Mississippi leader., 1892-11-17
NEW ELECTION LAW.
MANAGERS OF ELECTION ArroINrED.

~. Prior tu every election the COM
missiunrrs of election shall appoint
three persons for each election dis
trict ;u I've managers of the election,
who shall not all be oi the same polit-
ical patty, il suitable persons of diff
frrcut political parties can hr had in
the district. and ifany pcrsoa appoint
ed shall fail To attend aud serve, the
managers present, if any, may desig-
nate one To fill his place; and if the
commissioners of election fail to make
the appointments, or in case of the
failure of all those appointed to at
tend and serve, any three qualified
electors present when the polls should
be opened may act as managers.
DUTIES AND POWERS OF MANAGERS.
49, The managers shall take care
the election is conducted fairly and
agreeably to law, and they shall be
Judges of the qualifications of electors,
and may examine on oath any person
duly registered and offering to vote
touching his qualifications as an cleo
tor, which oath any of the managers
NAV administer.
CLERKS OF ELECTION.
"A. The managers of election shall
appoint two clerks, and the managers
and clerks shall be sworn 10y some of
ficer present competent to administer
oaths, or such may be sworn by one OF
the others, faithfully to perform their
duties at the the election according to
law, and not to attempt to guide, aid,
direct or influence any voter in the
exercise of his right to vote, except as
expressly allowed by law.
BLANK RETURNS, STATIONERY, ETC, TO BIZ
FURNISHED.
IS. The commissioners of election
shall furnish to the managers at each
voting place n sufficient quantity of
stationery for use in holding the cleo
ton, and also blank forms to be used
in making returns of the election.
SHERIFF TO PROVIDE VOTING COAPART-
MENTs, ETC.
46. The sheriff shall provide ut each
election place IA sufficient number of
voting compartments, shelves and
tables, for the use of electors, which
shall be so arranged that it will be
impossible for one voter, in one COM
partment, to see another voter who is
preparing his ballot. The number of
voting compartments and shelves or
tables shall not be less than one to
every one hundred electors in the
4 Il, ,.i, s,,,f
shall be supplied and ha re posted up
in it card of instructiOns''and he fur
nishcd with other conveniences for
marking the ballots. ELECTION Ordi-
nance, Section 10.)
HOW TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION AND
COUNT THE BALLOTS.
Al. The polls shall be opened at
nine O'Clock in the morning, and be
kept open until six o'clock in the eve
ming and no longer; and every person
entitled to vote shall deliver an 'of-
fetal ballot" prepared III accordance
with law, to one of the managers in
the presence of the others, which bal
lot shall be put into the ballot box,
and at the same time one of the clerks
shall take down on list, the name of
every person voting, and the other
shall make the proper entry on the
poll book; and when the polls shall be
closed, the managers shall publicly
open the box and count the ballots, at
the same time reading aloud the names
of the persons voted for, which shall
bc taken down by the clerks in the
presence of the managers, and if there
be two or, more ballots rolled up to-
gether, neither shall be counted.
CERTAIN BALLOTS NOT TO BE COUNTED.
IS. If the voter marks more names
than there are persons to be elected
to an Office, or if for any reason it he
impossible to determine from the bal
lot the voters choice for any Office
voted for, his ballot so cast shall not
be counted. A ballot not provided in
accordance with law shall not be de-
posted or counted. ELECTION Ordi-
nance, section 49,
WHO TO HAVE BALLOTS PRINTED; PRINTER
SWORN TO SECRECY.
so. 1t shall be'the duty of one of the
election commissioners, designated for
that purpose in his commission by the
authority appointing the commission
ers to have printed all necessary bal
lots for use in elections, except ballots
in municipal elections, which shall be
printed as.herein provided by the au-
thorities of the respective municipali-
ties; and the election commissioner
shall cause the "ofiicial ballot to be
printed, by printer sworn to secrecy
under the penalty prescribed by law.
ELECTION Ordinance, section 2.
BALLOTS; WHAT TO CONTAIN.
81. The ballots so printed shall con-
tain the names of all candidates who
have been put in nomination, not less
than fifteen days previous to the day
of election, by nominating cOnven-
ton, or other nominating body, or at
a primary election of any political
party. There shall be printed on the
ballots the names of all candidates 50
nominated, whether the nomination
be otherwise known or not, upon the
written request of one or more of the
candidates so nominated, or of any
qualified elector who will make oath
that he was a member of the cOnven-
tion or other nominating body, or a
participant in the primary election,
and that the person whose name is
presented by him was nominated by
such convention, or other nominating
body or primary election. The COM
missioner shall also have printed on
the ballots the name of any qualified