St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-04
election shall cause the ballots so SUBSTITUTE

election shall cause the ballots so substitut-
ed to be used at the election.
Sec. 81. If from any cause none OF Ihe
official ballots nor substitute ballots pre-
pared by the county auditor or other ofhclal,
AS herein prescribed shall be ready Tor dlS-
tribution at any polling place, or II the
supply of ballots snail be exhausted before
the polls are closed unofficial ballots, print
ed or written, made as nearly as poSslDIe IN
the form of the official ballots, or OF any
ticket forming part or parts thereof, may
be used until substitutes prepared by the
clerk, as provided in this last preceding sec
tion, can be printed and delivered, and the
fact shall be certified and accompany the
returns OF election.
See IS. The judges of election, or one of
them, Immediately before the proclamation
is made OF the opening of the polls, shall
open the ballot boxes in the presence OF
the people there assembled and turn them
upside down, so as TO empty them OF any
thing that is in them, and then lock them,
and the key thereof shall be delivered to one
of the judges, and the said boxes shall not
be reGpened until for the purpose of count
ing the ballots therein at the close of the
pOlls and the judges forthwith shall pro-
claim that the polls are open, ana cause
written or printed notice of the hour OF
closing the polls to be consplcuously posted
up outside. the polling place.
Sec. S6.-The judges OF election shall al
low one eligible voter OF eacn political party
casting l per cent of the entire vote at the
preceding election in that district to be
chosen by each of said parties respectively,
and each to have q certificate ia writing
from the chairman of an authorized couI-
mittee of the party he represents, TO be IN
the room when the election Is held, 10 act
as chalengers of voters at the election, anu
such challensers may remain with the
| board until the votes are all canYasSed and
the result declared.
IN case of temporary absence of any
challenger for meals or by reason OF sick
ness or otherwise he may substitute Tor
himself some other person Oh ike pOnIlcu
| belief, such substitute to be known 10 one one
or more OF the judges by an affidavit of the
person first so selected or so substituted.
Sec. 81. The judges OF election may au-
thoriZe u constable or special constable 10
| act as gutekeeper i'll which event he snail
| direct voters how to pass TO and from tho
| booths.
No person shall in any manner interfere
| with gatekeeper in the discharge OF bis
! duty and it shall be unlawful Tor the gate
keeper to aid, assist, suggest, advise or en-
! treat an elector to prepare his ballot III
| particular manner.
Sec. S. If any clerk of election, after en-
tering upon the discharge OF his duties,
| shall, by reason of the sickness or hlmSeH
or family or other personal disability; be I'M
| able or fail for any reason 10 complete tne
| performance of his duties, another may De
| appointed in his place by the judges. In
! such case the person appointed snlu take
! an oath TO faithfully and lmpartlAlly uls-
| charge his duties, and the fact of the ap-
| pointment and the time when and crcuH-
| stances under which it took place shall be
| noted in the poll books, il the polls shall
not have been closed; il after the closing OF
| the polls, the fact, time and circumstances
| shall be certified with the returns and
! proper measures taken to show the exact
| stage of the work done and to De done at
| the time OF such appointment. 49,
Sec 80. Two Judges of opposite political
| parties shall, before the voting begins, OF
! as soon thereafter as possible, place tnef
| initials on the backs of all the ballots they
| have, Immediately under or opposite the
| fac smile of the officer under whose dlrec-
| ton the ballots We're printed, and shall not
| otherwise mark the same
| Sec. DO No official ballot shall be dis
| tributed except III the voting room 10 elec-
| tors about to vote, and no ballot not OIL
| fciaIly endorsed or which has not the
| initials of two judges OF election, IN SAID
| Judges own handwriting, on the pack thete-
| Of shall be placed in the box.
