The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1896-08-29
ABBEVILLE, LOUISIANA SATURDAY, AUGUST 49, 1896
The New Election Law.


elections after November | 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
persons, one appointed by the Cover
nor, one to DE 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 l3 provides that each
political party having a candidate
on the Official ballot" and each
independent candidate shall be enti :
tied to a 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
fyent:of each polling place barriers
enclosing 9 space al least thirty feet
square. Each such enclosed space
shall contain a table or shelf OF con-
yeuieot height for writing, and shall
be furnished with such supplies and
eonveniences, inclnding black ink,
pads, blotting paper aud percils as
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.
Section 48 provides for the nomi-
nation oftandidates; which shalt be
done by caucus or convention Of
any political party which has cast To
per cent Of the votes of the district
at the preceding general etection,sor
~ noannation E,apefs s5gned 6y iiuUu
voters for State Office and 100
voters for district Office.
Section 81 provides that all nomi-
nation certificates shall be given to
the Secretary of State before 5 p m.,
o. the 4th Tuesday before the cleo
tion aud the Secretary Of State shall
promulgaie 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 one
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 66 proTidds that the foe
lowing directions shall be conspicu,
ously printed on the face of the bal
lot 40 vote for candidate
obliterate with the official stamp the
white circle opposite his name. TO
vote for candidate for an Office
when bis name is not printed as
candidate therefor, write his name
with pencil ID the blank space urder
the printed names Of candidates for
such Office and obliterate with Off
cial stamp the white circle at the
right of the name SO written. Any
other mark inea.idates the ballot"
These ballots together with in
strnctions 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 uame and If il
is found they permit him to enter
the enclosed space and give him
folded ticket with official ballot"
and the nome Of the Secretary Of
State Oh the back OF it. The voter
nnfolds The tickle; and marks it and
then refolds il and votes. II he spoiis
a ticket IN trying to mark it, he must
give the spoiled ticket back and get
another. No voter is allowed to
STAY in the enclosed space more than
three minutes.
Section T8 provides that after tue
voting is over (lhe polls close at 4
O'clock the commissioners first swear
to The poll list. They then swear to
the number Of spoiled ballots. They
then count the ballots left unyoted
and see Il they correspond. They