Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-08-11

ing made, and aid the court 10 the
matter of preventing fraudulent nat
uralization. A similar canvass may
be made in towns of less than 10000
inhabitants when IL chief supervisor
"shall have reason to believe that
actual fraud or perjury has been, is
being or is isbo,lt to be committed IN
the matter Of naturalization"
STATE LAWS ANNULLED.
Section provides that all votes
for members of Congress shall be
counted and certified in prescribed
way, ssand any state, territorial or
municipal law Or ordinance in SO far
as it conflicts herewith is hereby an
nulled." All ballots must be counted
by the federal supervisors as well as
by the local election officers. The
poll clerks and supervisors must
keep separate tallies. If they do not
agree, then the chairman or acting
chairman of the local election officers
and the chairman Or acting chair
man of the federal supervisors must
announce the result which each has
arrived at Congressional votes
found in any other ballot box shall
be counted by the local chairman
and delivered to the supervisors
chairman to be counted, sealed and
marked.
A LOTTERY SYSTEM FOR ELECTIONS.
If there be more votes in the con-
gresslonal box than the total num-
Der Of persons who have voted. the
ballots are to be mingled and local
election officer and a Federal super
visor blindfolded and, with their
backs to tie box, shall draw ballots
corresponding in number to the ex-
cess, which shall then be destroyed.
The votes for the persons named in
such withdrawn ballots are to be de-
Quoted from the votes entered for
such persons On the tallies. It fol-
lows, of course, that an election in
such case might be determined by
chance of trickery in drawing the
ballots
Duplicate statements Of the re-
suits of all congressional elections
are to be made by local election Of
ficers and Federal supervisors, to
which specimens of the ballots cast
and rejected, with the number OF
votes for each, are to be attached.
All rejected ballots shall be endorsed
with statement showing by whom
each was rejected, II differences in
the statements and certificates of
election are found to exist, the super
visors must make a signed memo
randum of the differences. The
statements of the local officers are
to be disposed of in accordance with
State, territorial or local laws, but
the statements of the supervisors,
of which there to be two sets, are to
be forwarded, one to the chief super
visor, who also receives the super
yisors' tallies, and the other to the
clerk of the United States Circuit
Court. From the papers submitted
to him, the chief supervisor must
tabulate, for presentation to Uni
| ted States board of canvassers for
the congressional district, the
vote for the canvassers for the con-
gressional cistriot, the vote for the
candidates.
POLLS CONTROLLED BY SUPERVISORS
Section IA states that if any elec-
tion district where the law is being
applied, no poles shall be opened as
required by the laws of the State
within one hour from the time such
| polls should be opened, then it shall
be the duty of Federal supervisors
present TO open the polls for the re.
ception of ballots for Representative;
of Delegates in Congress only. "They
shall conduct said election as pro
vided by the laws Of the State in
which the election is held, save where
the same are modified, annulled OF
changed by the laws of the United
States" In other words, if there is
real or pretended delay of an hour in
opening the polls, easily to be brought
about by clever manipulation, thu
Federal supervisors would have th'
election entirely in their own hands
and the local, State or Territorla
authorities are required to tabulat'
and declare the returns received from
the supervisors, "the same as if the
election had been held and conducted
by the State, Territorial or local elec
tion officers"
FEDERAL RETURNING BOARDS.
Section Is requires the Unite'
i States circuit Courts to appoint fo
i the State to which the election lay
| is applied three persons to he know
as ssThe United States board of can
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