Arizona silver belt., 1892-02-20
ARnoSI's ELECTION LAW.

Legislative Assembly, approved Marcl 18th, 1891, renders sn election in con formity herewith expensive, unsatis factory, and less easily understood tha1 amystitying problem in legal ethics The law covers five pages and eighteen sections of the acts of that session.
 Stated briefly it provides that ballots shall bo printed and distributed at pub lie expense.
 How candidates for office shall be nominated, and certificates of nomina. ton are required to be filed with tn, Secretary of the Territory and Super, yisors, not more than fifty nor less than wenty days before election.
 Whenever question is to bo sub. mitted to the people for popular vote, the Secretary of the Territory shall certify the same to the Supervisors not less than twenty-five days bsfore cleo, ton.
 Boards of Supervisors shall pre- pare and provide white ballots, con taining the names of persons csrtif- cates of whose nomination has been filed as provided, and ready for inspsc- ton 10 days before election
 Five sample ballots on tinted paper, shall be provided for each polling place
 Each ballot shall be indorsed official ballot followed by name of precinct, etc, and each shall bear on it's back a fac simile of signature of Chairman Board of Supervisors, printed across the line of psrforation so that when the ticket is removed from the block or pad (ip which form they are to be fur aishsd) part of the signature shall re- main on the ticket and part on the stub Stubs for each precinct shall be consecutiyely numbered.
 There shall be furnished to each polling place 25O ballots for every 50 voters or fraction thereof.
 Upon receiving his ballot the voter shall, without leaving the polling place or going outside the guard rail, retire alone to a booth not occupied and pre- pare his ballot by marking in the ap- propriats margin a cross (x) opposite the candidate of his choice, or by fill ing in the name of his candidate in the blank space provided After folding his ballot as prescribed the voter shall, without exposing the contents of his ballot, deliver it to the election officers. The stub must remain attached to the ballot until delivered, Spoiled ballots must be returned and cancelled.
 Any slsctar unable to read the En- glish language, or mark his ballot may call upon the poll clerks to prepare his ballot us he shall direct, said ballot to 1a prepared in q booth unoccupied by
 ous else. Any deception practiced by clerks upon tho voter is declared felony.
 A voter who shall allow his ballot to be seen by any person unauthorized or who shall interfere with voter inside 7 enclosed space, or who shall endeav- 1g t1 influence g voter within the build ing in which voting is proceeding, shall  pay fine of S5O or be imprisoned 50 jays in the county jail.
 No person shall do any electionesr- ng on election day within any polling place, or in any public street or room, T a public manner, within 15O feet of polling place.
 Any person entitled to vote shall be
 tiled to absent himself two hours
 m any service or employment, on
 tion day during voting hours, with
 suffering any deduction of salary CT
 ss.
 ne Inspector and two Judges of
 hon shall be appointed, in each s.ecinct, by the Supervisors, in June preceding election, and they shall con- stitute a Board of Election. Ths off cers thus appointed shall be qualified voters who shall have been fresholders and resident houssholders within tho precinct for at least ono year proceed ing such election, and they shall be selected from different political parties which cast the highest number of votes at the preceding general election.
 This law does not epply to school elections.