Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-03-16

ter. Said board shall meet as soon
as convenient after the printing of
the ballots. as provided in the pre-
ceding section, of which meeting the
judge of the county or corporation
court shall be notified, and at which
there shall be present tho said Judge
aud the members of said board, but
no other persons. Aud the said
judge shall thereupon enter of rec
ord upon the minutes of the electoral
board an affidavit, stating that said
ballots were counted and sealed in
his presence III the manner prescrib-
ed by law. At this meeting the mem
bet OF the board who shall have &C.
cured from the printer the ballots as
required by the preceding section,
shall deliver said ballots to sud
boald Tho ballots sllall then be
carefully counted 10y The said board,
and entered by the secretary of the
board in book provided by him aud
kept for such purpose. The boar d
shall afiix it's seal t.: every ballot
printed ms above provided, upon the
side reverse from TINT upon which
the names of the candidates appear
or the snid ballots they shull III IKE as
many packages as there are voting
precincts i'll said county or city. one
for each precinct, (which package shall
contain twice as many official ballots
as there arc voters registered n! the
prpcinct for which it is intended
Each of these packages shall he Sc
curcly sealed SD that the ballots shall
he Invisible, and so that they could
not bc readily opened without dctec
ton. Upon each of said packngc,
shall be endorsed the name of the
precinct for " hich it is intended, nnd
The numocr Of ballots therein con.
tnined. The remainder of the ballots
shall then be securely wrapped and
sealcd, and kept securely by the said
board The said packages Designed
Tor the various precincts shall reiuain
III the exclusive possession of the
secretary Of the boarl uut,l delivered
by him to the judges or Judge of
election of the precinct rs hereinafter
provided.
BALLOTS. HOW PROVIDED.
Before every election the secretary
of the electoral board shall deliver to
tie judges OF Judge of election the
packnge of official ballots for that
precinct. taking receipt therefor
aud certificate that the seals ap
peared to be untampered with. Said
sealed package, at the opening of the
poll, shall be opened in the presence
of the clerks of election and other
judges present, and the ballots in
said package shall then he carefully
counted. All ballots remaining un
used at the close of the polls shnll be
carefully destroyed before the box is
opened. Any person willfully and
corruptly failing 10 perform tue du
ties required OF linn, or Intentionally
violating any of the provisions of this
section, or opening any sealed pack.
nge of official ballots, except MS spe.
cially provided for herein, shall be
deemed guilty of misdemcanor and
be punished with tino of two hun
dred dollars and Imprisonment one
month in Jail.
TIE VOTING BOOTH.
1t shall be the duty of the elector.
al board of the several counties and
cities to provide ut each of the vot
ing places i'll their respective coun-
ties and cities II small compartment
or booth, large enough to contain
and conceal from general observation
a voter, and desk or other convent
ence for writing. In said booth there
shall be placed pen and ink. Said
compartment or booth shall be so
erected that person standing at
said desk in said booth or compart.
ment shall be wholly excluded from
Tho observation of the clerks, Judges
OF election and other persons. The
said board, Ill it's discretion, NAV
have one OF more booths at said vot-
ing places.
CHALLENGING VOTERS.
Except as hereinafter provided for
save the judges of election and clerks
allowed by law, no person other than
the elector offering to vote. shall be
within forty feet of the ballot box.
The judges of election shall prompt
~ decide any dispute as to the prece
dence of voters to the right to vote,
deciding who first offered; or, if two
Or more offered 1T the same time, sc
Letting the one to whom precedence
shall be given; but in case of n chal.
lenSe, chnllengers and challenged
and the witnesses may appear before
the Judges, when such challenge is
decided only the elector having the
: right to vote shall remain within the
prescribed limits.
HOW TO VOTE.
Every elector qualified to vote ut n
precinct shall, when he so demands,
be furnished with an official ballot by
one OF the Judges of election selected
Tor that duty by majority of the
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