Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-08
THE NEW BALLOT LAW.


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for which they are intended and the number of
ballots of each kind enclosed.
They shall then be sent by the county COM
mssoners of the respective counties separately
and at different times, or by different methods,
TO the judges of election at the several voting
places, so as to be received by them, one set on
the Saturday before the day of election and the
other set ON the Monday before the day of cleo
tion.
The respective judges of election shall, on de
livery TO them of such packages, return re-
eeipts therefore to the commissioners, who
shall keep record of the time when, and the
manner in which, the several packages are sent
and shall preserve for the period OF one year
the receipts of the said judges of election. For
elections of officers of townships and boroughs
and of election officers and school directors in
the same, the auditors shall provide for each
election district 70 ballots for every 80 and frac
tion of 80 voters on the assessors list and an
equal number of specimen ballots, and shall
obtain from the county commissioners the
requisite cards of instruction, which shall be
delivered with the ballots to the judges of elec-
tion the day before the day of election.
Section Is. In case the ballots to be furnished
TO any voting place in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act shall fail for any reason to
be duly delivered, Or in case after delivery they
shall be destroyed stolen, it shall be the duty
of the judge of election of such voting place to
cause other ballots to be prepared substantially
in the form of the ballots so wanting, and upon
receipt of such other ballots from him, accom-
panied by statement under oath that the
same have been so prepared and furnished by
him, and that the original ballots have so failed
to be received or have been so destroyed or
stolen, the election officers shall cause the bal
lots so substituted to be used in lieu of the bal
lots wanting as above. 1t shall be the duty of
the county commissioners of each county to
mail complete specimens of the ballots and
other necessary papers by registered letter 10
the judge of elections of elections of each elec.
ton district at least four days before the cleo
tion to enable him to comply with the direc-
tions of this section.
The Voting Rooms.
Section 10. The county commissioners of each
county shall provide for each election district
therein at each election room large enough
to be fitted up with voting shelves and guard
rail, as hereinafter provided. If in any district
no such room can be rented or otherwise OBJ
tanned, the said commissioners shall cause to
room of adequate size to be used as voting
room; they shall also cause all the said rooms
to be suitably provided with heat and light and
with a sufficient number of voting shelves or
compartments at or in which voters may con-
veniently mark their ballots, so that in the
marking thereof they may be screened from
the observation of others, and guard rail shall
be so constructed and placed that only such
persons as are inside said rail can approach
within six feet of the ballot box and of such
voting shelves or compartments. The arrange
ment shall be such that neither the ballot box
nor the voting booths shall be hidden from view
of those just outside the said guard rail. The
number of such voting shelves or compart-
ments shall not be less than one for every fifty
names on the assessors lists, but shall not in
any case be less than three for the voters quail
hed to vote at such voting place. No persons
other than election officers, and voters admitted
as hereinafter provided, shall be permitted
within the said rail except by authority of the
election officers for the purpose of keeping
order and enforcing the law. Each voting shelf
or compartment shall be kept provided with
proper supplies and conveniences for marking
the ballots.
Who Pays the Bill.
Section 90 To provide for the cost of said
shelyes nr commandments md ,,,,o,1 ,il, II, a.,
veor 1902 tho secro,or, Of ,to ,,,,,,l',,,,,aa,,t
the secrctarv of intarno1 a,,airs o,1 t, o,,,,,.l
general shall H.. and tlo, ha,ol,,. ,,a.i.,,.
ed "A hoard to decide mon nation, 90 tha.saia
shelves or commandments and - notto,,, ~ t,,a
said guard rails and nnon tho ,,o,,,;a, b. te
used for them and such other furnitnra a,,d a.,
paratus as may be necessary, and to fix a limit
oi cost OF the same per shelf or compartment
anu per iiileal loot OF rail-, ana the said board
siiah' "itnlh TWO months after the passage of
this act hotiiy the commissioners of the res
pectlVe counties oil the pattern adopted and of
the hmit oil cost, and the said commissioners,
aiter they nave provided the said shelves or
compartments ana guard rails, shall send to the
auuitor general OF the commonwealth a state
meht OF the voting places in the county, nam
ing them and the number of shelves Or COM
partments provided for each according to the
pattern adopted, and of the cost of the same,
not exceeding the limit to be fixed as aforesaid,
which statement shall be signed by the said
commissioners, verified by the affidavit of one
'i 'i'0i"' anu "ppioNeu ny Ihe county controller