Evening journal., 1892-11-07
sPROIAL INSTRUCTIONS.

Also of Extreme Interest To Voters and
WIN Aid Them on Tuesday Next.
The following special Instructions to
inspectors of election have been issued
by the department of elections. Their
perusal win be advantageous to voters as
well as to inspectors:
On the day of election, the inspectors
shall be at their respective polling places
by or before a. m, and there remain
until the polls are closed, and their
duties at such polling places are COM
pleted
The registration in some districts being
so much larger than this department
estimated for it is earnestly recon-
mended that the polls shall be opened at
the earliest moment allowed by the law,
IN order that ample time shall be given
for all to vote
When ready to open the polls, the
chairman shall make public announce
ment that the polls are open and one
half hour before the time for closing, he
shall make public proclamation that the
polls viii close Mt 6 o'clock.
No person shall be allowed within
thirty feet Of the entrance to the room
during the time the polls are topen, ex-
cept those who are passing along the
roped passage, and it is the duty of the
inspectors to see this provision Of the
law strictly enforced
The following method of cOnd uctiug
the election, viii be followed as closely
as possible.
/. On taking possession Of the polling
place, the Inspectors shalt proceed TO
compare the corrected register, received
from the department of elections. with
the other registers, and the public copy
OF the register, and make them agree i'm
ALI respects with said corrected register.
2. The inspectors, poll clerks and
voters assistants who have been previ.
ously selected, shall take the oath pre-
scrhed for Che election officers
B. The chairman shall read distinctly
sections 3i and 3d. page ld of the regis
nation and election laws.
The chairman in the presence of
ihe other inspectors shall open the pack
age of ballots in such manner as t0 pre-
serve the seals intact, and -shalldeliver to
the clerk of the election of the opposite
political party from his own twenty-five
go of the ballots aud TO the other clerk
of the election the stamps for marking
the ballots.
g. The clerks of the election shall at
once proceed to write their initials, i'm
ink on the lower left-hand corner of the
back Of each of said ballots, i'm their
ordinary handwriting, without any other
distinguishing mark of any kind
6. In every case Of an elector present
ing himself to the inspectors and offer
ing TO vote, he must announce his name
aud residence and hand his tax receipt
to the chairman, which name and resi-
dence must be found registered in at
least two of the registers in the quail
fed column or in the may become
qualified" the qualification required
must be produced, and his right to vote
affirmed by at least two Of the inspectors,
before the ballot is given to the voter by
the clerk of election And when said
ballot is handed to the chairman by the
voter properly folded, he shall deposit
the same in the box, and one Of the in-
spectors shall stamp the tax receipt on
its face, with the stamp furnished for
that purpose and return IL TO the voter.
z. As each successive elector calls for
ballot, the clerk of election having the
custody of the ballots shall deliver 60
him, the first signed Of the twenty five
ballots and the inspector shall imme
diately deliver to the said clerk another
ballot, which the clerks of election shall
at once countersign as before and add to
it the ballots already countersigned iu
such manner that it shall be delivered
for voting after all those previously
countersigned.
g. No more than one elector for each
booth shall be allowed in the room at one
time and no one shall be permitted &c
occupy a booth longer than three
minutes
o. No person shall be permitted tC
enter the voters booth with an elector
r,rIts IN H.r
he is unable TO mark or alter his ballot
10y reason of physical disability such as
being blind or having lost both hands
OF is unable to read or write, or both; in
which case he may call to his assistanc,
the voters assistants, who shall go int,
the booth with him aud i'm the presence
of the elector and of each other, prepar,
the ballot for voting as the elector de-
sires ana directs, but In no other cas-,
shall the voters assistants on any Other
person be permitted to enter the bOotl
with an elector. In case am elector need
any verbal Instruction as TO the prepara
tion of his ballot, 10 must be given by
the voters assistants in the presence %
each other outside the booths
10. as soon as the electors vote is de
posted on rejected be must ilnmediatel
retire from the room and without th
thirty feet limit
H. If an electors vote Is challenged o
disputed. Dis right to vote must Doe inn
melia,ely decided by at least two of tn
Inspectors.
12 When the polls have been close
and the inspectors have perfected fh
registers aud oscertained the number @
votes cast as provided in section u. pae
63 of the Registration and Election law.
the chairman shall make public ounounc,
ment OF the number of votes cast, an
shall count what ballots he has remain
ing. make note of same on tally DIST
and totally destroy said remaining ballot
b. Gre
10 Any ballots which have been mn
tlated by an electcr and returned to Oh
clerk and new ballots given for then
shall De destroyed by the elector i'm th
presence of the election officers, ana an
ballots which are so imperiectly marke
that the inspectors are unable TO deter
mine the intent Of the voter, and are nC
counted. shall be placed together am
placed in the ballot box with the counte
ballots seals &c.