The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-09-12
The New Election Law.

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shall be printed and distributed a
public expense"
/ Section II provides that The
board of supervisors 10 all parishe;
except Orleans shall consist of three
| persons, one appointed by the Cover
} nor, one to be elected by the police
jury and the other to be registrar Of
voters, who shall appoint three com
! missioners Of election from "oppos--
| ing political parties"
| Section IS provides that each
political party having candidate
on the. official ballot" and each
independent candidate shall be enti l.
tied 70 watcher at each poll wLo
shall witness the entire election.
Section 8 provides that in par
ishes and in towns Of less than fifty
thousand inhabitants the officer
whose duty it is to designate and
appoint polling places shall erect in
front Of each polling place barriers
enclosing a space al least thirty feet
square. Each such enclosed space
shall contain table or shelf Of con-
venient height for writing, and shall
be furnished with such supplies and
conveniences, including black ink,
pads, blotting paper aud pencils as
will enable the voters to prepare
their ballots for voting"
AS the police jnries select and
establish the polling places, it will
be their duty to erect the railings in
front of each precinct.
Section 48 provides for the nomi-
nation Of candidates; which shall be
done by a Cancns or convention Of
any political party which has cast 10
per cent Of the votes of the district
at the preceding general election, or
by nomination papers signed by 1000
voters for a State office and 100.
voters for district office.
Section 54 provides that all nomi-
nation certificates shall be given TO
the Secretary Of State before p m,
on Asthe 4th Tuesday before the cleo
ton and the Secretary Of State shall
promulgate in the official journal the
names of all candidates.
Section 65 provides the form of
the ballots which are to be printed
by the Secretary Of State at the ex-
pense of the State.
The names Of all the candidates
for all the Offices are printed on ore.
ticket and arranged 10 alphabetical
order under the designation of the
Office and q voting space shall be
left to the right Of each candidates
name.
Section G6 providds that the fol-
Iowing directions shall be conspicu
ously printed on the face of the bal
lot: ITO vote for candidate
ohliterate with the official stamp the
white circle opposite his nane. TO
vote for candidate for an Office
when his name is not printed as
candidate therefor, write his name
with pencil in the blank space ntder
the printed names OF candidates for
suoh Office anu obliterate with Off
rial stamp the white circle at the
right Of the name SO written. Any
other mark inva.idates the ballot"
These ballots together with in
structions for the guidance of voters
shall be sent to the supervisors who
give them TO the commissioners.
Whenever voter presents himself
TO vote, the commissioners look on
the poll books for his name and if 1t
is found they permit him to enter
the enclosed space and give him q
folded ticket with official ballot"
and the meme Of the Secretary Of
State on the back Of It. The voter
nnfolds the ticket and marks il and |
then refoids itand votes. If he spoils I
a ticket in trying to mark it, he must |
give tie spoiled ticket hack and get
another. No voter is allowed to Il
stay in the enclosed space more than
three minutes.
Section Is provides tl,at after the
voting is over Qhe polls close at 1
0 o'clocE) the commissioners FIRST swear
to the poll list. Ibeg tlien swear 10
the pumher Of spoiled ballots. They |
then ccnnt The ballots left unvoted +
aud see Il they correspond. They T