The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-15

square it shall be treated as a distin-
gushing mark. Before leaving the booth
or compartment. the voter shall fold his
ballots separately. so that no part OF the
face thereof shall be exposed and so that
the initials Of the poll clerks shall be ex-
posed, and on leaving the booth or COM
partment shall return the stamp TO the
poll clerk and deliver the ballots TO the
inspector. or TO the judge who may be tenn
porarily authorized to act for him. who
shall forthwith. in the presence of the
voters and of the election board. deposit
the same in the respective ballot boxes. the
state ballot in the red ballot box. and the
local ballot in the white ballot box; and
the ballot clerks shall write the word
voted after the name of the voter on the
poll lists; provided. however, that If
elector shall show his ballot, or any part
thereof. TO any person after the same shall
have been marked so as TO disclose any of
the candidates voted for. such ballot shall
not be deposited in the box. a minute of
such occurrences shall be made on the poll
lists, and such person shall not be allowed
to vote thereafter. If a voter shall offer
TO vote a ballot so folded as not to disclose
the initials of the poll clerk and disclosing
the face of the ballots, the election board
shall direct him to return 10 the booth and
fold his ticket properly. After voting the
voter shall leave the room, but no voter
to whom q ballot and stamp or either have
been delivered shall be permitted to leave
the room without returning them to the
poll clerk. or without returning the stamp
to the poll clerk from whom he received
it. Any voter who shall attempt to leave
the room with the DdilOt or stamp In MS
possession shall be at once arrested on
demand of any member of the election
board.
Section 11-Not more than one person
shall be permitted to occupy any booth at
one time, and no person shall remain in or
occupy a booth longer than may be neces-
sary to prepare his ballot, and in no event
longer than five minutes. Not more than
four persons other than the election board
shall be permitted TO enter or
to be in the election room at
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fering to vote shall hold any conversation
or communication with any other person
than a member of the election board, while
in the election room. Any person who shall
by accident or mistake, spoil, deface or
nutilate his ballot. may on returning the
same to the poll clerks and satisfying them
that such spelling, defacing or mutiiation
was not intentional. receive another In
p;ace thereof. and such clerk shall make a
minute of the fact on the poll list at the
time, and the mutilated ballot shall then
be destroyed by the elector in the pres
ence of the board.
Section 13-The board shall, upon the
closing of the polls. admit into the election
room one person as a watcher from eacn
of the political parties having candidates
upon the ticket to be voted for. upon pre-
sentation to the board of a certificate or
his appointment signed by the chairman
of the county central committee. of such
party. which said watcher shall have the
privilege of witnessing the canvass or the
votes. CThe section then proceeds 10 detail
the method of counting as in the present
law. but provides at the end that a
watcher who is present during the canvass
of the vote shall not in any way modest or
disturb the election board. nor shail nave
any voice or vote in the count OF the Ddl-
lot. and he shall receive no compensation
for his services. And provided, 1urther,
that a watcher shall not divulge the prog
ress of the count of ballots until the count
is fully completed, nor shall he dlVulee or
disclose the character of any marked
stamped or mutilated ballot.