The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-05-04
The Election Law AsIf Is.

SEC 1888. The board of county co:nmis-
siOners, or upon their failure, the inspectors
OF election, shall provide for each election
precinct in their respective counties ballot
boxes for each class of officers to be voted
Tor, IN which to deposit the ballots for such
officers respectively. Each of said boxes
snail have an opening through the lid of
Sufllclent size to admit a single folded ballot
and no more. The said ballot boxes shall
be kept by the Judges of election for the use
OF their several election precincts respective
ly. And said judges of election. before the
voting begins, shall carefully examine the
ballot boxes and see that there is nothing in
them. Each box shall be labelled in plain
and distinct Roman testers with the name
of the office or offices to be voted for. and
the question or questions to be voted upon
The majority of the judges of election for
the county and State officers for any voting
precinct with the registrar of Such precinct
may, if they think it expedient SO TO do, rail
Oft, at a cost to be approved by the board of
county commissioners. and to be paid for by
the county, at such precinct a space or en-
closure, with an opening at one END or side
for the entrance of the voter, and an open
lug at the other side for his exit, as polling
place IN which to hold the election Tor the
State and county officers. Only one voter
shall be allowed to enter. such polling place
at one time and no one except the Judges
of election shall be allowed to speak to or
interfere with the voter while in the polling
place casting his vote, which shall be pu5 in
the proper box or boxes by said voter, or by
the Judges at the request of the voter All
voters shall pass through said enclosure with
out any delay of time, that said passage
shall not be ObStructed by delay unnecessa-
rily, outside of depOsiting his vote or votes
A similar. but separate and distinct, space
or enclosure may be rallied off as a polling
place for .he election of members Of Con-
greSs and Presidential Electors at such dis
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county officers as the judges of elect on NAV
designate. In the event such separate poll
ing place shall be designated for holding the
electionfor members of Congress and Presi-
Dental Electors as herein provided, the
methods for holding the election and con-
respects as those provided in This amend
ment to said section 26SS of The Code for the
polling places for State and county officers
The registrar appointed for such precinct
shall have power and authority to appoint
deputy registrar for such separate polling
place, to whom shall be furnished the
names Of all persons qualified and EMIT led
to vote at such precinct, and the Judges of
election appointed for such precinct and reg
istrar shalt appoint two suitable and discreet
persons as judges or inspectors of election
tor such separate polling place. who shall be
of different political parties, where possible
The registrar and judges SO appointed for
such separate polling place shall be sworn to
perform their duties according to law, shall
make due returns of the election and have
all the powers, privileges and authority con-
fered on them by law as in the case of other
registrars and judges of election: Provided,
however, that if the judges of election at any
of the voting precincts in this State do not
see fit to carry out the provisions of shis
amendment to said section 1858 of The Code.
then, and in that event, the election at said
precinct not adopting such provisions shall
be conducted in all respects as is now provi-
ded by law.