Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-05-15
LOCAL.
The Parker Election Law
Its First Trial in Staunton.

Its First Trial in Stanton.
The municipal election in Staunton, May
2sth, will be held under the Parker law and
will be the first held here under that law.
We give it's provisions in full Il
"a bill to amend and re enact an act en-
titled an act to provide for method of
voting by ballot" approved March 6,
1S94.' --i-. .'......~
pa l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia. That an actentitled ''An
act to provide for a method OF voting by
ballot" approved March sixth, eighteen
hundred and ninety-four, be amended and
re enacted so as to read as follows:
2. That every elector shall vote by bal
lot.7 $3.50 ---. ,...' .-ss
3. Each person Offering TO vote shall
deliver a single ballot to one of the judges
of election in the presence Of at least one of
the other two judges.
4. The ballot shall be a VIII tie paper tick
ct, containing the names Of the persons
who have complied with the provisions of
this act as hereinafter provided, and the
title OF the office printed OF written as here
matter provided. None other shall be
legal ballot except as hereinafter provided.
5. Any person who intends to be a can
didate for any office, State or national, to
be elected by the electors of the State at
large or of congressional district shall at
least twenty days before such election noti-
fly the Secretary of the Commonwealth in
writing, attested by two Witnesses, OF such
intention, designating the Office for which
he is "a candidate. Such written notice
shall be signed by the said candidate, but if
be be incapable of writing his proper sigma
ture. then some mark adopted by him as his
signature shall be acknowledged before a
justice OF the peace OIL other officer author
lied to take Acknowledgements to deeds and
in the same manner. Amy person who in
tends to be candidate for any Office not
embraced in the foregoing, at any election,
shall give notice at least twenty days before
such election to the clerks Of the county OF
busting courts of the various county or
counties OF the city OF cities whose electors
vote for the candidate for such Office. No
person not announcing his candidacy as
provided for above shall have his, name
printed on the ballots provided for such
election. On receipt of the foregoing
notice it shall be the duty of the Secretary
of the Commonwealth OF the said clerk or
clerks to Immediately notify the secretary
of each electoral board of each electoral
board of each county Oh city of the State
OIL of said congressional district. IA
UNIFORM BALLOTS. '1-''
g. It shall be the duty Of the electoral
boards of the several counties and cities
within the State, within ten days preceding
each election, to cause to be printed num-
Der of ballots equal to twice the entire
registered vote of the said county or city;
provided, however, that in a magisterial
district OF ward of the city only the name
of the candidates to be voted for in said
district OF ward shall be placed on said bal
lots. These ballots shall contain the names
of all candidates complying with the pro-
visions as above required, printed in black
ink Immediately below the Office for which
th ey have so announced their candidacy,
and the names on said ballot shall be print
ed in the same order and each name in
separate line, and the type used in printing
said ballots shall be plain Roman type not
smaller than the type known as plea.
u. The printer with whom the board
shall contract for the printing of the said
ballots shall, before the work is commenced,
take an oath before the secretary of said
board, who is hereby empowered to admin
lister said oath, to the following effect: I,
-----i--- solemnly swear that will print
there insert number) ballots according to
the instruction of the electoral board Of the
county Tor city, of --; thataI will
print and permit to be printed, directly or
Indirectly, no more than the above number;
that will at once destroy all imperfect
and perfect impressions other than those
required to be delivered to the electoral
board; that as soon as said number of bal
lots is printed I will distribute the type
used for said work; and, finally, shat will
not communicate to any one whomsoever,
in any manner Whatsoever, the size, style,
or contents of said ballots.
This oath shall be reduced to writing and
signed by the person taking it, and. also a
similar affidavit shall be required of any
employee or other person engaged upon said
work, or who shall have access to it; and
any Intentional violation of said oath shall
constitute the crime Of perjury. It shall be
the duty Of said board to designate one of
their number to be continuously present in
the room in which the said ballots are
printed from the commencement until the
end OF said work, and see that the under
takings of said oath are strictly complied
with. For the faithful discharge of said
duty he shall receive the compensation of
two dollars. AS soon as said ballots are
printed they shall be securely wrapped and
sealed and such member of the electoral
board shall take them into his exclusive
possession, allowing no one to examine
them; nor shall such member communicate
to any one any information as to the size,
style, OF contents of said ballots. He shall
continue in such exclusive possession until
he delivers said ballots to the electoral
board as hereinafter provided. ANY viola
ton of the provisions of this section, for
which no punishment has been otherwise
provided shall be deemed a misdemeanor
and punished by fine of two hundred dol
lars and Imprisonment for one month in
Jail. -4t' ..t45-s, y,,... .s;47
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
8. And in elections for President and
Vice President of the United States
the name of the electors selected
by the: different political parties,