Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-03-13

electOr be blind SAID Judge of cleo
tion so appointed and designated
as aforesaid shall prepare said oal-
lot for said electOr in accordance
with his instructions; bnt the said
Judge shall not enter the booth
with the vO,er unless rCqlesled by
him, and shall not In any manner
divulge or inlicAte, by signs or
otherwise. the ma ne or n9mes OF
the persons Tor whom any clrctcr
shall vote. The said judges, or a
majDgity of them, shall have power
from time to time, when and as
often as they may see pTOpr, to
change The appointment andde ig-
n ltion OI the !dge VIII sha Il dis
charge the duties prescribed by
this act and design lte another
Judge in his place and stead to per
form the sane. And for a corrupt
violation OF any of the provisions
OF this section the peiSon SO violat
ing the same shall be deemed
guilty of a mis- lemeLnOr and b,
confined IN jail not less than one
nor more than twelve months.
16. Il shall not be lawful upon
;he DAY of election for persons to
cnngregaie and crowd upon the
public highway within ole hum
dr'd feet OF any Of the voting
places. snd any person violating
the provisions of this section shall, ,
upon c4nvIoiion thereof, pay fine
of twenty-five dollars or be cOntin-
rdi j,il rot excredng ten da' s.
Any member Of tht clec'O'a' board,
the printer who shall print the Of
ncInl ballots provided for Dg this
acr. any Judge of election, or any
perSon who shall give or sell to any
persnn whomsOever. except where
it is distinctly provided by ihlsact'
sny Official ballot or copy, or any
fac smile of the same, or any m
formation abOnt the same, or shlll
counterfeit or attempt to counter
telt rbe same, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanOr, and upon
conviction Thereof shall be fined
f, a hundred dollars ard imprison'
ed in iAil six mouths. 1t shall be
the duty OF the judges Of election 10
see that the provisions Of this act
are strictly carried Out.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
10. The PROVISIONS Of his act
shall apply to all elections held in
this State except as hereinafter
provided; and where the election
Is he'll in an incorporated town tor
town officers it shall be the duty
ofall u .rsons VINO intend to be
candidates for office in sad town
to give notice of said candidAc to
the clerk of the county court OF the
county in which said town Is, as
provided by the fourth section q
this act: and said clerk shall notify
the electoral board and the tickets
shall be printed and delivered and
the election held and conducted IN
the manner provided by this act
and where the election is to be held
TO ascertain the sense OF the quail
fed voters of this State, or oil any
county, city, town, or district o.
any county, upon question submitted
to them by the law, it shall be the
duty OF the electoral boards OF the
county or city, or of the county In
which said town or district Is, as
the case may be, to have the words
printed upon the tickets directed
by the law submitting said questions
but in all other respects said elec
tions shall conform to the provisions
of this act.
20. In any county or corpora
ton where no political party noml
mates candidates for county or cor
poration officers the above pro
visions of this act shall not apply
but in such case every elector shal
vote by ballot VIII ch he himSel
shall provide, and each persol
offering to vote shall deliver
, single ballot to one of the judges II
the presence of the other tw
judges. The ballot snail DC "uiV
paper ticket and containing on tn
face or inside of it, written o
printed, or partly written an
partly printed, the names of tn
r persons for whom the electo
intends to vote, and designating tn
office to which each person so name
is intended by him to be chosen
: The judges to whom any ballot
delivered shall, upon receipt there
! of, pronounce with an audible yolc
= the name of the person from wheI
? the ballot is received, and II tn
F., name of the person IS found upo
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