The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-05
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10 canvass and correctly count and return the
lawful vote of any person who is entitled to
vote at such election and AT such voting place,
and who then and there votes or lawfully at.
tempts to vote for Congressman; or if any such
officer or any other person, at any such election
hampers With, secretes. obterates, changes, mis-
reads, alters mutilates, FORCES, counterfeits, alb
stracts, puroins destroys, attempts so to
do, the lawful, or real, genuine ballots. or any
of Them actually handed in or rendered, or
used, or cast thereat, or substitutes any ballot
rendered at the said election by the voters
voting thereat for Representative in Congress;
or wllully numbers or initials any ballots
vrongfuly; wilifuy omits TO number or
initial any ballot correctly as required by law;
or willfuy fails to put into the proper ballot
box and to count or return the lawful ballot or
ballots rendered and voted or attempted TO be
voted Tor Representative in Congress by the law
fu voters at such election: or at such election
knowingly and willfuly puts into the ballot box
any false or fictitious ballots or any unvoted
ballots or any illegal or pretended sub
stituted ballots; or aids or assists or allows any
officer any other person so to do; or know
ingly makes any false count OF return or official
tally of the lawful ballots votes actually cast,
or of the actual results OF said Congressional
election; or counts or returns. as genuine ballots
or votes. any ballots votes for Representative
in Congress which he knows has reasonable
cause to know believe are false, unlawful,
Illegal, or fictitious ballots, or ballots not aetu
ally east or voted, or ballots or votes east by
persons not then and there qualified voters; or
aids assists any officer or other person SO 10
do; the person or persons, officer a otticers 50
offending shall, for each offense, be punished as
in section OF this act is provided
Sec. A. That if. at any registration, enroll
ment. or listing OF any voters for an election for
Representative in the Congress OF the United
States any person knowingly personates and
registers, attempts to personate and register.
in the name of any other person, whether such
other person is living dead. or Is FICTITIOUS
or registers offers attempts TO register in
a name other than his own, or from place not
his own actual and legal place of residence; or
unlawfully registers OF attempts TO register not
having lawful right to register at that place
for that election; or does or attempts TO do
any unlawful act to secure registration for HIM
self or for amy other person. whether such person
be living or dead, or for fictitious person or
in a fictitious name: or registers or attempts to
register from more than one place; or II any
officer OF registration of election, or any other
person, whether such officer or not, unawtully
registers enters, or catises or procurcs TO he
registered or entered or written, IN any regis.
tation or voting book or list TO be used at sucll
elections the name or names of any person or
persons not lawfully entitled to be entered or
registered or written therein ds qualified voters
at such election; or enters causes or permits to
be entered therein any false name or names or
the names of any dead or fictitious persons or
willfullv enters or causes to he entered in SAID
lists books a wrong or hctltlous name or ad-
dress or description OF the persons registered or
attempts 50 TO do; or ii any such officer on any
other person conducts such registration. or places
any names in such lists OF books at any place or
at any hour any day other than that pre-
scrbed by law: or unawfully admits to reglstra-
tion as qualified voter at such election any
person persons not entitled to registration;
on bv force, threats intimidation bribery
menace, or the offer or promise OF any reward.
or by any unlawful means, binders, prevents, or
ohstIucts any person or persons having iawiu.
right to register TO be entered on the list OF
qualified voters for Representative in Congress
from exercising such right, or from lawful regis
tration a. enrolment such qualified voter; or
coihpels or induces. by any such means or by
any means any officer OF registration TO ADMIT
to registration enrolment 4 lawful voter
any person not entitled TO such registration or
enrolment, TO place in the registration lists
poll books the name or names OF fictitious
persons or of dead persons, or TO enter therein
false, fictitious wrong names or addresses or
descriptions OF the persons registered; or by
any such means, any MEANS induces any
officer of registration TO violate or to refuse 10
comply with his duty under the law relating to
registration, nterferes with such officer IN
the discharge of his duties: or il any officer or
any other person having any duties TO perform
in connection with the registration refuses TO
register on place in the list or book of lawful
voters the uamc names of any person or per-
sons lawfully entitled to registration at or Tor
Congressional election; or knowingly and un-
lawfully and arbitrarily omits or strikes or
causes permits to be stricken from the list OF
qualified voters the names OF any per
son persons lawfully entitled to be registered
therein as such voters; or knowingly omits or
causes or permits to be omitted from such regis
tration or voting list or poll book the name
or names of persons who are entitled to vote
and be registered rs voters at such election end
who have their part complied with the pro-
visions Of the law which entities them TO vote
and to be registered; who fails or refuses TO
make and deliver TO the party entitled proper
certificate of registration when lawfully SO re
quircd willfully neglects or fails or refuses
TO strike from the registration books or lists the
name or names Of persons dead, fictitious, or
assumed not lawfully entitled TO be therein;
willfully neglects to perform any duty re-
quired OF him by law IN connection with such
registration the canvass and scrutiny OF such
lists; or il any officer or other person who has
or assumes to have any duty to perform in re-
latiCn to such registration or such election, in
ascertaining, announcing, or declaring the resILt
thereof or in making any count canvass Of
the result thereof, or in giving, any certificate
document, or evidence relating thereto, knowing
Is neglectsi or refuses to perform any duty re"
latng to such registration or Congressional cleo
ton required OF him by law, or alters, destroys.
secretes or alsifes any registration list, poll
book, tally sheet or certificate or return, or
any part thereof. relating to such Congressional
election, or violates any duty imposed on INN by
law, or does any act unauthorized by law re-
lating to or which affects the registration or
the election, the result thereof. IN so Tar as
relates to the election Of Representative IN Con-
cress or any certificate of or relating thereto
or any document return required thereat
gives make any false return. certihcate, or
tally thereof or II any othcer OF eiectloh 81
registrations or any other person, places on the
registration lists poll books. or other lists or
rolls of qualified voters for such election any false
or fictitious name names, or II any such OF
ficer suffers or permits the same to be done, or
if any such officer or any other person registers
or places or allows causes to be registered
or placed, in such lists, poll books, or other
registration or voting lists for such election any
name or names as qualified voters at any place
at any time other than as provided BY law
fer the listing or registering OF voters. or places
allows to be placed on such lists or books the
names of persons who have not appeared in per-
son before him. such officer. at the times i.nd
places designated by law for the purpose OF be,
ing duly enrolled registered as qualified
voters; or if any such officer or any other per
willfully grasses, leaves off, or cancels from
such lists, poll books or other papers, other than
in the manner provided for by law, or causes or
permits the same to be done, the name or names
OF persons who have been duly registered or
enrolled qualified voters; or if any person or
officer aids, counsels, procures, assists, or adj
yises any other officer or person to do any act
hereby made crime or declared to be unlawful,
the person or persons. officer or officers. so OF
Tending shall, for each ofense. he punished as
i'm section OF this act provided.
See s. That it shall be unlawful for any per
son whose duty ii is to prepare or have pre-
pared ballots tickets to be voted at any cleo
ton for a Representative in Congress to omit
from such ballots tickets the name OF any
candidate for such Representative entitled to
or IN hay he Iup nf such