The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-11-06
NEW ELECTION LAW.
CONrfNUED.

move any Ot''pt houl 'hC Young pace.
If any voter inadvertently spoils a bal
lot he may obtain another upon return
ing the spoiled one. The ballots thus
returned shall be Immediately Cancelled.
and at the close of the polls shall be
secured in an envelope scaled and sent
to the proper office as required by law
in the case Of the ballots cast.
SECTION ~. If any voter declares to
the Judge of election that, by reason of
disability, he desires assistance in the
preparation of his ballot, he shall be
permitted by the Judge of election to
select qualified voter Of the election
district to aid him in the preparation of
his ballot, such preparation being made
in the voting compartment
SECTION aS. If a voter marks more
names than there are persons to be
elected to an office, or If for any rea-
son it is impossible to determine the
voters choice for any Office to be filled.
MS ballot shall not be counted for such
office. No ballot without the official
endorsement shall, except as herein
Otherwise provided, be allowed to be
deposited in the ballot-box, and none
but ballots provided in accordance
with the provisions Of this act shall be
counted Ballots not marked, or i'm
properly or effectively marked, shall
be endorsed as defective, but shall be
preserved with the other ballots. If
any ballot appears to have been OBJ
tanned otherwise than as provided in
this act, the Judge of elections shall
transmit such ballot to the district at
torney without delay, together with
whatever information he may have
tending to the detection of the person
who deposited the same.
SECTION 80. After the polls are
closed the election officers only shall
remain in the voting room with in the
guard rail, and shall there at once pro
ceed to count the votes Such count
ing shallnot be adjourned or postponed
untlllt shall have been fully completed.
A record shall first be made of the
number of the last ballot cast the off
GERS in charge Of the voting check list
shall, in the presence of the other off.
GERS and watchers, count in distinct
and audible voice the names checked
on the said list, and announce the
whole number thereof; and the lists
OF voters, the stubs of ballots used and
all unused ballots, shall then be sealed
up as required by section twenty-five
of this 9ct. The ballot box shall then
be opened by the judge, the ballots
shall be taken therefrom by the inspect
or designated by the judge, and audi
bly, counted, one by one, by the judge,
and when the count is completed the
whole number of ballots cast shall be
announced, and the counting Of the
number Of votes received by each per-
son voted tor shall then proceed. All
ballots, after being removed from the
box, shall be kept within the unob-
structed view of those present in the
voting room. but out of their reach,
until they are placed in the ballot box
as required by law. A full return shall
be made in the manner now provided
by law of all votes cast, and the total
vote as soon as counted shall be pub |
lic|y announced.
1t shall be the duty of the police Of
fcers, constables and deputy constables
now required by law to be present at
the polls, to remain within the voting |
room, but outside the guard rail, while |
the votes are being counted and to |
preserve order therein. No person, ex'
cept the said peace-officers when nee
essary for the preservation Of the peace,
or persons acting by their authority |
for the same end, shall enter the space !
within the guardrail or communicate
with any election officer in any way
after the polls are closed and until the |
counting of the votes has been COM
pleted.
SECTION 30. Whenever in a contest
ed election, the tribunal trying the case
shall decide that the ballots used in
one or more election districts were, by |
reason of the omission, addition, mis-
placing, misspelling or misstatement
of one or more titles OF offices, or |
names or residences of candidates or
parties or policies represented by |
them, so defective as to the office IN
contest, as to be calculated to mislead !
the voters in regard to any of the can
didates nominated for the said Office,
and that the defective condition of the
said ballots may have effected the re.
suit of the entire election for the said
Office, the said tribunal shall declare
the election to be invalid as regards
the said office, and shall report their
decision to the Governor of the Com
monwealth.
The Governor On receiving the re-
port of the said decision shall, without
delay, cause writ or writs of election
for the Office IN contest to issue and
anDOint n dag within f0l,r weeks from