The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-03
printed upon the ballot, he shall oblit-
with tia AG1nia | sta mn thu mhita

, he desires to vote.
If he desires to vote for q persoI
=; other than q candidate for n ofic
whose name is printed under the It'll
of that Office he must write the am .
such person in the space provided TO
such purpose, directly under the print
, ed names Of candidates for such office
with a pencil having black lead, ant
cbliterate with the official stamp TIL
white circle in the voting space at tn
right of the name 50 written.
In marking d ballot upon which i
printed for submission 10 thu voter.
any question of the adoption Of a con
s1itutiOnal amendment 0r any othe.
proposition Or question he shall oblit
crate with the official stamp the whit.
circle IN the voting space after the wore
yes printed at the right of the Ques
ton. for an affirmative Vote upon suci
question; or he shall oblittrate wit
the official stamp the white circle after
the word no similarly printed, for
negative vote upo such question.
Sec. 76. No ballot without the oficia
endorsement, shall as herein otherwise
provided, be allowed to be deposited il
iiS DtAiAo ~ All 'tlS DNA H.
provided in accordance with the pro.
visions OF this act shall be counted
Any voter who declares to the presiding
commissioner that by blindness OF
ether physical disability he is unable
t. mark his ballot, shall, upon request,
receive the assistance OF two Of the
commissioners, who shall be of differ
ent political parties or factions, repre-
scented among the commissioners, in the
marking thereof. and neither the voter
nor said commissioners shall thereafter
give any Information regarding The
same. The commissioner shall require
such declaration Of disability to be
made by the voter under oa;h before
him and he is hereby qualified to Id
minister the same.
Sec. II. Any voter on commissioner
who shall, except as he"einbetore PRO-
Nided, allow his ballot 10 be seen by
any person with an apparent Intention
Of letting it be known how he IS abOut
to vote. or place any DISTINGUISHING
mark upon his ballot, or who shall
make false statement as 10 his inability
to mark his ballot, or any person who
shall interfere with any voter when IN
side said enclosed space or when mark
ing his ballot, or who shall endcdvOr 10
induce any voter before voting TO show
how he is about to mark or has marked
his ballot, or otherwise violates any of
the provisions f this act, shall be pu:-
ishel in accordance with section II OF
this act.
Sec. IS. Any person who shall, prior
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or destroy n care or instructions
printed or posted for the instruction of
voters, wilfully remove or destroy n
Of the supplies or conveniences fur
nished to enable a voter to repare his
ballot. or shall Wilful!y hinder the vot-
ing of others. shall be punished in ac-
cordance with section II of this cat.
Every commissioner of election or
other officer or person having the Gus
tody of any record, register of votes or
copy thereof. oath, return of votes, car
~tifcates, poll list or any paper, docu-r
ment, or evidence of any description i1l
this act, directed to be made filed or re-
served. who is guilty of stealing, Will
fully destroying, m~tHfing, defacins:.
classifying or fraudulentlN removing or
secreting the whole or any &,art thereof,
or who shall Notwithstanding any
entry, rasu or alteration raerein, ex-
cept as allowed and directee by the
provisions Of this act, or who permits
any other person SC to do, shall be
guilty of a felony, n upon conviction
thereof, be punished in accordance
with section A of this act.
And every person not an officer, who
is guilty of any Of h aforesaid acts or
who advises, procures, or abeks. the
commission Of the same, or kny Of
them, shall, upon conviction THEREOF, be
punished in accordance with section "A
of this act.
Sec. 70. AS soon as the polls are clos
ed the commissioners shall at once
rule off and sign and swear to the poll
list, writing out beneath the said ruling
the number of votes contained thereon
and shall seal up and mark on the
wrappers with the ward and precinct
numbers all unused ballots, including
defaced by voters in attempting to |
mark the same, and shall endorse
the number Of ballots therein |
The officers in charge Of
the poll books shall, in the presence of
the other officers, and the public, count
in a distinct and audible voice the
names checked on said list and an
nounce the whole number thereof, and |
compare the same with with the poll
list, correcting any discrepancies be- |
tween them and noting the same at the |
Of the poll list before proceed
ing with the oun The ballot box, |
without being removed from the public
view, shall then be opened by the pre-
siding officer, and the commissioners
shall commence by counting the ballots
Ound therein without unfolding them,
except so far as to ascertain hat each
ballot is single, and by comparing the
ballots found in the box with the num-
Der shown by the poll lists to have been
deposited therein. If the ballots found
n any box shall be more than the num-
Der of ballots so shown to have been
deposited therein such ballots shall all
replaced without being unfolded in
he box from which they were taken,
n Of the commissioners shall,
seeing the same and with his
Jack to the box, thoroughly mingle the
together and another commits
Toner shall, without seeing the same,
md with his back to the box, publicly
lraw out as many ballots as shall be
DUAL to such excess, and without I'M
Gliding them, the commissioner shall
orthWith mark the same "~uncounted
n excess Of DOil list" and attach a L
igned statement of the number Of bal
OTIS so u]ncounted, which statement,
md the u]ncounted ballots, shall be ]