St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25
Gfst Of the New Election
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elections after November 1, 1896,
shall be printed and distributed at
public expense.
Section IL provides that the board
Of supervisors in all parishes except
Orleans shall consist of three per-
sons, one appointed by the govern
or. one to be elected bv the police
jury and the other to be. the regis
trar "f voters, wlW shall appoint
three commissioners of election
from opposing political parties. !"
Section Is provides that each
political party having candidate
on the ''official ballot and each
independent candidate shall be en-
entitled to watcher At each poll
who shall witness the entire election.
Section 81 provides ''rhat in
parishes anG in towns Of ess 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 at least thirty feet
square. Each such enclosed space
shall contain table or shelf Of
convenient height for writing, and
shall be furnished with such supplies
and conveniences including black
INK pads, blott,ng paper and pencils
rs will enable the voters to prepare
their ballots for voting"
As the police juries select and
establish the polling places. it will
be their duty to erect the ratings in
front of each precinct
Sect ON 48 provides foI the nomi-
nation o: cand dates. which shall be
done by > caucus or convention
Of any political party which has
cast 10 per cent Of the votes Of the
district at the proceeding general
election, or by nomination papers
signed by 1000 voters for a State
office and 100 voters for district
Office.
Seciioa-54 provides that all nomi-
nation certificates shall be given to
:he Secretary Of State before 5 p.
m. on the 4th Tuesday before the
election and the secretary OF
state shall promulgate in the official
journal tue names Ut all the caudi-
dates.
Section Is provides the form
Of the ballots which are to be print
ed by the secretary at the expense
of the Stale.
The names of all the candidates
for all The Offices are printed on one
ticket and arranged in alphabetical
order under the designation of the
| Office and voting space shall b.
left to the right Of each candidates
name.
Section 66 provides that the fol
lowing directions shall be conspicu'
Dusty printed on the face OF the bal
lot: 10 vote for a candidate obllt
crate with the official stamp thu
white circle opposite his name. IL
vote for candidate Of an Office
when his name is not printed as
candidate therefore. write his name
with pencil in the blank space un
der the printed names Of candidates
Tor such Office and obliterate will
official stamp the white circle at thu
right Of the name so written. Any
other mark invalidates the ballot.
These ballots together with full In
structions for the guidance of voters
shall be sent to the supervisors who
will give them to the commissioners
Whenever voter presents himself
to vote, the commissioners look or
the poll book for his name and i
it is found they permit him to entel
the enclosed space and give him 9
folded ticket will, .'ofiicial ballot
and the name of the secretary Ol
state - back Of il The voter un-
folds the ticket and marks it and
then refolds it aud votes. II he
spells ticketin trying to.nark it, he
must give the Spoiled ticket back
and get another. No voter is al
lowed to stay in the enclosed space
more than three minutes.
Section IS provides that after the
voting is over (the polls close 1T 4
o'clock) the commissioners frat
swear u the poll list. They then
swear to the number Of spoiled bal
lots. They then count the ballots
left anvoted and see il they CORE
spond. They then open tue box
and count the number Of votes with
out unfolding them I" see il the
number corresponds with the poll
lists. 1t is only after all these form
alties are completed that the bal
lots are unfolded aud counted.
The commissioners have to return
aii snOiled ballots aud all ballots
not voted. They are forbidden to
assist any One Ia mark his ballot
except the blind aud physically
disabled.
This law is very lengthy and we
cannot publish it in full. But for the
benefit Of our;readsrs We have called
attention to its leading features.
We copy from tue Official Journal
Of the Senate, the following extract
OF what Vas said by Mr.. Elliott. on
Che fosS of the Senate. in regard 70
the new election law, and in which he
explained his reasons Tor voting
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