Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-05-11
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ed to be used at the election.
official ballots nor substitute ballots pre-
as herein prescribed, shall be ready for dis
SUI of ballots snail be exhausted before
the polls are closed, unofficial ballots, print
ed OF written, made as nearly as possible in
the form of the official ballots, or of any
ticket forming part or parts thereof, may
De 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 o. certified and accompany the
Sec. IS. The judges of election, OF 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 reopened until for the purpose Of count
ing the ballots therein at the close Of the
claim that the polls are open, and cause
written OF printed notice OF the hour of
closing the polls to be conspicuously posted
up outside the polling place.
Sec. e6.IIhe judges Of election shall al
low one eligible voter OF each 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 certificate in writing
from r. the t chairman Of an authorized con-
mlttee OF the party he represents, to be in
the room when the election is held, to act
as chullengers Of voters at the election, and
such challengers may remain with the
board until the votes are all canvassed 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
belief, such substitute to be known 10 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 a constable or 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
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 I'M
able or fail for any reason to complete the
| performance Of his duties, another may be
appointed in his place by the judges. In
an oath to faithfully and impartially dis
| charge his duties, and the fact OF the ap-
| pointment and the time when and circum-
noted in the poll books, if 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
stage Of the work done and to be done at
| the time of such appointment.
Sec. 49, Two Judges OF opposite poll. political
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 were printed, and shall not
otherwise mark the same,
Sec. 80. No official ballot shall be dis
tributed except in the voting room to cleo
| tors about to vote, and no ballot not Of
fcially endorsed or which has not the
initials OF two judges of election, in said
| judges own handwriting, on the back there
| off, 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 a 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
| or persons shall be allowed to 60 or remain
| inside the railing, except members or the
board officers Of the the one
| serted on the ballots, and electors who are
| about to vote, except an elector VINO may
be called upon as PROVIDED d ID LnlS hc[; 10
| physically disabled, in marking his ballots
| Sec. So. The judges Of election ana ballot
boxes shall at all times be IN pubic view.
| The number Of electors about to vote VINO
| shall be admitted at one time shall IN no
| case exceed the number Of compartments by
! more than three.
the district in which he actually resides:
| When, however, a person duly registered
| and so entitled to vote removes from one
district to another within ten t days of an an
| in the district from which he has removed
| until he has acquired the right to vote il
the district to which he removes.
| The judges of election may make such
| regulations as they deem proper, limiting
the time in which electors may remain in
! the polling-room or place while ecei7lng,
itation, however, shall not be less than three
nor more than ten minutes unless the delay
is occasioned by the electors vote being
members Of the board Of election.
| Sec. o.. All the electors shall be allowed
| to go unmolested to the poling-rOom for the
in the same manner, but neither voters nor
! others shall be allowed to congreSate 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 stand within
| fifty feet Of the entrance to the polling
Sec. 95. One of the judges Of election
! shall have charge Of and hand to and re-
|
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. SO. When an elector presents him
| self for the purpose of voting, he shall give
his name and residence, with street and
ana it sh pc st
! and not erased; also that the residence
| given by the elector corresponds with the
residence in such registers, and if chal-
| 1Nr,Cr nI InI IN hn nov TirSr
section, thai 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 or 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
as an elector
| 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
"You DO solemnly swear (or affrm) that
you will fully, and truly answer all such
| your, qualifications as an elector at this cleo
The judges, or one of them, shall then
| 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 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 hitter, when, where and what
court, and before what officer he was natu-
rallzed; whether he came into the town or
ward for the purpose of voting at that cleo
ton, and how long he contemplates residing