Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-04-30

nhall give MS name ana ADDRESS 10 one OF tne
Clerks of Election, who shall announce the
same, and if the other Clerk shall ind the
name upon The registry list he shall repeat
the name and address. One ballot shall be
then given TO the voter, and the number of
said ballot shall be written by one of the
Clerks of Election upon the registry list OPP
posite the name OF the voter receiving it
SEC. 20 On receiving his ballot he voter
shall Immediately retire alone to one Of the
| places, booths compartments He shall
| prepare his ballot by marking a cross or X
after the name of the pea,on for whom he IN
tends to vote for each office In case of a
constitutional amendment or other question
submitted to the voters, the cross or X shall
be placed after the answer which he desires
| to give. Such marking shall be done only
with black lead pencil Before leaving
| the booth or compartment the voter shall fold
his ballot in such manner that the water
mark and the number Of the ballot shall APP
pear on the outside, without exposing the
marks upon the ballot, and shall keep it SO
| folded until he has voted. Having folded
his ballot, the voter shall deliver it to he In
spector, who shall announce the name Of the
voter and the number Of his ballot. The
Clerk having the reg stry list in his charge,
If he finds the number 10 agree with the
number Of the ballot delivered to the voter,
shall repeat the name and number, and shall
mark opposite the name the word "voted."
The Inspector shall then separate the strip
bearing the number from the ballot, and
shall deposit the ballot in the ballot box
| Said strip and number shall be Immediately
destroyed.
SEC. al. But one person shall occupy any
one booth or compartment al one time, and
| no person shall remain in occupy booth
or compartment longer than may be necessa-
ry to prepare his ballot, and in no case longer
than i've minutes.
SEC ~. Any voter who shall accidental
ly spoil a ballot may return such spoiled
ballot to the Clerks of Election, and receive
another one in its place. All the ballots
thus returned shall b Immediately cancelled,
bv writing the word Cancelled acros, the face
Of the ballot, and, with those not distributed
to the voters, shall b. returned with the elrc.
ton returns. A voter who does not ,ote the
ballot delivered to him shall, before leaving
the space inside the guard rail, return such
ballot 10 the Clerks, who shall Immediately
cancel the same and ieturn it in the same
manner as a spoiled ballot. The Clerks OF
Election shall account for the ballots deliv.
cred 10 them, by returning sufficient num-
Der OF unused and spoiled ballots 10 make
up, when added TO the number Of official bal
lots cast, the number OF ballots delivered to
hem.
SEC. %. A voter who declares under
oath, thai by reason Of physical disability,
he is unable to mark his ballot, shall al hi,
request be permitted 10 receive the assistance.
in such ma, king, Of an el,ctor, olhcr than
any election officer, but no person shall be
permitted to go inside the guard rail as al
assistant 10 more than one voter
SEC. "a. No ballot shall be deposited in
the ballot box unless the wdter.mark, a,
hereinbefore provided, appears thereon, and
unless The slip containing the number OF the
ballot has been removed thsrefrom by tn,
Inspector
SEC. IS. The County Clerk shall cause
10 be printed, on plain white paper, w,thoul
water-mark or inior, ement,, except th- words
sample ballot" at least three times as
many copies Of the form Of ballot provided
for use in each precinct as there shall be reg
istered voters IN such precinct Such copies
shall be furnished 10 registered voters at the
Office OF said County Clerk during office
hours for five days preceding the day of Ell c.
tiun; provided, that not more than two OF
such sample ballots shall be furai-he to any
one voter, except upon the written order Of a
vo er. and not more than two Of said sample
ballots shall be delivered on such order. Al
least as many sample ballots shall be fur
nshed by the County Clerk 10 each Board Of
Election as here shall be regis cred voters
in the precinct, and on election day the Board
of Election shall furnish each registered vo,-
err, On application, one such sample ballot.
SAID County Clerk shall also cause to be
printed, in plain type, on cards, instructions
for he guidance OF voters for obtaining and
marking their ballots. He shall furnish
twelve such cards to the Board Of Election
of each election precinct in the county, at
the same time and in the same manner as the
ballots and sample ballots are furnished
The Board OF Election shall post al least
one of such cards in each booth or comparl-
ment provided for the preparation Of ballots,
and not less than three OF such cards al other
places in and about the polling places on The
day of election. There shall also be printed
on said cards sections twenty-seven, twenty
eight, twenty nine and thirty of this Act.
SEC. 20. In counting the votes any ballot
not Bearing the water-mark, as provided in
this Act, shall not be counted, but such bal
lot must be preserved and returned with the
other ballots. When a voter marks more
names than there are persons TO be elected
TO Office, or II for any fca,on ii is impo,-
sible to deteTmine the voters choice for any
office, his vote for such office shall not be
counted Any ballot upon which appears
names, words or marks written or printed,
except as in this Act provided, shall not be
counted
SEC. IT. Any person who shall falsely
make or iraudulently deface or destroy any
certncate OF nomination or any part thereof,