The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-10-18
THE ELECTION Law.
An Act 10 ProvidefortheMet eth
-. Cd offVoting by Ballot. !.

AerEoyED MARen g.. .IS94.

l.. Be it enacted by tue general assem-
BY Of Virginia, That every c'ector shall
vote bY ballot. s...s.i
= Each person Offering TO vote shall
deliver a single ballot to one Of ,he Judges
o' election in tae presence olat Least one
of the two judges.
81 rhe,baEiot sAail he n w1rifc paper
ticket, containing he names of the per
sons who have complied with the provis-
ions Of this act az horeiaiftci- provided
and the,0ftice printed or written - here
matte? provided. None other shall be =
legal ballot
i. Any person who intends to be 4
candidate for any Office. State or national
to be-e!ected by the electors Of the State
at large. or Of congressional district
shall at least twenty days before such an
election. notify the secretary Of the com
monweaith, in writing properly attested-
Of such intention, designating the Office
for which he be candidate. Such writ
ten notice shall lie signed by the candi-
date, but ii he be incapable of writing his
proper signature. then some mark adopted
by him as his signature shall. be acknowi
edged before justice of tie peace OF
some other officer authorized to take ac-
acknowledgements to deods,and in the same
manner Any person who intends to be =
candidate for any Office not embraced in
the foregoing at any election shall givs
a similar notice at least twenty days be-
fore such all election TO the CLERK or clerks
Of the county or hustings courts OF the
various county or counties or
city or cities whose electors vote for The
candidate for such Office. No person not
announcing his candidacy a. provided for
above shall have biz name printed OIL the
ballots provided for such al election. On
the reccip: Of the foregoing notice it shall
be the duty Of the secretary Of the com
monwcalth to Immediately notify the sec
rotary of each electoral board OF each
county or city in the State or OF said con-
OCCASIONAL district.
}. It shall be the duty OF the electoral
boards Of the several counties and cities
within The state. within thirty days pre-
ceding each election, to cause to be print
cd nuubcr OF ballots equal 10 twice the
entire registered vote OF said county or
city. These ballots Shall contain the
names Of ali candidate, complying With
the provisions a. above required printed IN
black ink Immediately below the Office for
hich they have 50 announced their can
d.dac,.
6. The printer with whom file board
shall contract Tor lie printing OF the said
ballots slmll.beiore the work is commonc-
ed. take an oath before Tie secretary OF
said board who is hereby empowered TO
administer said cath. to the following
effect:
I.-- solcmuly swear tiat !
win print here insert tie nrmher) hal
lots, according 10 lhc instruction OF the
electoral bourl Of the county >or city, o.!
----- that viii print and permit
10 he printed directly or Indirectly, no
more than The above number: that Will
at once destroy all imnerlcct impressions:
that Il. sooa as said ballots are printed
Will dgtribute the TYPE used Cor said
work: and finally that will MOI commu
ncalc 10 anyone whomsoeYcr,in any man
ncr whatsoever. The size. STYLE or contents
of said baloi>.
The oath shall be reduced - writing,
and signed by the person taking it, and
also similar affidavit shall be required
OF any employee or other person engaged
upon said worl:~ho sIIalnaye access to IT,,
and any intentional violation o; SAID oath
shall constitute the crime Of perjury. II
tl;aN he the duty Of said board 10 deSiS-
nate oae OF their number 30 he conrinu-
ally present in The room in which said
ballots arc printed from the commeuce-
ment until the end Of said work, and sec
t!iat ihc undertakings OF said oni'' are
strictly compiled With FOR the faithful
discharge OF said dui, b. shall receive Il
conversation two dollars. Is soon u
said ballots are printed. thcy shall BE Sc
curclv wrapped ana scaled and such
member OF the electoral hoard shall take
them into his exclusive posscsslon untii
he delivers Sai, ballots to the electoral
board as hereinafter provided. Any yo-
laiion Of this provision OF this section Tor
which 10 punishment ias been otherwise
provided shall be deemed It Insdemeanor.
and punished by fine OF two hundred
dollars and imprisonment one month III
Jail
!. 1t Shall be the duty OF the electoral
board. as soon as possible after The pas
SAFE .ot this act. to procure AID ."ppt Il
seal. which may be changed tron limc 90
time in the discretion OF said hoar,, which
said seal shall NOT he less than two inch
es in dilmetcr. said board Shall meet as
soon rs convenient alter the printing 81
The ballots, as provided in the preceding
section OF which meeting ~ Jndgc OF
the county or corporation court shah be
notified. and 1t; which there shall be pres
eni the iudee aud the members OF the SAID
board. bat no other persons. And SAID
Judge shall ihercUpoa enter OF record up
on the minutes of the electoral board al
affidavit stating that said ballots we're
counted aud scaled in his presence III the
manner Drercribed by law. At this meet
inc the member Of the board who. shall
have secured from the printer tie ballots,
"a. required by The preceding section, shalt
deliver said ballots to SAID boTrd. The
ballots then shall he carefully counted ~
the said board, and entered hy the secge-
tnry OF the board in a book provided by
hi II and kept for such purpose. The board
shall at.;x liz seal to every ballot printed
as above provided, upon the side rcrerse
from that upon which me name VI '"T
candidates appear. OF the said ballots
thew shal make as many packages rs
there are precincts in said county or city
one for each p,ecinct. which package
shall contain twice a. luany Official oatiots
as there are voters registered al the pre-
cinct forwhich it is intended Each OF
these packages shall be securely sealed 50
that the ballots shall be invisible. and 50
that they could not he readily opened
without detection. Upon each SIDE OF
said packages shall he endorsed The name
Of the precinct for which 1T IS INTENDED
and the number Of ballots therein con
tained. Tie remainder Of the ballots
Shall then he securely wrapped and sealed
and kept securely by the said board. The
said packages desigaed for the various
nrecincts shall remain in exclusive pos
,ta secretary OF the hoard until