Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-25

tion to provide the presiding officer
of such town or village with five cop
les of printed list containing names,
party, place of residence, of parties
n ominated, one of which lists shall be
pos ted at the place of election, and
four of which lists shall be posted in
other conspicuous places.
Section sixteenth declares it to be
the duty of the county, town and vii
lage clerks to prepare votes on white
paper containing names of all persons
put in nomination, as above prescr1b-
ed, the ballots to be ready for inspec-
tion by the candidates or their agents
at least five days before election.
Section seventeenth provides that
election officers shall be provided with
sample ballots printed on tinted paper
also with cards of Introduction.
Section eighteenth describes the
form of ballots, if provided by the
county clerk signed by his fac sineile
signature followed by the name of the
district, town or precinct in which
the votes are to be used. Under the
group of names put in regular noml-
nation there shall be left a blank
space in which the voter may insert
the name of any person whom he may
wish to vote for. The voter will des-
ienate his choice of candidates by
placing by a pen or pencil the X mark
on the right and opposite the name OF
the person he wishes to vote for.
Ballots will be provided, one hum
dred for every fifty voters in general
elections and three hundred for every
fifty voters in village, town or for
town representative election.
Ballots when printed must be fast
ened in blocks of 100 votes. The sew
eral clerks who prepare the ballots
must prepare and post up in the vot-
ing places cards, giving instruction to
voters and sections of the law which
REQUIRE the voter to keep his voting a
secret, and prescribe penalties for de-
stroying official ballots. The votes
are to be deliverd to the presiding Of
| ficers of election at least two days be-
fore the hour of election, but to be
kept by him, sealed, until the opening
of the polls when blocks Of votes shall
be delivered to the ballot clerks as Of
| ten as needed.
Section twenty fourth provides that
at least five days before election the
presiding officer shall appoint four
ballot clerks, two from the party cast
ing the largest number of votes and
two from the party casting the next
largest number of votes at the pre-
ceding election.
Section twenty fifth gives descrip-
ton of how the voting booth shall be
arranged and how the voting shall be
done The description in short is that
! the voting place shallbe enclosed, but
/ shall be large enough to admit the
presiding officer, the ballot clerks, ,One
or more voters as the voting desks
shall be arranged, and SO enclosed
that the voter shall be out of sight of
the public when he marks and folds
his vote.
Section twenty ninth provides that
such persons as are mentally or phys
ically unable to properly mark their
ballots may be assisted by ballot
clerk.
Section thirtieth declares that if the
voter marks more than one name for
one office, or so marks his vote that 1T
is impossible to determine his choice,
the ballot shall not be counted.
Section thirty second declares that
this law does not apply to any annual
or special meeting in towns whose
population does not exceed four thou
sand.
Section thirty fourth imposes fine
of $50 on any voter who shows his
vote with intention of letting another
voter know how he votes, or who
shall endeavor to induce another vo-
ter to vote for any particular candi-
date.
Secretary of State, G.. w. Brownell
of Burlington, himself a lawyer has
been studying that complicated law
and has consulted eminent law
yers, and he decides that the law
! (amended at the extra SESSION. re-
ouires not one ballot but three; one TO
contain the names of state, county
and probate officers; one for town
representative votes, and one for
votes of Justice of peace. The box
for town representative to be turned
at 8 O'Clock, the other boxes at 5
O'Clock.
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