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

point double the whole number of
supervisors, which such city, town,
county, parish or entire Congress
sional district is entitled to the SER
vices of, and the chief supervisor may
select whom he pleases from. these
appointees taken from the list he has
recommended. One of three super
visors is to be designated by the
chief supervisor as chairman, and
another to act as chairman during his
absence.
CONTROL OF THE VOTING LIST.
Section eight deals specifically
with the subjects of registration, nat
uralization, preparation of list OF
voters, inspection of ballot boxes,
etc. The supervisors are required
to attend all proceeding of registra-
ton and revision, and may challenge
any person offering to register or the
right of names already registered to
remain on the books, with power to
require the custodian of the registry
book or list to mark the names SO
challenged. It is also made their
duty to thoroughly examine, when so
directed by the chief supervisor, all
register lists or papers Of any kind
connected with the preparation Of
such lists, with the names added or
dropped, and to make copy of such
documents. They are also required
to make out lists Of the persons of
fering to register and to mark the
registry lists, ETC., Sin such manner
as will, in his judgment, defeat and
expose the improper or wrongful
removal therefrom or addition there
to in any manner of any name or
names" In cities or towns, where
the chief supervisor requires it, the
residences of all registered voters are
to be verified by house-to-house
canvass. In case of challenge, if the
local registration officers fail to put
the oath Immediately, the supervis-
ors shall do the same and promptly
pass upon the qualifications of any
such challenged person. IF it is de-
cided that the challenged party is a
qualified voter, his ballot must be
received and deposited in the box.
Thus, at any election, the superyis-
ors may decide who shall and who
shall not be permitted to vote.
BALLOT BOXES MUST BE MARKED.
On the morning of election day
the supervisors, are required to ex-
anime the ballot boxes before the
voting begins to see that they are
empty. The local election officers,
'sany State, territorial or municipal
law to the contrary notwithstand-
ing" are required to label the boxes
so as to indicate that the Congress
sional ballots are to be deposited in
them and to point them out to any
voter inquiring for them. The boxes
are to be kept in plain sight and
within easy access of the electors, and
so placed as to enable the local and
Federal election officers and
the voters to see that the
ballots ore deposited in them. No
ballot box may be removed from the
place at which it is located until the
vote has been fully counted and
canvassed. Any election officer, To-
cal or Federal, who shall practice
any fraud, make false certificate or
tamper with the ballots, either
'sstuffing' the box or extracting law
full votes therefrom. shall be punish
ed by fine of not more than 5000,
or imprisonment not more than five
years, or both. The giving, offering
or receiving a bribe to or from voters
or election or registration officers in
connection with either registration
election, subjects the offender to the
same penalties. One of the Federal
supervisors Is required in all cases
where any State or local election
officer or other person at any Con-
gressional election is permitted to
accompany voter into any booth OF
other place provided for the voter to
prepare his ballot, to likewise enter
lsuch booth and to render such assist.
ance in preparing the ballot as the
voter shall request of him.
| HousE-To-HoUsE CANVASS.
4 On the day of the election the su-
pervisors must keep poll-list of al.
persons voting and seperate list ot
all rejected voters, with the reason
for such rejection. All such ballots
of rejected voters, if rendered to the
supervisors Of election, shall he re-
ceived by them, the names of the
voters shall be written on the backs
thereof, and the ballots then for.
warded to the chief supervisor. The
| sa pervisors are also to forward re
turns Of the election. Prior to elec
ton day in any city or town having
one hundred thousand inhabitant
> or upwards they, must if the chic
! supervisor so direct, make house to
! house canvass to ascertain the quail