! If anv neTsOn during the day Of election
| and until the closing OF the polls remove
from the polling room any OF the DatotS
| printed for that election, said person shaI
! be guilty of 4 misdemeanOr, ana shali De
! punished by q fine not exceeding one nun
| dred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding
six months, or both. Ill, 10
! Sec 81 No person or persons snail De
! allowed in the room containing the ballot
: boxes, or in case the ballot boxes ana COIL
| DGrtments are in the same room, no person
or persons shall be allowed to go or remain
! inside the railing, except members OF tue
| board officers of the peace, one representa-
tive for each of the political parties repre-
| serted on the ballots and electors VINO are
! about to vote, except an elecLOf WHO may
| he called upon, as provided in this act, 10
| assist q voter who cannot read Engllsn OF Is
! physically disabled, in marking his ballots.
| Sec o. The judges of election ana palloC
! boXes shall ut all times be i'll public view.
| The number of electors about To vote VINO
| shall be admitted at one time snail IN no
case exceed the number OF compartments Dy
more than three.
| Sec. 60 No elector shall vote except in
| the district in which he actually resides;
| When, however, Il person duly registered
| and so entitled to vote removes from one
| district to another within ten days of an
| election, it shall be lawful for him to vote
| in the district from which he has removed
until he has acquired the rlghI 10 'oIe III
| the district to which he removes.
The Judges of election may make such
regulations as they deem proper, HlnlllHs
| the time in which electors may remain III
| the pOlling-room or place Wmle receiving,
| preparing and voting his ballot; such Inn
| ftation, however, shall not be less than three
nor more than ten minutes, unless the delay
| is OccasiOned by the electors vote being
| challenged, or is the fault Of one or more
members of the board of election.
Sec. "a. All the electors shall be allowed
| to go uEmOested to the polling-foom Tor the
! purpose of voting, and to return theretrom
| in the same manner, but neither voters nor
others shall be allowed to cOngregate in
| any numbers within one hundred feet OF the
| pOlling-roOm in any election district.
| In cities having over twelve thousand in
| habitants none save officers of election and
| electors who have not voted but are ready so
! to do, shall be permitted to std1d Wltan
fifty feet of the entrance to the polling
| place.
Sec. %. One Of the judges Of election
| shall have charge of and hand to and re
| ceiye the ballot or ballots from each elector
! voting. II The other two judges shall use and
| handle the two registers delivered 10 the
! Judges, each using one, as specified Ia this
| act.
Sec. 96. When an elector presents him
| self for the purpose Of voting he shall give
! his name and residence. with street and
number, if any, and 1t sh9ll be hrst 9scer-
| tained that his name is on both the registers
! and not erased; also that the residence
! given by the elector corresponds with the
| residence in such registers, aud if chai-
| lenged, as provided in the next succeeding
section, thai he is entitled to vote.
Sec. 81. At any time before any regis
| tered person presenting himself to vote re
| ceiYeS the ballots from the judges of cleo
| ton, as provided in the last preceding sec
| tiOn, each judge of election shall, and either
OF the authorized chaliengers or any other
| person in the voting room or coming in for
| thaC purpose, may challenge the person
! about to vote at the election, whom he
| knows or suspects to be not duly qualified
| as elector.
The challenging party, at the time when
| he interpOseS sail challenge, shall state the
| ground or grounds upon which the same is
| made, WhereupOn one of the judges of cleo
| ton shall tender the challenged party the
! following oath:
You DO solemnly swear Tor afirm) that
| you will fully and truly answer all such
! questions as shall be put to you touching
| your qualifications as an eleCtOr at this cleo
| ton
The judges, or one of them, shall then
! proceed to question the challenged party in
| such manner as viii tend to reveal the
particular facts in dispute concerning which
the challenge is made, to which end ques-
| tons may be asked as to his name, his age,
| his then place Of residence, how long he has
resided in the town, ward or election dis
trict where the vote is offered; where was
| his last place of residence before he came
| to the town, or ward; as TO his citizenship,
whether a native or naturalized citizen,
! and if the latter, when, where and what
court, and before what officer he was natu-
! ralIZed; whether he came into the town or
! ward for tho n1-1-,oSa Of VOtiDo at that aIac-