The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-03-08
THE AusrnALrAs BALLOT Law.
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any paper or thing bearing any resem-
blance to the official white ballot, other
than said colored or sample ballot, or
anything which will show how he has
prepared the white ballot, or any elector
who shall, except as herein otherwise
provided, allow his white ballot to be
seen by any person with the apparent
intention of letting it be known how he
Is about to vote, or multilate his ballot,
or place any distinguishing mark upon
his ballot whereby the same may be
identified, or who shall make a false
statement as to his inability to mark
his ballot, or any person who shall inter-
fere, or attempt to interfere, with any
voter when inside said enclosed space,
or when marking his ballot, or who shall
endeavor to induce any voter to mark
his ballot in particular way, or before
or after voting to show or explain how
he marks or has marked his ballot, upon
conviction shall be punished by fine of
not less than $50 nor more than 5000.
Sec. 6S. 1t shall be the duty of the
secretary of state, not less than six
months before every biennial election
in this state, to compile the election
laws of the state, and index the same,
and cause the same to be printed in
suitable pamphlet form ,for the use of
the judges of election; also suitable
poll-books, required by and in accord
ance with section % of this act; also
tally-sheets, required by and in accord
ance with section "a of this act; also
Register of Nominations books, re-
Quired by section 80 of this act; also re-
ceipts, required by and in accordance
with section SO of this act; needles for
stringing ballots and stubs, as required
by section % and "a of this act, and in
delible Copying" pencils, suitable for
canceling the names of candidates not
voted for, as required by section 80 of
this act; and he shall forthwith proceed
and distribute the same to the several
county clerks In the state, in appropriate
quantities. The bills for furnishing said
pamphlet copies of the election laws,
Tor ruling, printing, and binding such
poll-books, blanks, receipts, register of
nominations, and tally-sheets, and pro-
curing said needles and pencils, and for
preparing and delivering the same, as
required by this act, shall be audited by
the secretary of state, and paid out of
any moneys in the treasury not other
wise appropriated.
Sec. SO. Any officer upon whom
duty is imposed by this act, who shall
disclose to any person the name of any
candidate for whom any elector has vot-
ed, or give any information by which it
can be ascertained for whom any elector
has voted, or any judge or clerk of cleo
ton, or other officer about the polls, who
shall do any electioneering on election
day, or any person who shall do any
eiectioneering on election day within
any polling place, or within fifty feet of
any polling place, or any person who
shall remove any white ballot from any
polling place before the closing of the
polls, or any person who shall knowing
~ apply for or receive any white ballot
In any polling place other than that in
which he is entitled to vote, or any per-
son who shall show his ballot after it is
marked to any person in such a way as
to reveal. the contents thereof, or the
name of the candidate or candidates for
whom he has marked his ballot, or any
person (excert the chairman of election)
who shall receive from any voter the
ballot prepared for voting, or anv
person who shall, contrary to this
act, ask another at polling place
Tor whom he intends to vote, or who
snail examine his ballot or solicit
the voter to show the same. or
any elector who shall knowingly receive
any white ballot from any other person
than one of the election clerks. or any
person who shall print or circulate, or
knowingly have in his possession any
Imitation of the official white or colored
ballots, or any person other than a
clerk OF the election who shall deliver
any white ballot to an elector, or any
elector who shall deliver any ballot to
the chairman to be voted except the
one he received from the first election
clerk, or any elector, or any one who
shall, contrary to the provisions of this
act, place any mark upon or do ANYTHING
to his OR any white ballot by which it
may be afterwards identified as the one
voted by any particular individual, upon
conviction shall be punished by fine of
not less than $50 and not more than
$500, or by imprisonment in the county
jail not less than three months, nor
more than one year, or both, in the dis
cretion of the court
Ito be Continueo3
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