 80, 80, and "a
of this act. There shall also be posted
in each of the apartments or booths one
of the official tickets without the official
tsam phereinbefore provided for, and not
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where in and about the polling places
upon the day of election.
Sec. 30. In the canva of the votes,
any ballot which is not endorsed, as pro.
vided in this act, by the official stamp
and initials, shall be void and shall not
be counted, and any ballot or parts of a
ballot from which it is impossible to de-
termlne the electors choice, shall be
void orI chn1 II MT Ia o,,,,+ol. D,>,,J,J
That when a ballot is sufficiently plain
to gather therefrom a part of the voters
intention, it shall be the duty of the
judges OF election to count such part.
Sec. 81. Any person who shall falsely
make, or make oath to or fraudulently
deface, or fraudulently destroy any GER
titicate OF nomination, OF any part there
of, or file or receive for filing any certif-
cate Of nomination, knowing the same
or any part thereof to be falsely made,
or suppress any certificate of nomination
which has been duly filed, or any part
thereof, or forge or falsely make the Off
cial endorsement on any ballot, OF will
fully neglect to properly endorse said
ballot, shall be deemed guilty of a felony,
and upon conviction thereof, in any court
of competent jurisdiction, shall be pun
ished by imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for a period of not less than one
year nor more than five years.
Sec. 32. ANY person who shall, dur
ing the election, willfully remove or de-
stroy any of the supplies or other con-
veniences placed in the booths or com
partments for the purpose of enabling
the voter to prepare his ballot, or prior
to or on the day Of election willfully de-
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posted in accordance with the provisions
of this act. or copy of printed ticket, or
who shall, during an election, tear down
or deface the cards printed for the in
struction of voters, shall be deemed
guilty OF a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof, in any court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, shall be fined in any
sum not exceeding one hundred Q0O
dollars.
Sec. 80. Any public officer upon
whom any duty is imposed by this act,
who shall willfully do or perform any
act or thing herein prohibited, or will
fully neglects or omits to perform any
duty as imposed upon him by the pro-
visions of this act, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall forfeit his Office and shall
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county Jail for a term of not less than
n month nor more than six months, or
by a fine of not less than fifty (5W dollars
and not more than five hundred $500
dollars, or by both such fine and impris-
onment.
SEC. 81. No officer of election shall do
any electioneering on election day. No
person shall do any electioneering on
election day within any polling place or
any building in which an election is be-
ing held, o. within fifty feet thereof, nor
obstruct the doors or entrance thereto,
or prevent free ingress to and egress
from said building. And the inspector
and judges of election, shall, if they
deem it necessary, appoint an election
officer; such election officer, sheriff, con-
stable, or other peace officer, is hereby
authorized and empowered, and it is
hereby made his duty to clear the pass
ageway and prevent such obstruction
and to arrest any person creating such
obstruction. No person shall remove
any ballot from the polling place before
the closing Of the polls. No person shall
show his ballot after it is marked to any
person in such a way as to reveal the