Milford chronicle., 1892-03-04

fadous obstruction of needed and just
legislation.
ohs',r1Ne in business or politics ire
-weeeeundation on which to base one
icy rev this 81. ,'as been painfully each
s. p,sstical plotte'
booth therein. On entering ~ room
the voter shall announce his name
to the clerks Of the election, vino
shall register it. The clerk holding
the ballots shall deliver to him one
ballot and the other clerk shall de
liver to him a stamp, and both the
voters assistants, on request, shall
give explanation of the manner OF
voting if deemed necessary, by
unanimous consent of the election
officers, an interpreter may be called.
The voter shall then, and without
leaving the room, go alone into any
of the booths which may be unOccu-
pied and indicate the candidates for
whom he desires to vote by stamp
ing the square Immediately preced-
ing their names ProUided, hol0sUer,
thatif he shall desire TO vote for all
candidates of one party and none
other, he may place the stamp on the
square preceding the title under
which the candidates of such party
are printed, and the vote shall then
be counted for all the candidates
under that title, unless the names Of
one or more candidates under an
other title shall also be stamped, in
which case the names of the candi-
ssltes 50 stamped shall bsN counted.
ANY voter, while in the booth, may
erase the name Of any candidate and
substitute the name of any person
in any column of the ballot which
shall stand in lieu of the original
name. Such alterations and changes
in the printed ballot shall be made
by pen and ink only. Before leav-
ing the booth or compartment the
voter shall fold his ballot so that no
part Of the face thereof shall be ex-
posed and so that the initials of the
clerks of the election shall be ex-
posed, and on leaving the booth or
compartment shall return the stamp
to the clerk of the election and de-
liver the ballot to the inspector, or
to the judge who may temporarily
be auohorized to act for the inspec-
tor, who shall forthwith, in the pres
ence Of the voter and Of the other
election officers, deposit the same
in the ballot box; and the clerks of
the election shall write the word
9 voted" after the name of the voter
on the poll list: Pr0Uided, hOsoeUer,
chat If any elector shall show his |
ballot, or any part thereof, to any |
other person after the same shall |
have been marked, so as to disclose
my Of the candidates voted or,such
ballot shall not be deposited in the
lallot box. A minute of such oc-
shall be made on the poll
ist and such person shall not be al
owed to vote thereafter. The voter
hall Immediately after voting leave
he room, and upon his refusal to do
10 may be elected therefrom, but no
roter to whom a ballot and stamp, or
.ither, have been delivered shall be
to leave the room without
citing the ballot or returning it to
Fk Of the election, or without
nee the stamp TO the clerk Of
- vIeetion from whom he received
{. Any voter who shall attempt to
cave the room with the ballot or
tamp in his possession shall be at
nee arrested on demand Of an cleo
on officer
Section 20 Not more than one person
iaIi be permitted to occupy any booth
one time; and no person shall remain
or occupy a booth longer than may be
ecessary 10 prepare his ballot, and in no
'ent longer than three minutes. No
ore than one person for each boeth in
ie ruou, other than the election officers |
iall be perasitted to enter or be in the
ectiou room at any Que time, and no
,ter or person offering 10 vote shall hold 3
~ conversation or communicate with
81 other person than an election officer I
bile in the election room t
Section II ANY person who shall, by
cident or mistake, spoil, deface, or mu- i
ale bis ballot may, on returning the .
ne to she clerks Of the eleciion and Z
tisi,iug them that such spelling, defac- &
( or muilaiion was not intentional,re- /,
i've another in place thereof aud such y
.rk shall make d minute ofthe facts on = =
( poll lists at the time, and the mutil- !,
ID ballot shall then BE destroyed by the a
.csor in the presence Of tile election Of. g
ers x x
PLlN OF POLLING PLACE.
TIE arrangement Of the polling
ace, under the new system Of vot- 2 2
&. is seen in the following diagiam &C
lieh shows the most convenient 60
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