Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-17
Constitutional Amendments Election.

This election will be held on Tuesday
the 28th of September next, at such places
as the Clerks of the several townships
cities and municipalities shall provide and
secure. The district boards of registry and
election will conduct the election, and the
polls will be opened and closed at the times
now fixed by law, and the election will be
conducted as far as practicable as now re-
quired by law for conducting elections for
members of the general assembly The
district boards of registry and election shall
make, alter and revise, as the case may re-,
quire, the registry of voters entitled to vote
in their several districts Or voting precinis,
in the manner now required by law for
general elections, provided. that where the
election districts or voting precints have
remained unchanged since the last local or
municipal election, it shall not be necessary
to make a new registry of the votes, but
only to revise and correct the registry used
at such local or municipal election, and for
that purpose they shall meet at the places
where the said special election shall be
held, or at such other places as shall he
designated by the Clerk of such city, town.
ship or municipality, on Tuesday, the 21st
day of September, at l o'clock, and con-
tinue in session until o'clock in the even
ing, for the purpose of revising and correct
ing the registry aud adding thereto the
names of all persons substituted to vote at
said election, who shall appear in person, or
who shall be shown by written affidavit of
a voter residing in the same district or pre-.
cinct to be so entitled to vote. The COM
pensation for such officers shall be So 90 for
making the revision OF the registry, and
SIS 90 for conducting the election. No
other compensation is provided.
The county boards of election are re-
quired to sit on Saturday next preceding
the election and on election day, from {
o'clock until o'clock on each day, for the
purpose of performing the same duties in
respect to registration of voters as is now
provided by law in respect to the registry
for any general election. They are also re-
quired to meet on Monday, October 4th, at
II o'clock, at the Court Houses of their re-
spective counties for the purpose of can
wasting the result of the election, and are
required to make and certify duplicate
statements of the result, one of which shall
be filed with the County Clerk, and the
other transmitted by mail to the Secretary
of State on or before October 9th. Each
member of the County Board shall receive
$500 per day for his services under the
provisions of t is act.
No official envelope will be used, but
official ballots will be prepared. and
furnished by the Secretary of State, on the
back of which will be printed Especial
Election, September %. 1897, Official
Ballot" with the fac simile signature of
the Secretary OF State printed thereon.
Two weeks before the election the Secretary
of State is required to transmit a sufficient
number to the County Clerks OF each
county, with blank statements of the re-
suit of the election and copies of the act,
and the County Clerk is required, at least
one week before the election to transmit to
the district Boards of Registry and Elec-
ton in each election district or precinct
in his county a sufficient number of such
ballots and blank statements for use in
said districts or precincts. Any voter may
procure from Secretary of State official
ballots for said election in the manner aud
upon the same terms as are prescribed
for furnishing official ballots at general
elections, upon payment of expense OF
printing same. Ballots may be distributed
before election day, but the voter is re-
quired to enter booth before depOsiting
bis ballot with the election board.