The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-10-10
ABBEVILLE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 49, 1896.
The New Election Law.


provides that "aIl ballots cast at the
elections after November |, 1885,.
shall be printed and distributed at
public expense"
Section Ii provides that the
board of supervisors in all parishes
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 CON-
missioners of election from "oppos-
ing political parties"
Section l3 provides Tint each
political party having candidate
on the "oficial ballot" and each
independent candidate shall be enti-
He'd TO watcher at each poll WHO
shall witness the entire election.
Section 81 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 u space al least thirty feet
quare. 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 peucils az
will enable the voters to prepare
their ballots for voting"
AS the police jaries select and
establish the polling places, it will
be their duty to erect the ratings in
front of each precinct.
Section 48 provides FOR thea nomi-
naticn Of candidates; which shall be
done by Lancns or convention OF
any political party which has cast III
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 700
voters for distriet Office.
Section 81 provides that all nomi-
nation certificates shall be given to
the Secretary of State before 5 p. M,
on the 4th Tuesday before the elec.
ton and the Secretary of State shall
promulgate in the official journal the
names of all candidates.
Section IS provides the form of
5hc 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 in alphabetical
order under the designation of the
Office and voting space shall be
lett to the right of each candidates
name.
Section sc providds that the fol-
lowing directions shall be cnnsplcn,
ously printed on The face of the bal
lot: ITO vote for a candidate
obiterate with the official stamp The
white circle opposite his name. 10
vote for candidate for an office
when his name is not printed as a
candidate Therefore, write his name
with pencil in the blank space NJ der
the printed names Of card ldates Tor
such Office ani obliterate with Gffi-
cial stamp the white cfcic at the
RIGHT of the name so written. Any
other mark inva!idate the ballot"
Thee ballots together with in
structions for the. guidance OF voters
shall be sent to the supervisors who
give them to the commissioners
Whenever a voter presents himself
TO vote, the commissioners look on
the poll books for his name aud If II
is found they permit him TO enter
the enclosed space and give h'di q
folded ticket with "rfficlal ballot
and the name of tue secretary 81
State ON the back oi ii. The votes
unfol,is the ticket and marks II aud
,hnn re!oltls il and votes. II he spDils
a ticket III trying To mark it. he r'n>t
give : the spoiled ticket back aud g"i
another. M voter is allowed te
stay in the enclosed space more than
three MINUTES.
Section Is provides that after the
yo,lng is over (,he polls clo-e at 4
o'clock the commissioners first swear
to the poll ll-t. They then swear 10
the pn,ntcr of spoiled ballots They