Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-06-30

election, the ballots furnished to any pre-
cinct shall be lost, destroyed or exhausted
before the polls are closed, on written APP
plication, signed by majority OF the
judges of such precinct or signed and
sworn to by one of such judges, he shall
Immediately cause to be- delivered to such
judges, at the polling place. such addition
al supply of ballots as may be required,
and sufficient to comply with the provi.
sions of this act.
SEC. l6. Whenever constitutional
amendment or other public measure is pro-
posed to be voted upon by the people, such
amendment or other public measure shall
be printed in full upon the ballot, precsd-
ed by the words Shall the following
amendment to the constitution Tor public
measure) be adopted" Two spaces shall
be left upon the right hand margin, one
for votes favoring the amendment or
public measure, to be designated by the
word ''yes," and one for votes opposing
the amendment or measure to be designat-
ed by the word mo-" as in the form here
in given.
Shall the following amendment to the
constitution Tor public measure) be adopt
ed:
Here insert in full the pro-
posed public measure or con- VIC "
stitutional amendment.
The eector shall designate
his vote by cross-mark, NO
thus (X).
SEC IL. The officer or officers, whose
duty it is to have the ballots printed, shall
prepare full instructions for the guidance
of voters at each election, as to obtaining
ballots, as to the manner of marking them
and the method of gaining assistance, and
as to obtaining new ballots in place of
those accidentally spoiled; and they shall
respectively cause the same, together with
copies of sections 81 %, "A, 25, IS, 81, % and
% of this act to be printed in large, clear
type on separate cards, to be called cards
OF instruction and such officer or officers
shall furnish to the judges of election "A
sufficient number of such cards of instruc-
ton to enable the judges of election to
comply with the provisions of this act.
SEC. lS The judges of election shall
cause not less than one of such cards to be
posted in each voting booth or apartment
provided for the preparation of ballots,
and not less than four az of such cards to
be posted in and about the polling place
upon the day of election. Judges of cleo
ton shall, not less than five o. days prior
to an election, cause to be consciously
posted in five or more public places in their
voting precinct card OF instruction and
a specimen ballot printed on colored pa
per, containing the names, residence and
party or political utilization of all candi-
dates nominated, as herein provided and
to be voted for in such precinct, substan-
TALLY in the form of the general ballot to
be used The county auditor shall cause to be
published prior to the day of election in at
least two newspapers, if there be so many
published in such county, representing
the political parties which cast at the pre-
ceding general election the largest and
next largest number of votes, q list of all the
nominations made as herein provided and
to be voted for at such election as near as
may be in the form in which they shall
appear upon the general ballot; provided,
that publication by the county auditor
shall not be required for or apply to the
election of township or municipal officers.
Sec. 10. Election boards shall be compos-
ed of three judges and two clerks The
judges of election OF their respective cleo
ton precincts shall have charge of the bal
lots and furnish them to the voters as
hereinafter set forth Not more than two
judges and not more than one CLERK shall
belong to the same political party or organ
ization; provided, always, there be one or
more electors qualified and willing to act
as such judge or clerk, aud belonging to and
"A member or members of opposite par
ties. In municipalities the councilmen
or trustees shall be eX-officio judges of cleo
ton; provided, that in case more than two
councilmen or trustees belonging To the
same political party or organization be res
1dents of the same election precinct, the
county board of supervisors may designate
which of the councilmen or trustees shall
serve as judges at general elections in such
precincts. In township precincts the clerk
of the township shall be ex-officio, a clerk
of election of the precinct in which he re-
sides, and the trustees of the township shall
be ex-officio judges of election, except that
in townships not divided into election pre-
cincts if all the trustees be of the same po-
litical party, those two only whose terms
expire in one and two years, shall be ex-
officio judges of such precinct. The Iuem-
bership of such election board shall he COM
pleted by the board of supervisors from the
party unrepresented which cast the largest
or next largest number of votes in said pre-
cinct at the last general election and as
now provided by law and in conformity
with this act; provided, that i'll oil city
elections the powers and duties herein be-
fore given and made incumbent upon the
board of supervisors shall be exercised and
performed by the city council or trustees
of incorporated towns III at the opGni az
of the polls in any precinct there Shall be
a vacancy in the office of clerk or judge of
election, the same shall be filed by the Ine1:-
bers of the board present and from the 90
litical party which is entitled - such va
cant Office under the provisions of this act.
SEC. 20. II shall be the duty oi the town
ship trustees and in cities and towns, ST
the mayor and clerk or recorder, TO provide
suitable places in which to hold all o ections
provided for by this act, and to see that tho
same are warmed, lighted and furnished
with proper supplies and conveniences, in
Guiding a sufficient number of booths,
shelves, pens, penholders, ink, blot srs and
pencils as will enable the voter to prepare
his ballot for voting, and in which voters
may prepare their ballots screened from
all observation ms to the manner in which
they do so. A guard rail shall be so con
structed and placed that only such persons
10 a,,n 4
six (6) feet of the ballot box and Of such
voting booths. The arrangements shall be
| such that the voting booths can only be
| reached by passing within said guard-rail.
| They shall be in plain view OF the elections
| officers, and both they and the ballot boxes
| shall be in plain view of those outside of
| me guard-rail. Each of said booths shall
| have three sides enclosed, one side in front,
| to open and shut by door swinging out
| ward or to be closed with a curtain. Each
| side of each booth shall De seven a. feet
| high, and the door or curtain shall extend
to within two (2) feet of the floor, which
| shall be closed while the voter is preparing
his ballot; and such booths shall be well
| lighted. Each booth shall be at least three
| (3) feet square, and shall contain shelf at
| least one "a foot wide, at convenient
heighth for writing. No person other than
the election officers and the challengers al
| lowed by law and those admitted for the
| shall be permitted within the guard rail,
| except by the authority of the election Off
| GERS, to keep order and enforce the law. The
number of such voting booths shall not be
less than one Q) to every sixty 800 voters,
| or fraction thereof, who voted at the last
preceding election in the precinct. The
| expense OF providing booths and guard
rails, and other things required in this act,
shall be paid in the same manner as other
election expenses. Said booths or COM
partments shall be so built and arranged,
II possible, as to be permanent, so that after
the election they may be taken down and
deposited with the to wnship or city clerk
or town recorder, as the case may he, for
safe keeping for all future use. In all cases
where il is practicable, in precincts outside
OF cities and towns, the elections shall be
held in the public school building for the
use of which there shall be no charge. But
all damage to the building or furniture
shall be just claim against the county.
SEC. 81. Any person desiring to vote in
precincts where registration is required
shall give his name, and, il required to do
so, his residence, TO the judges of election
one of whom shall there unOn anoettuea the