The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-05


exceeding S. and be disfranchised for a
period of five years. Any poll clerk who
shall deceive any voter in selecting or
marking a ballot shall be guilty OF felony
and. upon conviction. be imprisoned In the
penitentiery for not less than two nor more
than five years. There is a provision. how
ever. in this section. that. before the poll
shall make affidavit I'm writing that he Is
unable to read the English language and
cannot mark his ballot. The bill provides
that upon closing the polls the board shall
count all the ballots remaining unvoted,
record the number on tally sheets and de-
stroy ali such ballots.
Section q provides for city primaries.
which are to be held on the eighth Mon
Gay next preceding any election In any city
in this State having a population OF lVoJ
or more Every city primary shall De neid
in accordance with the provisions OF tnls
act the same as county primaries, except
that the duties required to be performed py
the clerk of the Circuit Court and the coun-
ty auditor shall be performed by the CLERK
or the city. and the City Council shall APP
point inspectors for each precinct at least
thirty days before the primarieA The
County Commissioners and township trus-
tees in such counties and townships as
these cities are situated, shall furnish wa
election furniture Is necessary for use at
these primaries. providing the city shall
pay the expense of moving the same.
NAMES FOR NOMINATION..
All proposals for names for nomination
shall be filed in the office Of the city clerk
and the accompanying fee paid into the
city treasury.
Every person who Is at the time OF any
primary election a bona fide resident OF
any precinct and has been for more than
fifteen days, and who if he continue to be
such resident until the election at which
candidates nominated at such primary will
be voted for will be a qualified voter at
such election, shall If he regard himself as
an adherent OF one of the political par
ties be entitled TO vote at such primary for
nomination.
Section 81 provides that whoever offers to
vote at any primary election without hav-
ing the legal qualifications of a voter shall
be fined not more than 500 nor less than
$40: Imprisonment in the county Jail not
more than one year. nor less than one
month and Acknowledgement and rendered
incapable of holding any office OF trust or
profit for any determinate period VINO
ever knowingly votes or offers to vote at
a primary election in any precinct or ward
except in the one in which he resides shall
be punished as provided in Section 81 VINO
ever votes more than once at any primary
election, either at the same precinct or
ward or at different ones shall be fined
not more than $1,000 nor less than $50, i'm
prisoned for not more than five years nor
less than one pear and disfranchised as in
Section 81.
Section "a declares it felony for any
printer of ballots for any primary cleo
ton to give away or permit any of these
ballots to be taken away other than by
a member of the board of election COM
misSioners or shall print in any other man.
ner than prescribed by this act or with
any other names thereon. or the names
spelled in any other way than authorized
by the board of election commissioners.
The penalty is Imprisonment for three to
ten years and Acknowledgement for ten
years or more. The same punishment is
prescribed for any member of the cleo
ton boards who shall give to any other
person any of the ballots or permit any
vided by the law. Any person who feion-
iously removes ballots or pencils from a
voting place is subject to similar punish
ment
During an election if any voter makes af-
fidavit that another has voted Illegally
the accused shall be arrested and turned
over to the civil authorities. The inspec-
tor shall then deliver the afiidavits to a
justice of the peace, who shall proceed
with the prosecution as if the affidavit had
been made before him.
CUSTODY OF BALLOTS.
Any inspector, judge or poll clerk. or any
other intrusted with the custody of bal
lots before after they have been voted,
shall receive heavy punishment if he
marks any ballot for the purpose of iden-
tifying or vitiating the same. unless it
be by numbering protested ballots for ref
erence) Any clerk inspector or messen-
ger Entrusted with the custody of ballots
who opens any of the ballots or delivers
them to persons not lawfully entitled to
them shall be sent TO prison for not less
than three nor more than ten years, with
Acknowledgement for not less than ten
years. "A penalty of not more than five
nor less than two years imprisonment is
provided for persons who induce or at
tempt to induce voter to place on his
ballot the name of any person mark
as a distinguishing mark by which it may
be learned how he has voted. The pun
ishment may be inflicted whether or not
the act is committed. The bill provides
a penalty of Imprisonment of not more
than five nor less than two years. and
ten years disfranchisement for vote buying
and the same for selling. One section de-
clares that any member of primary cleo
ton board or otherwise entitled to inspect
ballots who reveals the manner of how
any has voted may be imprisoned
Any person who attempts to induce any
member TO violate any provisions of this
section may be also imprisoned and dis
franchised. The defacing and tearing down
or instruction cards at the polls is pun
ished by imprisonment No officer shall
disclose to anyone the name of candi-
GATE Tor whom an elector has voted, nor
shall he do any electioneering on election
day; nor shall any electioneering be per-
mltted within fifty feet of an election place.
Section so provides that no recess or ad-
1curnment shall be taken after the OPEN
Is announced publicly. Three DAYS before
a primary election board Of canvassers,
three members from each party. shall be
selected. If county primary, the County
commissioners shall appoint the board and
Tor the city the City Council shall make the
appointments. The appointments will be
made in accordance with recommendation
OF the central committees of each of the
two leading parties. The seventh member
OF the board shall be the county clerk. This
board shall meet on Wednesday following
the primary and canvass the returns. The
board shall declare the person on any ticket
having the highest number of votes to be
the nominee of such party for such office.
III two or more persons have the same
there is no nomination, and the vacancy
in the party ticket shall be filled I'm the
same manner that the law provides for
filling vacancies in other instances upon a
party ticket Each inspector and each
member OF the canvassfng board, except
the clerk, shall receive as sull compensa-
ton s.; each judge and each clerk shall be
which shall be paid out of the county or
city treasury.
COUNTIES OF SMALL POPULATION.
Section 60 provides for counties of less
than 10000 and cities of less than 100
The question as to whether or not the pri-
mary election shall be used for nominations
shall be decided In these counties at the first
general election after the passage OF this
act. and in cities at the first election twenty
days or more after its passage. A majority
in favor of the adoption OF the primary
election for nominations makes such cleo
ton permanent. and all nominations Of