Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-08

voted unless folded in the same manner. Not
more than one ballot shall be given to a voter
except as provided in section ~ of this act.
No Records of Numbers.
As soon us IA voter receives ballot the letter
"B' shall be marked against his name on the
margin of the ballot checklist, but no record
of the number of the ballots shall be made ON
the said lists. Besides the election officers and
such supervisors as are authorized by the laws
of the United States or overseers appointed by
the courts of this commonwealth not more than
four voters in excess of the number of voting
shelves or compartments provided, shall be al
lowed in said enclosed space at one time
Section g. On receipt of his ballot the voter
shall forthwith and without leaving the space
enclosed by the guard rail retire to one of the
voting shelves or compartments, and shall pre-
pare his ballot by marking in the appropriate
margin or place cross (X) opposite the party,
name, or political designation of n group of
| candidates. or opposite the name of the candi-
date of his choice for each Office to be filed or
by inserting in the blank space provided there
for any name not already on the ballot, and in
case of Il question submitted to the vote of the
people by marking in the appropriate margin
or place cross (X) against the answer which
he desires to give. Before leaving the voting
shelf compartment the voter shall fold his
ballot without displaying the marks thereon in
the same way it was folded when received by
him, and he shall keep the same so folded until
| he has voted.
After leaving the voting shelf and before
leaving the enclosed space he shall give his bal
lot to the election officer in charge of the ballot
box, who, shall, without unfolding the ballot,
| number it as required by the constitution of
| this commonwealth, placing the said number
| in the right hand upper corner of the back of
the ballot Immediately to the left of the folding
| line printed thereon and nowhere else, and
shall then at once fold the corner ut the folding
line and fasten it securely down with the ad-
hesive paste so as to cover the number on the
ballot so that it cannot be seen without unfast-
ening or cutting open the part so fastened
down, and shall then deposit the ballot in the
box. The voter shall mark and deliver his
ballot without undue delay, and shall quit the
enclosed space as soon as his ballot has been
| deposited provided, that if at any time the con-
stitution of this commonwealth shall cease to
require ballots to be numbered no number
shall be marked on the ballot and it shall be
| deposited in the ballot box by the voter him
| self
Time of Marking Limited.
Section "a No voter shall be allowed to oc-
cupy a voting shelf compartment already
occupied by another, except when giving the
help allowed by section % of this act, nor to
remain within said compartment more than
three minutes in case all of such compartments
are in use and other voters are waiting to oc-
cupy the same. No voter not an election officer
| shall be allowed to re-enter the enclosed space
after he has once left it, except to give help as
| hereinafter described. Each voters name shall
| be checked on the voting checklist by the Of
| 1cer having charge thereof as soon as he has
cast his vote in the manner now provided by
| law. 1t shall be the duty of the judge of cleo
| tion to secure the observance of the provisions
of this section to keep order in the room in
| which the voting is held, and to see that no
more persons are admitted within the enclosed
space than are allowed by this act. Each party
which has by its primary meeting, caucus con-
venton or board, sent to the proper Office a GER
tiiieate of nomination, and each group of cit-
zcns which has sent to the proper Office nom-
nation paper, as provided in sections 2 and 8 of
this act, shall be allowed to appoint three cleo
| tors to act as watchers at each voting place
without expense to the county, one of whom
| shall be allowed to remain in the room outside
! of the enclosed space. Each watcher shall be
provided with u certificate from the county
commissioners or if the election be held in a
township or borough, from the auditors of the
same, stating his name, the names of the per-
sons who have appointed him and the party or
policy he represents, and no party or policy
shall be represented by more than one watcher
in the same voting at any one time.
| Watchers shall be required to show their certi-
hcates when requested to do So Until the polls
| are closed no persons shall be allowed in the
room, outside of the enclosed space, except
these watchers, voters not exceeding ten at any
one time, who are awaiting their turn to pre-
pare their ballots, and peace officers when
necessary for the preservation of the peace.
NO person when within the voting room shall
elechoneer or solicit votes for any party or
candidate, nor shall any written or printed mat
ter be posted up within the said room, except
as required by law.
| No Extra Lists Allowed.
Section %. No list or memorandum of the
| names of voters, except such lists as are ex-
| pressy authorized by law, shall be made within
the voting room by any person or officer, nor
shall any list or memorandum of the numbers
marked upon the ballots be made or kept ex-
ccpt such lists as are expressly authorized by
law, provided that any voter may make
memorandum of the number of his own ballot
and the watchers may keep their poll-books
\ and challenge lists. After the closing of the
| polls and before the ballot boxes are opened
all the lists of voters upon which the numbers
OF the ballots are recorded, as now required by
law snail be placed in separate sealed covers
properly marked, and the stubs of all the bal
lots used, together with all unused ballots and
the ballot checklist shall also be inclosed in a
sealed package, properly designating the yot-
ing place, which package shall be sent to the
proper Office as required by law in the case of
| the ballots cast, and neither the said package
nor the said lists of voters shall thereafter be
opened except by the return Judges or in the
case OF contest, or upon the order of Il court
of competent jurisdiction.
Section ~. No person other than the election
officers shall take or remove any ballot from
the voting place. If any voter inadvertently
spoils ballot he may obtain another upon re-
turning the spoiled one. The ballots thus re-
turned shall be Immediately cancelled and at
the close of the polls shall be secured in an en-
velope, sealed and sent to the proper office as
1 rod hui ft,t th.,u A.