The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-03-31
Of Voting and How Carried
On.
How the Next ElcctiOh
will he Governed.


Continued from last week.
See. 81. And the Judges Of
election must Immediately proceed to
canvass the votes given at such
election. The canvass must be public,
in the presence Of bystanders, and
must be continued without adjourn
ment until completed and the result
thereof declared.
Sec. SO. The canvass must COM
mence by comparison of the poll lists
from the commencement, and a
correction of any mistake that may be
found therein, until they, are found to
agree. The box must then be opened
and the ballots found therein counted
by the judges, unopened, and the
number of ballots in the box must
agree with the number marked on the
poll list or registry list as having
received ticket, and this number,
together with the number Of defaced,
mutilsted and returned ballots must
agree with the numbet of stubs or
counterfoils in the books from which
the tickets have been taken.
Any ballot or part of ballot from
which it is impossible to determine
the electors choice, shall be void and
shall not be counted; Provided, That
when ballot is sufficiently plain to
gather therefrom part of the voters
intention, it shall be the duty of the
judges to count such part.
Sec. 80. The ballots and poll
lists agreeing, the board must then
proceed TO count and ascertain the
number of votes cast, and the clerks
must set down in their poll books the
name Of every person voted for and
then at full length the office for which
such person received such votes, and
the number he did receive, the number
being expressed at full length: such
entry to be made, as nearly as circum-
stances will permit, in the following
form, to wit;
At an election held at the house of
Ca. B. }, in the town district or pre-
cincD Of 49,. =, in the County OF
......, and in the State of Idaho,
on the :. day of ....., A. D.
-, the following named persons
received the number of votes annexed
to their respective names for the
following described offices, to wit:
"a. B. has votes for member OF
Congress; Il. J.) has :. votes for
member Of State senate; *. L.) has
= votes for member Of house of re-
presentatives, land in like manner for
any other person voted for). Certified
by US.
Attest:
s T.. n. MI
Y; ". Clerks Q. p, Judges
W. Y, J Q. r..
Sec. 100. After the canvass OF
the vote the judges of election must
inclose and seal one Of the poll books
also, all stubs and unused ticket books
and defaced or mutilated ballots, and
the election stamp, under cover,
directed to the clerk Of the board OF
county commissioners of the county
in which such election was held.
And the package thus sealed must be
delivered direct to the said clerk
personally, or transmitted by special
messenger without expense to the
county, or deposited in the nearest
postoffice by one Of said judges, to be
chosen by lot. And the postage
thereon and the fees for registering
the same must be fully prepaid. And
said package must be duly registered
and receipt therefor taken. And the
other poll book and poll list, together
with the ballots, must be, by said
judges, placed in the ballot box, and
by them sealed up and then deposited
with one of said judges, to be decided
by lot, if they cannot otherwise
agree. And the said poll books and
ballots must be kept with the sea
unbroken for at least eight months,
unless the same is required as evi
dence In q court Of law in any cast
arising under the election lsws of thi,
State, and then only when the judg,
J having said ballot box in charge il