The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

q main in session and that no more ths
0 one member of the board of electic
q shall at any time be absent from Il
3 polling place.
! QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS.
Sec. 49, All persons entitled to res
, istration as voters in the election dii
! trict on the day of the primary elet
: ton, for the purpose of voting at th
,, ensuing election, shall be entitled
participate in the primary election
but no voter shall receive a primar
ballot or be entitled to vote until b
shall have first been duly registered a
voter then and there in the name
provided by law, upon which registra
lion unless challenged, and if chal
lenged, then only in event that tn
challenge is determined in favor O
the voter, he shall be entitled forth
with, but not later, to receive ballo
of the political party with which b.
then declares under oath, if his RICH
thereto is challenged) that he affili
ated, and whose candidates he gener
/ ally supported at the last general cleo
Uion. anu with which party he pro
poses to affiliate at the next election
provided, that a first voter shall no
be required to declare his past politi
Cal afiliation. Such ballot shall bt
Endorsed with the initials of two Of
the judges upon the back of the ballot
at the bottom edge. A Judge of cleo
tion shall instruct the voter that he il
to vote for his choice for each office
using only the ballot of the party with
which he affiliates, and that he must
return the ballot folded with the edges
upon which are the initials of the
judges uppermost.
MANNER OF VOTING.
Sec. II. When an elector has re-
ceived his ballot, he shall forthwith
retire to an unoccupied booth, and
without undue delay mark the ballot
of that party with which he affiliates
as he sees fit with the indelible pencil
to be found in such booth. If he soils
or defaces said ballot. he shall at once
return the same and get a new ballot.
In marking his ballot, he shall observe
the following rules:
1. The elector shall designate his
choice on his ballot by marking a
cross (X) mark in each of the small
squares opposite the names of the can
didates for whom he desires to vote,
being careful not to vote for more
candidates for an Office than are to be
elected thereto at the election to fol-
low the primary election as indicated
on the ballot at the right of each Office
for which candidates are to be
selected.
2. Rules No. and 3 of section one
hundred of said general election law
relating to ballots wrongly marked
and rejected ballots are hereby made
applicable to primary elections held
under this act.
Sec. IS. When an elector has pre-
pared his ballot he shall fold the same
with the edges upon which are the
initials of the judges uppermost, and
so folded as to conceal the face there
of, and all marks thereon, and shall
hand the same to the judges of the
primary election who is in charge of
the ballot boxes.
The folded ballot. when returned,
shall be placed in the proper ballot
box, and the name of the voter shall
be checked off upon said registers in
the column headed primary election.
Except as herein otherwise provid-
cd, the following sections of said
general election law are hereby made
applicable to primary elections held
under this act, towit: Sections seven
ty-one, seventy-two, eighty-nine,
ninety, ninety-one, ninety-two, nine
ty-three, ninety-four, ninty-seven,
ninety-nine, one hundred
one, one hundred two, one hundred
three, one hundred four, one hundred
i've, one hundred six, one hundred
seven, one hundred eight, one hun
dred nine, one hundred ten, one hun
1red eleven, one hundred twelve, one
hundred thirteen, one hundred four
teen, one hundred fifteen, one hundred
sixteen, one hundred seventeen, one
hundred eighteen.
PRELIMINARIES OF CANVASS.
Sec. 10. As soon as the polls are
finally closed and before the canvass
Of votes, the.judges and clerks of cleo
lion shall prepare upon blank deliv-
sred to them by the county auditor for
that purpose statement substantially
as follows:
"Poll list statement of primary
election held in name of city or viii
lage) Minnesota, .............. ward or
town, ............. district, on the 49,.
day and year."
"The number of persons whose
names appear upon the registers as
present at the above named primary
3lecGlOn was ..........." or WnOm
............ where were] women. The
aumber of ballots cast by men was
and the number of ballots
cast by women was..............,"
The blanks in said form shall be
filed by the proper number, in each
case TO be written in words and fig
1res. Said form shall, before the
canvass of the votes, be signed by
zach of the judges, and attested by
each of the clerks. They shall also fill
1T the same time, in the registers, in
The column for mark "X'' ~ those
who "voted" at such primary cleo
ion, the word "no' opposite the
name of every person whose name ap-
pears in the said registers who has not
voted at such primary election.
THE CANVASS OF VOTES.
Sec. 90. Upon the completion of
The matters prescribed in the last. sec
ion, the clerks and judges of registra-
lion shall Immediately open the ballot
boxes at each polling place and pro-
,eed to take therefrom the ballots.
Said officers shall count the number of
ballots cast by each party. at the same
time punching the tickets cast for
each party together in separate piles.
and shall then fasten each pile separ-
ately by means of brass clip, or may
use any means which shall effectually
fasten each pile together at the top of
each ticket.
AS soon as the clerks and judges
shall have sorted and fastened together
the ballots of each separate party,
then they shall take the tally sheets
provided by the county auditor and
shall count all the ballots for each
party separately until the count is