Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-10-24
Election Law Summary.

1t may be of interest now ON the eve
of our Congressional election to repub-
lsh summary of the provisions of the
Walton Election law which since July
/ list, 1894, has been in force in Virginia
as an auxiliary of the Anderson McCor
mick law. 1t provides in substance as
| follows:
1. That it shall be the duty of each
! electoral board to have the official bal
| lot printed. Names of all candidates
will be printed upon one ticket, which
shall be on white paper, and the voter
will erase the names of those candidates
! for whom he does not wish to vote. 1t
| is perfectly plain sailing, especially for
any person who can read. If, for in
stance, there are three candidates for
Congress in this district, all that the
voter has to do is to erase the names of
! the two persons for whom he does not
wish to vote. The name of that per
son left untouched by pen or pencil is
the person for whom the electors Two
ter's) vote will be counted.
2. The electoral board must designate
one of its members to be continuously
present in the room in which the bal
lots are printed There will be printed
two ballots for every registered voter
in the city or county.
8. The member of the electoral board
who has supervised the printing of the
tickets must take possession of the tick
cts and allow no one else to see or han
die them until he has delivered them
into the possession of the electoral
board. -
4. 1t wilfDe the duty of the electoral
board to adopt a seal, or stamp.
8. The electoral board must hold
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printed tickets and affix its seal to each
one of the tickets. The imprint of the
seal or stamp is to be made upon the
back of each ticket. The board shall
meet as soon as convenient after the
printing of the ballots, of which meet
ing the Judge of the County or Cor
poration Court shall be notified, and at
which there shall be present the said
Judge and members of said board, but
no other persons. And said judge shall
thereupon enter of record upon the
minutes of the electoral board and af-
fidavit stating that said ballots were
counted and sealed in his presence.
6. The electoral board must divide
into suitable packages the tickets nee
essary for each voting precinct in the
city and county.
Z. The secretary of the electoral board
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each voting precinct the tickets intend
ed for that precinct.
s. The electoral board must provide
a voting booth for each voting precinct.
Into the booth the voter must go to
mark his ticket. If the voter can't read
and write he may call the special con-
stable to his help. No voter can re-
main in booth longer than two and a
half minutes.
g. The tickets will be furnished vo-
ters by the judges of election.
10. The electoral board must ap-
point a special consta BILE for each pre-
cinct, whose duties will be to preserve
the peace and enforce the provisions of
the Walton act. This constable has
also the important duty of assisting H.
literate voters to prepare their ballots.
Crowds will not be permitted to gather
within 100 feet of the voting place.
II. The electoral board may remove
any special constable at it's pleasure
The judges of election (who are the ap-
pointees of the electoral hOardl have
like power.
1a The secretary of the electoral
board is made the custodian of tho
boards seal or stamp.
The expenses which the electoral
board is authorized to incur in exerat-
ing the provisions of the act Iii "a
paid by the supervisors of each con ty
out of the general levy, and by city
councils in like manner.-No9folkI
landmark.
Mems wooden suits that never before
sold at wholesale for less than S12,
are now quoted at $64, and tin plate
that sold in August at S5.129 a box,
now sells at S4.124. But still the pro-
tectionists say the German bill has not
reduced the price of the necessaries of
life; and. what's more, there are peo-
pie ignorant enough to believe them
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