Middletown transcript., 1904-11-05
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS
: When am elector is ready to vote, he
; should enter the passageway, announce
his name to the election board, if chal
lenged establish his right to vote, and en-.
ter the doc Il the election room; when
admitted a.ure from one of the clerks
ticket that has the initials OF the clerks
written on the center of the back, and an
indeibe black lead pencil from the other
clerk. He should, if he so desires it, re-
quest the Voters Assistant to go with him
into booth and the said Voters Assis-
tant shall assist him to mark, alter,
change. scratch or fold his ballot in his
presence and of each other, and shall also,
when requested by the voter, read over to
| him the names of the candidates on the
ballot which he desires to vote; if the
voter should not desire the help of the
Voters Assistant he should 60 alone into
booth aud mark his ballot with the in
delible black leal pencil. If he desires
to vote for all two lines with thesaid PEN
Gil anywhere in the large square enclos-
| ing the device and above the title under
which are printed the names of the candi-
dates Of such party; the vote shall then
be counted for all candidates under that
title; the vote shall then be counted for
all the candidates under that title; but if
the voter does not wish to vote for all the
candidates of and one party, he shall as
before make mark crossing two lines
with said pencil in the square enclosing
the device and above the title under
which are printed the names of the can
didates majority of whom he desires to
vote for, and shall erase the names of
| those candidates under that title for whom
| he does not wish to vote; and if he desires
to vote for other candidates in the place
OF those whose names have been erased,
| he shall in that case write the name or
names of the candidates under other title
or titles for whom he wishes to vote in
| the place and stead and for the same
office and position as those whose names
he has erased; the vote shall then be
counted for all the candidates whose
names have not been erased under that
title above which the square enclosing
the device is marked with two lines cross
ing each az above stated, and also for
those candidates, if there be any such,
under other title or titles, whose names
have been written as before prescribed.
If, by accident, an elector tears, mutt
lates, defaces or spoils ballot, he should
60 at once to the clerk, return the same,
explain how the accident occurred and
ask for another ballot.
Before leaving the booth he should fold
his ballot so that the initials of the clerks,
| will show, but so that no part of the face
of the ballot can be seen. When he has
marked and folded his ballot, he should
leave the booth, deliver the pencil to the
clerk from whom he received it, and hand
the folded ballot to the Inspector who
will put it in the ballot box in his pres
ence.
He should then leave the room and
remain thirty feet away from the polls.
SECTION 24. Any person who shall re-
move or attempt to remove a ballot or
pencil from the election room, or have in
| his possession outside of the election room
any such ballot or pencil, either genuine
or counterfeit, during the election, shall
| be guilty OF a misdemeanor, and on con-
| viction thereof, by Indictment, shall be
| fined not less than two hundred dollars
and not more than five hundred dollars
or may be imprisoned for term not ex-
ceeding two years and not less than one.
SECTION 80. The sheriff shall make all
ballot boxes and the tally lists and all
other papers to be delivered to the sew
era inspectors conform to the require
ments of this act. The Inspector or
the trusty person for his services in re-
ceiving and delivering at the place of
holding the election as aforesaid the pack
ages containing the ballots shall receive
two dollars.
SECTION So. If any person not herein
authorized so to do shall enter or attempt
to enter the election room, or enter, or
attempt to enter within the railing lead
ing to the entrance to the election room,
or shall remain within thirty feet of the
polling place contrary to the provisions
hereinbefore made, he shall be guilty OF
misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof
fined not more than two hundred dollars.
SECTION 81. Ii any person shall induce
or attempt to induce any elector to write,
paste, or otherwise place on his ballot
the name of any person or any sign or
device of any kind as distinguishing
mark by which to indicate to any other
person how such elector has voted, or
shall enter into or attempt to form any
agreement or conspiracy with any other
person to induce or attempt to induce
electors or any electors to SO place any
distinguishing mark or name ON his bal
lot, whether or not said act be committed
or attempted to be committed, such per-
son so offending shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and on conviction be imprison-
ed for not exceeding two years.
SECTION So. If any person shall induce
or attempt to induce any election officer
to violate any Of the provisions of this
act, whether or not such election officer
shall violate or attempt to violate any of
the provisions of this act, such person SO
offending shall be- guilty of misdemea-
nor, and on conviction shall be imprison-
ed for term not exceeding FIVE years. 1t
shallbe the duty OF each Inspector to dis
tinctly read this and the preceding section
to the election officers at the opening
of the polls and each member thereof shall
thereupon take an oath that he has not
violated aud will not violate the pro-
visionsof said sections.
SECTION 50. Any person who shall
during the election remove or destroy any