Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-06-30


Ger having charge thereof, he shall likewise
report said name, and the voter shall be al
lowed to enter the space enclosed by the |
guard-rail, as above provided. One of the |
judges shall give the voter one, and only |
one ballot, on the back OF which such Judge /
shall indorsa his initials in such manner |
that they may be seen when the ballot is |
properly folded and the voters name shall |
be Immediately checked on the registry list. |
At all elections, whore registration is re-
quired, IL the name OF any person desiring |
to vote at such election is not found on the |
register of voters. he shall not receive a |
ballot until he shall have complied with |
the law prescribing the manner and condi- |
lions of voting by unregistered voters; il |
any person desiring to vote at any election |
shall be challenged, he shall not receive a !
ballot unta he shall have established his |
right to vote in the manner provided by |
law. Besides the election officers, not more |
than two voters in excess of the whole |
number of voting booths provided shall be
allowed in said enclosed space at ono time.
This section shall apply to and govern,
where applicable, all persons desiring to
vote in precincts where registration is not
required.
SEC. ~ On receipt of his ballot, the vo-
ter shall forthwith and without leaving
the enclosed space, retire alone to one of
the voting booths so provided, aud shall
prepare his ballot by making in the appro-
pirate margin or place a cross (X) opposite
the name of the candidate of his choice tor
each Office to be filed, or by writing in the
name of the candidate of his choice in a
blank space on said ticket making a cross
(X) opposite thereto; and in case of ques-
ton submitted to the vote of thepeople, by
making in the appropriate margin or place
! n cross X against the answer he desires
to give; provided, however, if he shall de
sire to vote for all the candidates of one
political party, or group of petitioners, he
NILS ms Tly nj hn
pirate place, preceding the appellation
or title under which the names of
the candidates of such party or group of
petitioners are printed and the ballots so
marked shall be counted as cast for all the
candidates named, after that title pro-
vided, further that the voter may place such
mark at the appropriate space preceding
the appellation or title of any one party or
group OF petitioners and may also mark,
at the appropriate space preceding the
| name or names of one or moro candidates
printed under the the appelation or title of
some other party, or group of petitioners,
and ballot so marked shall be counted as
cast for all candidates named under the
! appellation or title which has been so
| marked, except as to the officers to which
he has placed such mark preceding the
name or names of some other candidate or
candidates printed under the title of some
| other party or group of petitioners, and as
| to such. it shall he counted as cast for the
candidate or candidates preceding whose
name or names such mark may have been
placed. Before leaving the voting booth
| the voter shall fold his ballot in such man
ner as to conceal the marks thereon. The
number of the voter on the poll books or
| register list shall not be endorsed on the
back of his ballot. He shall mark and de-
| post his ballot without undue delay, and
| shall quit said enclosed space as soon as he
! has voted No voter shall be allowed to
occupy voting booth already occupied by
! another, nor remain within said enclosed
| space more than ten minutes, nor to occupy
n voting booth more than five minutes, in
case all of said voting booths are i'm u SO and
other voters waiting to occupy the same.
| No voter, not an election officer shall, after
| having voted, be allowed to enter said en-
| closed space during said election No per-
| son shall take or remove any ballot from
the polling place before the close of the
| poll. No voter shall vote, or offer to vote,
| any ballot except such as he has received
| from the judges of election in charge of the
| ballots. Any voter who shall, by accident
or mistake, spoil his ballot, may on return
! ing said spoiled ballot to the election
| Judges, receive another in place thereof.
| ANY voter who, after receiving an official
| ballot, decides not to vote, shall before re-
! firing from within the guard rail, surren-
der to the election officers the official ballot
which has been given him and n refusal to
J surrender such ballot shall subject the per-
| son SO offending to immediate arrest and
/ the penalties affixed in section ~ of this act.
I SEC. %. Any voter who may declare up
1 on oath that he cannot read the English
| language, or that by reason of any physical
! disability he Is unable to mark his ballot,
shall, upon request, be assisted in marking
I his ballot by two OF the election officers of
different political parties, to be selected
| from the Judges and clerks of the precinct
I in which they are to act, to be designated
! by the judges of election of each precinct
at the opening of the polls Such officers
/ shall mark the ballot as directed by the
! voter, and shall thereafter give no informa-
| ton regarding the same. The clerks of
election shall enter upon poll lists, after
the name of any elector who received such
assistance in marking his ballot, a inemor-
| andum of the fact lutoxication shall not
be regarded as a physical disability, and no
! intoxicated person shall be entitled to
assistance in marking his ballot.
! SEC. "a ANY person entitled to vote at
! general election in this state, shall, on the
| day of such election, be entitled to absent
/ himself from any services or employment
! in which he is then engaged or employed
! for period of two hours between the time
! of opening and closing the polls and such
voter shall not, because of SO absenting
] himself, be liable to any penalty, or shall
! ny deduction be made ON account of such
| sosence from his usual salary or wages;
IAovided, however, that application for
! . lch leave of absence shall be made prior
| - the day of election The employer NAV
| specify the hours during which said employee
| may absent himself as aforesaid. Any per-
| IN or corporation who shall refuse to an
enploye the privilege hereby conferred, or
| lail subject an employe to n penalty or
deduction of wages because of the exercise
| OF such privilege, or who shall in any man
ner attempt to influence or control such
voter as to how he shall vote, bv Offering
any reward or by threatening his discharge
from employment, or otherwise intimidat-
| ing him from a full and free exercise of his
right to vote, or shall, directly or indirect
| ly, violate the provisions of this section,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and be fined in any i'm not less than five
dollars (S5)or more than one hundred dol
lars (sl00).
SEC. %. If a voter marks more names
| than there are persons to be elected to an
office, or If for any reasonit is impossible to
| determine the voters choice for any Office
to be filed, his ballot shall not be counted
for such Office. No ballot without the
| official endorsement shall be allowed to be
! deposited in the ballot box, and none but
| ballots provided in accordance with the
provision of this act shall be counted Bal
lots not counted shall be marked ''defec-
! tiven on the back thereof, and ballots to
which objection has been made by either
OF the judges or challengers shall be marked
| collected to- on the back thereof, and a
\ memorandum signed by the judges, stating
how it was counted, shall be written upon
| the back of each ballot so marked; and all
ballots marked defective or objected to, I"
shall be enclosed in an envelope, securely
| sealed, and so marked and Endorsed as to
clearly disclose its contents. All ballots
not voted, and all that have been spoiled
by voters while attempting to vote, shall
be returned by the judges of election to the
officer or authorities charged with the
printing and distribution of the ballots, and
n receipt taken therefor, and shall be pre-
served for six months Such officer shall
the person to whom, and the time when de
livered, and he shall also enter upon such
record the number and character of tne
ballots returned, with the time when and
the person by whom they are returned