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necessary prepare his ballot and in no longer than
minutes in all such booths compartments
use and other voters waiting occupy the same.
Before leaving the voting booth compartment the
shall fold his ballot without displaying the marks thereon and
in the way it folded when received by him. and he
shall keep the folded until he has voted and that
the signature initials of the Judge from whom he received
it, and the and number written the coupon thereof
but nothing else thereon may be seen.
He shall forthwith hand his said ballot to the Judge the
baotbON and shall give his and residence and upon his
being identified the person who received said ballot the
Judge shall deposit his ballot in the box-havng first detached
thererom its coupon which he shall then string upon cord
wire to be provided for the purpose and the said shall
forthwith leave the enclosed space The judges having charge
of the registers shall then the column therein headed
"Noted in the same line with the of the mark
the word g Voted or the letter W
No ballot without the Endorsement of the name or the
initials of the judge thereon hereinbcforc provided shall
be deposited in said ballot box but deposited shall be
counted for the purpose of ascertanng the number thereof
and the judges shall in ink mark the back thereof the word
Counted and indorse their names.
20 ODD Assistance in marking their ballots shall be
given to voters who shall declare under OATH the judges
of election that by of blindness physical disability
they unable without assistance to mark their ballot upon
making and filing with the judges such affidavit
The voter shall retire to Of the booths with clerks
and then and there of said clerks the presence the
other shall mark the ballot such shall direct the
himself naming by the candidates for whom he
desires his ballot be Marked and indicating the candi
dates by general designation the candidates of any
political party The ballots shall be read such voter
shall any suggestion of any kind be made by either of
said two clerks to show him to how his ballot is be
marked but the only assistance which shall be lawful for
the clerks to give him to mark the ballot he without
prompting suggestion from them either of them shall
direct but ballots shall be marked under this section until
majority of the judges of election shall be satisfied of the
truth of the facts stated such affidavit Voters who
disabled by blindness physical injury from marking their
ballots shall not be entitled to receive assistance marking
them And with the exceptions in favor of persons blind
incapable from physical injury of marking their ballots with
out assistance distinction discrimination in the matter of
assistance marking ballots shall be made for against any
duly registered voter for any other whatever.
27o HIIH The judges shall then open the balot-box
and count and announce the whole number of ballots the
box They shall reject any ballots which deceuy folded
together and any ballots which do have endorsed thereon
the initials of the Judge who held the ballots If the
voter has marked than there persons be
elected office there shall be any mark the ballot
other than the cross-mar square opposite to a of
the candidate other than the of any
ddate written by the the ballot provided Section
20 90 his ballot shall be counted Ballots counted
for such defects shall be marked Defective the back
thereof and shall be wrapped in separate package and
returned to the balotboN hereinafter directed No
shall be counted for any candidate opposite whose
cossmark shall be placed They shall open the ballots and
all Of them shall be canyased separately by Of the judges
sitting between two other judges which Judge shall call out
each and the office for which it designated and the
other judges looking the ballot the time and the
clerks making tally of same When all the ballots have been
canvassed in this manner the election clerks shall compare
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received by each candidate and where they agree upon the
numbers of them shall in loud voice to the
judges the aggregate number of received by each can
ddatc requested by any watcher challenger present
any canvass it shall be the duty of the judges and each of
them to exhibit such watcher challenger any ballot
fully opened in such condition and manner that he may
fully read and examine the same but the Judges shall not