Mohave County miner., 1892-07-16


by marking in the appropriate margin
or place cross (X) opposite the name
OF the candidate Of his choice for each
office to be filed, or by filing in the
name OF the candidate OF his choice ia
the blank space provided therefor and
marking cross opposite thereto; and in
case Of question submitted TO the vote
Of the people by marking in the appro-
pirate margin or space, cross (XI
against the answer which he desires TO
give. Before leaving the booth or COM
partment, the voter shall fold his ballot
iengthwise and crosswise, but in such a
way that the contents OF the ballot shall
DO concealed and the stub can be re-
moved without exposing any Of the con.
tents OF the ballot, and shall keep the
same a. folded until he has delivered the
same to the election officers AZ in this
Section provided; then lie shall forth.
with proceed outside the guard rail by
the exit thereof and shall not again enter
such enclosed space during such poll
unless he 10 an election officer. No voter
shall DO allowed to occupy voting booth
or compartment for more than five min.
ntes, when other voters are waiting to
occupy the same. No inspector shall
receive any ballot from any voter unless
the stub remains attached to the ballot.
SEC. ~. No person shall take or re.
move any ballot from the polling place
before the close Of the polls. II any
voter spoil ballot he may successsively
obtain others, ono ct . time, not ex-
ceeding five in all, upon returning each
spoiled one. The ballots thus returned
shall be Immediately cancelled, and to-
gether with those not distributed to the
voters, shall be preserved and shall be
secured in sealed packages and returned
TO the Board Of Supervisors, town, city
or village Recorders or Clerks from
whom originally received.
SEC. %. Any elector who declares
that by reason Of physical disability or
inability to read the English language,
he 10 unable to mark his ballot, may de-
clare his choice Of candidates to the poll
clerks who shall accompany such elector
to some unoccu.'ied booth, and in the
presence Of the elector and in the pres
ence OF each other shall prepare the
ballots for voting in the manner herein
before provided and upon request shall
read over to such elector the names of
the candidates a. marked. Any one
mating false declaration under the
provisions Of this Section shall, upon
conviction, be fined in any sum not ex.
ceeding five dollars and be disfranchised
for period Of five years, and any poll
clerk or poll clerks who shall deceive any
elector in selecting or marking any ballot
or mAsk the same in any way than as re-
quested by said elector, shall be guilty
Of felony and on conviction, shall be
imprisoned in the peniteniiary for not
less than two years nor more than five
years and he disfranchised for any de-
terminate period not less than five years.
SEC. 20. II the voter marks more
names than there are persons to be
elected to an Office, or il for any reason
1t IS impossible to determine the voters
choice for any Office to be filed. his bal. |
lot shall not be counted for such Office. |
No ballot without the official endorse.
msnt shall. except as herein otherwise
provided, he allowed to be deposited in
the ballot box, and none but ballots pro-
vided in accordance with tho provisions
Of this Act shall be counted. Ballots not
counted shall te marked defective on the |
back thereof, and be preserved and re-
tn ned to the Board Of Supervisors, or
Recorder, or Clerk from whom received
- hereinbefore provided.
SEC. 80. In case the ballots TO be
furnished tor any voting place, in &C.
cordsnce with the provisions Of this Act,
shall TAIL for any resson>to be delivered,
or in case after delivery they shall be
destroyed or stolen. il shall be the duty
Of the presiding officer aforesaid to cause
other ballots TO be prepared substantially
In the form Of the ballots 90 wanting and
10 be furnished; and upon delivery Of
such ballots at the polling place bv him,
accompanied by his statement under
oath, which the city, town or village Re-
corder or Clerk shall record, that the
same had been so prepared and furnish
Cd by him, and that the original ballots
have 20 failed to be received, or have
been 90 destroyed or stolen, the ballot