The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-03-11
One or LOCAL BILLS
NOW BEFORE HOUSE,
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lot box, to be marked on the outside
General tickets" and shall also pro-
vide a sufficient number of, places,
booths, or compartments, at or in which
voters may conveniently mark their
ballots, so that in the marking thereof
they may be screened from the obser-
walton of others, and guard rail shall
be so constructed and placed that only
such persons as are inside said rail- can
approach within six feet of the ballot
boxes and of such booths or compart-
ments. The arrangements shall be
such that neither the ballot boxes nor
the box booths or compartments shall
be hidden from the view of those just
outside the said guard rail. The num-
Der of such voting booths or compart-
ments shall not be less than one for
every forty electors qualified to vote in
the precinct. No person other than
electors engaged in receiving, preparing
or depositing their ballots shall be per-
| mitted to be within said rail before the
closing of the polls. except by authority
of the board of election, and then only
for the purpose of keeping order and
enforcing the law. Each of said vot-
ing booths or compartments shall be
kept provided with proper supplies and
| conveniences for marking the ballots,
and the election officers shall especially
see that the stamps and ink pads re-
qured are at all times in such booths
| and in condition for proper use; and
| all officers upon whom is imposed by
the law the duty of designating polling
| places shall supply each polling place
with several stamps and several ink
| pads for each booth and such stamps
shall be so made that a cross (X) may
| be made with either end of such stamp,
and the same must be so constructed
that the portion with which such cross
90 is to be made shall not be fastened
| on by any glue or like substance which
| may loosen when wet, but the said
stamp shall be one solid piece
Strike out eight of the clock upon
the morning and insert in lieu there
of seven of the clock upon the morn
ing in section eighty.
Strike out the words ballot boxes
in section eighty-one wherever they
occur and insert in lieu thereof ballot
box
Strike out the word in and insert
in lieu thereof ON in section seventy
six
I'm section one hundred and twelve
strike out interior department and in
sert in lieu thereof office of the secre-
tary of the Territory
an section one hundred and fourteen
strike out the word Republic wherever
it occurs and insert in lieu thereof
Territory
I'm section one hundred and fifteen
strike out the words minister and
minister of the interior and insert in
lieu thereof treasurer and strike out
all after the word refreshments
"Strke out sections eighty-five,
eighty-six, eighty-seven, lightweight,
eighty nine, ninety, and ninety-one and
insert in lieu thereof the following:
Sec. There shall be provided at
each polling place at each election at
which public officers are voted for but
one form of ballot for all the candidates
for public office, and every ballot shall
| contain the names of all the candi-
dates whose nominations for any office
specified on the ballot have been duly
made and not withdrawn, as provided
| in this Act, together with the title of
the office arranged in tickets under the
titles of the respective political parties
as certified in the certificates of nomi-
nation. The arrangement of the bal
lot shall in general conform as nearly
as practicable to the plan hereinafter
given. The list of candidates of the
several parties shall be printed in para
lle columns each column to be headed
by the party name in such order as the
secretary of the Territory may direct,
precedence, however, being given to the
party which polled the highest number
of votes for Delegate to Congress at
the last preceding general election for
such officer, and so on. The number
of such columns shall not exceed the
number of separate tickets of candi-
dates to be voted for at the polling
place for which the ballot is provided,
except as otherwise provided in this
section. The party name shall be
printed In display, the name or desig-
nation of the office in BREWER lower
case, and the name Of the candidate
therefor in BREWER capital type. The
title of the office, together with the
name of the candidate therefor, shall
be printed in n space one-half inch in
depth and at least two inches in width,
defined by light horizontal ruled lines
with blank space on the right thereof
one-half of an inch wide, inclosed by
heavier dark lines, which space (called
the voting square) shall be of the same
depth as the space containing the title
of the office and the name of the can
didate The heading, of each party
ticket shall be separated from the rest
OF the tickets by n heavy printed line.
Each column upon the ballot shall be
bordered on either side by a broad solid
printed line one eighth OF an inch wide,
and the edge of the ballot on the left
hand side shall be trimmed off up to
the border or solid line described and
ON the right-hand side shall be perfo-
rated along the border or solid line
above described. The ballots shall be
so printed as to give each elector a
clear opportunity to designate. by
stamping cross (N) In blank in