The Portland daily press., 1893-04-03

OF Resignation And if the voter Shall desire to vote for
any person persons, whose or names are noS
printed candidates the party group OF tlcke ne may
erase any names which prlnteo on lhe Group
OF party ticket and under the name or names 80 ne
may fill of the candldaLes Oh Ills
choice. if the voter does not desire to vote Tor per
son or persons whose name OF names are or
with the effect that the ballot shall not be TOT ne
question submitted the vote of the people he
shall place such mark in the marn ap9ve @
ing shelf or compartment voter shall fold his ballot
without displaying marks thereon, in the same way IL
same so foe nnt he has Voted He shall vote in the
manner provided by law before leaving the enclosed
space and shall deposit his ballot in the box with the OH
cal endorsement uppernost. He shall mark and deposit
his ballot without undue delay and shall quit said enclosed
space he has voted NO such voter sai pc al
lowed occupy voting shelf or compartment ALREADY
occupied by another nor remain wltnn saa encl9sea f
space than ten minutes nor to occupy voting she
compartment for than five minutes IN case all OF
qeh shelves I are No ans
officer nor an election clerk whose name has been checked
on the list of the ballot clerks shall be allowed to Teenter
said enclosed space during said eecton " snail De NE
duty of the presiding election ohcef or oces, Tor the
time being to the observance OF the provisions OF
Amend section twenty five by adding the following:
ord The ballots shal be sorted and counted in open
town or ward meeting in such to afford the
Counting: and when the ballots have been sorted and
and result declared and recorded all the bal
lots SHALL in open meeting be sealed in package which
said package together with the check lists sealed in the
as the ballots shall forthwith be returned TO
public record for six months, and any warden ballot
clerk city CLERK OF oner person VINO sn S rae
shall any abstract from or tamper with the I'M
hunared dolsrs nor more than one thousand dollars by
imprisonment not less than ninety days or more than
f foil sv'.s - 'l''' -''' ''0''s.- : "
SECT. Is. No person shall take or remove any ballot
from the polling place before the close of the polls Ii
any sposa ballot he may successfully obt n others
one time, exceeding three in ALL upon returning
each spoiled The ballots thus returned shall be I'M
medatey cancelled together with those not distrbu
ted voters, shall be preserved and with the check
be such Shall be secured sealed and to the several
city, and plantation clerks and by them be pre-
served for six months, public record The ballots
shall be sorted and counted in open town or ward meeting
in such to afford the electors ample opportun
ty to observe the sorting and counting ana when me bal
lots have been sorted and counted and the result declared
aud recorded all the ballots shall IN open meeting pc
check lists sealed in the manner as The ballots shall
to be- preserved byI a pubc record for six months
and warden ballot clerk CITY Tor town CLERK or other
with said packages or who shall in any abstract
from tampe with the unused ballots shall be punished
by not less than two hundred dollars nor more than
one thousand dollars by imprisonment for not less than
ninety days or more than two years
Strike section twenty six and substitute therefor the
SECT &C. Any voter who shall deelae,o the presiding
election officer officers that he cannot mark his ballot
y reason Of physical disability OF from inability to read
tile same shall receive the assistance in the marking OF his
ballot Of the election clerks such CLERKS shall not
both represent and the political party and they
shall certify the outside of such ballot that the same
was marked by them, by their assistance
and thereafter shall give information concerning the
same The presiding election officer officers may re-
ure every voter who applies for assistance to make cath
to his inability mark his ballot before such clerks shall
be directed to assist aforesaid and such officer or Off
GERS are hereby qualified to administer such oath. and
clerk shall assist offer to assist any voter in marking his
ballot until directed do by the presiding election
officer officers
Add the following section after section irytwo of the
bill:
SECT SO. ANY election ballot clerk who shall assist,
or offer to assist any voter before such clerk shall have
been directed by the presiding officer or officer 70 50 as
Gle
tyenv.fye than hundred dollars or by INF
risonneit exceeding sixty days for each oens and
thereafter shall be disqualified from holding tie office Of
election or ballot clerk.'
SECT B. Provisions in the charter of any city for the
election of two persons assist the warden in receiving
sorting md counting the ballos. not affected by the
provisions OF this act the of which is aendatory
mt persons SO elected shall deemed election clerks for
tht purposes they shall equally represent the two poiti-
cal parties which, at the state election next preceding
cast the greatest number of yntes.
SECT 8. This act slial tske effect when approved.
[Approycd March Is