Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-05-19
For Congress,
JOHN DOE.
For Auditor,
RICHARD ROE.

abolished and there are created the
offices of State supervisor of elections
and of deputy state supervisor, with
power of conducting and supervising
all elections held in the state. The
secretary of state is made the state
supervisor, and before the first Mon
day in August, 1892, he shall appoint
four deputy supervisors for each coun-
ty. These supervisors are to be ap-
pointed two from each of the two lead
ing political parties on the recommend
alton of the county executive commit
tees. The county boards of supervisors
shall select clerk who is to be paid
$100a year.
These supervisors appoint judges to
be selected as follows: First, in every
township in which the trustees are
not all members of the same political
party, the trustees shall be the judges;
second, in every other township, except
townships divided into election pre-
cincts, the two trustees whose term of
office expires in one and two years
respectively, and person not a
member of the same political party as
these trustees, having received the
next highest vote for the office of trus-
tee at the preceding election, shall
act as judges.
In municipal corporations, except
cities having boards of elections, the
judges are to be chosen in similar
manner. If the ward is not divided
into precincts the two councilmen OF
the ward and the elector who was q
member Of political party to which
one or both of the councilmen did not
belong, who received the highest
number of votes for councilman Of
those voted for and not elected, at the
preceding spring election, shall be
judges. In every ward divided into
election precincts the two councilmen
shall be judges Of election in the pre-
cincts in which they respectively
reside, and additional judges, so that
there shall be three judges at each pre-
cinct, shall be chosen as provided In
the old law.
A new feature Is that If Judge or
clerk in any precinct falls to appear on
the morning of the election, the elec-
tors present shall. viva voce, choose q
suitable person having the qualifica-
tions ofan elector to I'LL the vacancy
from the political party to which the
absent judge or clerk belong. In muni-
cipalities the councilmen shall be
ex-officio judges Of the election, and
the clerk of such municipality shall be
one of the clerks ofelection In the pre-
clnct in which he resides; provided
that in case more than two council
men belonging to the same political
party be residents of the same election
precinct the deputy supervisors may
designate which OF the councilmen
shall serve as Judge of election in such
precinct. In township precincts the
CLERK of the township shall be eex-officio
clerk of election of the precinct in
which he resides, and the trustees of
the townships shall be ex-officio judges
of election; except that in townships
not divided into election precincts, If
all the trustees be of the same political
party, those two only whose terms
expire in one and two years shall be
ex-officio judges of such precinct.
A number Of prominent changes are
made in the preparations for the elec-
tion. The law takes In all elections,
except school directors of such dis
tricts and joint sub-districts. 1t also
provides for the division of precincts
by council or county commissioners
upon petition Of q majority Of voters
where there are 500 votes cast at the
last preceding November election.