The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-19

oiticial ballots nor substitute ballots pre-
Is herein prescribed, shall be ready for dis
supply Of ballots shall BE exhausted before
ed or written, made as nearly as possible In
| the form Of the official ballots, or Of any
ticket eff forming a part or parts thereof, may
pc used until substitutes prepared by the
clerk, as provided in this last preceding Sec
| ton, can be printed and delivered, and the
raes , snal az pc Certified and accompany the
| - Sec. IS. The judges of election, Or one of
| them, Immediately before the proclamation
Is made de- Of 1.-THE the opening Of the polls shall
the people there assembled and turn them
upside down, SO as to empty them Of any
aning 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
pc reopened until for the purpose Of count
,ng MT the ballots lots therein at the close Of the
claim that the polls are open, and cause
written or printed notice of the hour Of
closing ne Polis to be conspicuously posted
up outSlqe the polling place.
Sec. Sine Judges OF election shall al
casting 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 d certificate in writing
from the chairman OF an authorized COM
m1ttee OF the party he represents, to be in
| the room when the election is held to act
| as challengers Of voters at the election. and
such challengers 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 for
himself some other person of like political
DeAe1, such substitute to be known TO one
or more OF the judges by an affidavit Of the
person first SO selected or so substituted.
See 81. The judges Of election may au-
thorize 4 constable OF special constable to
| act as gatekeeper, in which event he shall
| direct voters how to pass to and from the
| booths.
No person shall in any manner interfere
| with gatekeeper in the discharge of his
| duty, and it shall be unlawful for the gate
keeper to aid, assist, suggest, advise or en-
treat an elector to prepare his ballot in a
particular manner.
Sec. 49, Ii any clerk of election after en-
tering upon the discharge of his duties,
| shall, by reason of the sickness OF himself
or family or other personal disability, be un-
able OF fail for any reason to complete the
performance OF his duties, another may be
appointed in his place by the judges. In
such case the person appointed shall take
an oath to faithfully and impartially dis
charge his duties, and the fact of the APP
pointment and the time when and circum-
stances under Which it took place shall be
noted in the poll books, il the polls shall
not have been closed; if 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 be done at
the time OF such appointment
Sec. 80. Two judges of opposite political
parties shall, before the voting begins,
as soon thereafter as possible, place their
initials on the backs of all the ballots they
have, Immediately under or opposite the
fac smile Of the officer under whose direc--
ton the ballots We're printed, and shall not
otherwise mark the same.
Sec. 90. No official ballot shall be dis
tributed except in the voting room to cleo
tors about TO vote, and no ballot not Of
Gcially endorsed or which has not the
initials OF two judges of election, in said
judges own handwriting, on the back there
of, shall be placed in the box.
If any person during the day OF election
and until the closing of the polls remove
from the polling room any OF the ballots
printed for that election, said person shall
be guilty Of a misdemeanor, and shall be
punished by fine not exceeding one hun
dred dollars or Imprisonment not exceeding
six months, or both.
Sec. 81 No person or persons shall be
allowed in the room containing the ballot
boxes, or in case the ballot boxes and COM
pSrtments are in the same room, no person
or persons shall be allowed to go or remain
inside the railing, except members of the
board, officers of the peace, one representa-
tive for each Of the political parties repre-
serted On the ballots, and electors who are
about to vote, except an electOr vino may
be called upon, as provided in this act, to
assist voter who cannot read Engli alo or Is
Sec. ea. The judges OF election ana oai .Wt
The number of electors about t 70 Hottes Who
shall be admitted at one time shall IN no
case exceed the number Of compartments by
more than three.
See. G3 No elector shall vote except in
the district in which he actually resides.
When however, person duly registered
| and so entitled to vote removes from one
district to another within ten days OF an
| election, it shah be lawful for him to vote
| in the district from which he has removed
| until he has acquired the right to vote III
| the district to which he removes.
iuGOpg election
regulations as they deem proper. limiting
| the time in which electors may remain III
the polling-room or place While recelS ing
| preparing and voting his ballot; such linn
| itation however, shall not be less than three
nor more than ten minutes, unless the delay
by ee an OF on vote or peas
members Of the board of election.
| Sec 81. All the electors shall be allowed
| to go uLmolested to the polling-room Tor the
purpose OF voting, and to return therefrom
| In the same manner, but neither voters nor
| others shall be allowed to congregate in
| any numbers within one hundred feet OF the
poIiing-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 sta1d within
| fifty feet OF the entrance to the polling
See 95. One Of the judges of election
shall have charge of and hand to and re-
| ceive the ballot or ballots from each elector
| voting. The other two judges shall use and
| handle the two registers delivered to the
| judges, each using one, as specified In this
| act.
Sec. 90. 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 it shall be first ascer-
| tanned 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. and IL chai-
| lenged, as provided in the next succeeding
| section, that he is entitled to vote.
Sec. 81. At any time before any regis
| tered person presenting himself to vote re-
ceives the ballots from the judges of cleo
| ton, as provided in the last preceding sec
ton, each judge OF election shall, and either
| of the authorized challengers any other
person in the voting room or coming in for
| that purpose, may challenge the person
| about to vote at the election, whom he
knows or suspects to be not duly qualified
| os elector.
The challenging party, at the time when
| he interposes said 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 affirm 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
| tom
The Judges, or one of them, shall then
| proceed to question the challenged party in
such a manner as will tend to reveal the
| particular facts in dispute concerning which
| the challenge is made, to which end ques-
| tons may be asked 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-
| railzed; whether he came into the town or
ward for the purpose of voting at that cleo
ton, and how long he contemplates residing
| in the town or ward, and such other QueS-
| tons as tend to test his qualifications as
resident in the town or ward, and his right
/ to vote at the polls.
| IL the person so challenged refuse to an
| swer the questions that are put to him, as
aforesaid, the judges shall refuse to have
his name inserted in the poll lists, and he
| shall not be allowed to vote unless he at
| once reconsiders and shall answer said
| questions. Nor shall he be allowed to vote
If he leaves the polling place and after
| answer said questions