The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-09-09
THE NEW BALLOT LAW
DIRECTIONS 10 VOTERS.

SECTION 22. Any person desiring
to vote shall give his name and resi-
dence to one of the election officers in
| charge of the ballots, who shall there
upon announce the same in loud and
distinct tone of voice, and if such
name is found upon the ballot check
list by the inspector or clerks in charge
thereof, he shall likewise repeat the
said name and the voter shall be al
lowed to enter the space enclosed by
the guard-rail, unless his right to vote
be challenged.
No person whose name is not on
the said list, or whose right to vote
shall be challenged by a qualified citi.
zen, shall be admitted within said
guard-rail until he has established his
right to vote in the manner now pro.
vided by law, and his name, if not on
the check lists, shall then be added to
both lists.
AS soon as voter is admitted with
in the rail the election officer having
charge of the. ballots shall detach a
ballot from the stub and give it to the
said voter, but shall first fold it SO tha,
the words printed on the back and out
side, as provided in sec'ion fifteen o.
this act, shall be the only wording visi
bic, and no ballot shall be voted unles.
folded in the same manner.
| Not more than one ballot shall bt
given to a voter, except as provided
in section twenty-six of this act. A.
soon as a voter receives ballot, the
"B' shall be marked against his name
on the margin OF the ballot-check-list
but no record of the number Of the
ballots shall be made on the said lists
Besides the election officers ans
such supervisors as are authorized b,
the laws of the United States, or over
seers appointed by the courts Of thi:
Commonwealth, not more than four
voters in excess of the number of vot
ing or compartments provided, shall
be allowed In said enclosed space a,
one time.
SECTION %. On receipt of his bal.
lot, the voter shall, forthwith, and with.
out leaving the space enclosed by the
guard-rail, retire to one of the voting
shelves or compartments, and shall
prepare his ballot by marking in the
appropriate margin or place cross (x)
opposite the party name or political
designation of group of candidates,
or opposite the name of the candidate
of his choice, for each Office to be
filled, or by inserting in the blank
space provided therefor any name not
already on the ballot, aud in case of a
question submitted to the vote of the
people, by marking in the appropriate
margin or place cross (x) against the
answer which he desires to give.
Before leaving the voting shelf or
compartment, the voter shall fold his
ballot without displaying the marks
thereon in the same way it was folded
when received by him, and he shall
keep the same so folded until lie has
voted.
After leaving the voting shelf and
before leaving the enclosed space
he shall give his ballot to the election
officer in charge of the ballot box, who
shall, without unfolding the ballot,
number it as required by the Constitu
tion Of this Commonwealth, placing
the said number in the right hand up
per corner of the back of the ballot,
Immediately to the left of the folding
line printed thereon, and nowhere else,
and shall then at once fold the corner
at the folding line and fasten it secure
ly down with the adhesive paste, so as
to cover the number on the ballot, so
that it cannot be seen without unfast-
ening or cutting open the part so fast
ened down, and shall then deposit the
ballot in the box.
The voter shall mark and deliver
his ballot without undue delay, and
shall quit the enclosed space as soon
as his ballot has been deposited.
SECTION "a. No voter shall be al.
lowed to occupy voting shelf or com
partment already occupied by another,
except when giving the help allowed
by section twenty-seven Of this act, mol
to remain within said compartment
more than three minutes in case all o
such compartments are in use and
other voters are waiting to occupy the
same.
No voter not an election officer shall
be allowed to re-enter the enclosed
space after he has once left it, excep,
to give help as hereinafter described.
Each voters name shall mot be
checked on the voting checklist b,
the officer having charge thereof a.
soon as he has cast his vote, in the
manner now provided by law.
1t shall be the duty of the Judge O
| election to secure the observance O
the provisions of this section, to keeI
order in the room in which the voting
is held, and to see that no more per