Mohave County miner., 1894-11-03

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mark his ballot, he may declare
his choice of candidates to the poll
clerks who shall accompany him
to an unoccupied booth and in his
presence and in the presence of
each other, shall prepare the ballot
for voting as above provided, and
upon request shall read over TO
such elcctor the names of the can
didates as marked.
Any poll clerk who shall deceive
any elector in selecting or marking
his ballot or marking the same in
any other way than he requested,
shall be guilty Of a felony.
II the voter marks more names
than there are persons TO be elected
to an office, or if for any reason it
is impossible TO determine the
voters choice for any office to be
filed, his ballot shall not be count
ed for such office.
A voter who shall, except as
herein otherwise provided, allow
his ballot to be seen by any other
person with intention of letting il
be known how he is about to vote,
or who shall make false state
ment as to his inability TO mark
his ballot, or any person who shall
interfere with any voter inside Of
said enclosed space, or who shall
endeavor to induce any voter TO
vote for any particular candidate
within the building in which the
voting is proceeding, shall be pun
ished by fine of fifty dollars, or
fifty days in the county Jail, and il
shall be the duty Of the election
officers 10 see that the offender is
duly Brought before the proper
court for the recovery Of such pen.
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Any persoa, who shall, prior to
an election, wilfully deface or de-
stroy any list Of candidates posted
in accordance with the provisions
of this Act, or who, during an
election. shall wilfully deface, tear
down, remove or destroy any card
Of instructions posted for the in
struction Of voters, or who shall,
during an election. wilfully remove
or destroy any of the supplies or
coaveniences furnished to enable a
voter to prepare his ballot, or shall
wilfully hinder the voting Of others,
shall De punished by a fine Of fifty
dollars or fifty days in the county
Jail.
Any person who shall falsely
mark or wilfully deface any GER
tificate Of nomination, or nomina-
tion psper, or any part thereof,
or any letter of withdrawal; or file
any certificate of nomination, or
nomination paper, or letter of with
drawal knowing the same or any
part thereof to be falsely made, or
suppress any certificate Of nomi-
nation, or nomination paper, or any
part thereof which has been filed
or forge or falsely ieake the official
endorsement of any ballot, or will
fully destroy or deface any ballot,
or wilfully delay tn. delivery of
any ballots, shall be punished by
fine Of one hundred dollars or one
hundred days in the county Jail.
All ballots that may be spoiled
and cancelled and all ballots not
used shall be sealed in package
and returned to the Board Of Su-
pervisors. The ballot must be
handed to the voter with the stub
attached, but the stub must be de-
tached from the ballot before the
ballot is placed in the ballot box;
but the detached stubs must be
carefully preserved. The stubs
and ballots voted shall also be
sealed and returned to the Board
of Supervisors with the tally sheets
Every ballot must be accounted
for in the returns.
Voting booths and ballot-boxes
and ballots are all furnished by
the Board of Supervisors.
The five sample ballots printed
on tinted paper must be posted in
public places about the polls-they
cannot be used in voting
T. E,ch ,liticAl D pirfy is alIogr | to have
one challenger present, but such chal-
lenger shali not he permitted TO enter
any Of the booths.
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