The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-08-25
Rules and Regulations Governing The Pr
mary Election of Hartford County.

Rules and Regulations Governing the Pr
mary Election of Hartford County.
| /. CaD In the appointment of Judges auC
| clerks. the member or members Of the BDarC
OF Supervisors OF Election shall have the right
to name the officials of his or their own pc
| litical party. tn In case any Judge CLERK
| shall fail to be present at the hOIr of opening
the polls the place shall be filled by the Judge
present, of the political party to which ne be
longs. In case no Judges of the same political
patty are present, then the judges of the OPP
posite party shall fill the vacancy. The
party SO appointed must take the oath re
quired by law before lie can proceed to act.
.. tal The governing bodies of each po,
iitical party shall furnish the forms OF the
| ballots OF their respective parties. together
| with the manner in which the names are to
be arranged on the tickets, which shall he
| done not later than ten days preceding the
| primary election. To this form OF ballot and
| list oil names shall he annexed the aCknowl-
cdgment of the presiding officer of said gov
| erning board of each political party. This
acknowledgment to state the true purpOrt
for which it is intended: the same to he exc
| cnted before some official who by law Is
authorized to take ackno wledGments of deeds
| and mortgages. tbJ This form of ballot IS to
| be published in at least two papers in Har-
| ford county, one of each political party If
| practicable, for two successive issues before
| said primary election. (cD If for any reason
| either political party desires TO make a change
| which shall be made necessary on account OF
death or disability of some one named in the
| original papers. the same shall be executed as
| the said original papers and flied with The
| Supervisors OF Election at least eight days
| not counting sundays, before said primary
| election. The Supervisors will not receive
| any new names, however. to be printed on
| the official ballot unless they are included in
| the papers provided for in section tal above.
| (dl The color of the tickets for the Democratic
party shall he white and the Republican
| party shall be pink. (eD The Supervisors of
Election will pro vide ballots for the two po-
| litical parties in proportions to be hereafter
| decided e =
| cd to the judges of election. together with the
ballot boxes, books of registry, poll books.
stationery and the necessary blanks. in such
| manner as the Supervisors shall hereafter di-
| rect. tgl The ballot boxes shall be locked
with the key in the lock and contain therein
| both sets of official ballots one package of
each of said political parties to 20 in each
box, together with such other election para
| phernalia as the Supervisors may hereafter
decide upon. (hI The ballots shall be printed
without coupon and are to he endorsed on the
back official Ballot OF the Primary Election
OF Hartford County for there insert date, - and
shall bear the fac-simile OF the signature of the
President of the Board of Supervisors OF
Election of Hartford County. III In printing
the tickets of the party parties that may
adopt what is known as the Crawford Coun-
ty System, the names are to be arranged so
that the voter can indicate his choice of the
different individuals by marking out the
names OF those for whom he does not desire
to vote. The party or parties who nominate
by the County Convention System shall have
the names of the delegates arranged that
the delegates for which the voter does not
care to cast his ballot can be marked out i'll
the same manner as provided above. % The
candidates tor the different offices to be filled
shall he grouped under the respective heads.
lkl The Judges shall not count any ballot
that docs not bear the official endorsement of
the President of the Board of Supervisors of
Election of Hartford County.
3. (a) In voting. it shall be necessary for
the voter to give his name. and after it has
been ascertained that he is registered, he
shall be emitted to one ticket of the party to
which he states he belongs. The clerks of
election shall Immediately write the said
voters name on the poll books. giving the
same a consecutive number. The voter shall
be allowed to take this ticket to any con-
venient place outside the enclosure, if he shall
so elect, and prepare the same i'll accordance.
with his wishes. after which he shall again
give his name to the judges. If the same
shall be found on the poll books by the clerks.
he shall again announce his political athlia-
ton and the Judges shall deposit his ballot in
the box of the party to which the voter
states that he belongs. This. however, must
agree with his first declaration. which shall
be noted by the poll clerks when the official
ballot is first obtained. After the ballot has
been received and deposited in the proper bal
lot box aforesaid, the clerks shall note the
fact by marking the letter 'V' after the said
voters name. (b) Voters will be entitled to
additional tickets to the number of two upon
the surrender of the original; the same to he
given one at a time, and only in case the pre-
ceding one shows that it was not intention
ally mutilated.
I. (a) Where groups of candidates are to
be voted for, the tickets shall plainly indicate
the number to be chosen. In case more than
the required number is voted for, it shall not
vitiate the portions of the ticket which
correctly marked. In case delegates are to
be chosen, the tickets shall clearly indicate
the number. (b) No official sample ballots
will be necessary. (c) Voters may obtain as
sstance either by the aid OF unofficial sample
ballots or in any other way or manner that
they may elect
,. taJ As soon as the polls are closed, the
judges and clerks shall Immediately proceed
to canvass the votes cast. The work shall
not be adjourned or postponed until it shall
have been fully completed. tb) In counting
the ballots. the intent of the voters shall al
ways govern. provided the same can be in
diligently obtained. (cI The Judges shall
complete the work of counting the ballots of
one party first, then east up the returns. sign
ing the same hereinafter provided. before
the ballot box of the other political party
shall be opened, which shall then be completed
in like manner. I'D Two tally sheets of
each political party shall be kept. the same
to be authenticated by the signatures of the
judges and clerks: one of each of said tally
sheets, together with a summary of returns
also authenticated by the signatures of the
Judges and clerks of election, shall be immc-
diately sent by registered mail to the Super
visors OF Election, at their office in Bel Air,
Md. 1t shall he the duty of the judges of op-
posite political faith to that of the return
judge to see that the ITALICS and statements
are mailed aforesaid. The other tally sheet
and a duplicate ST atemcnt OF returns anthem
tcated as above pro vided, shall be sealed in
an envelope provided for that purpose,
| the back of which the judges and clerks shall
iope shall be directed to the Supervisors of
Election and given to the return Judge who
shall deliver the same with the seal unbroken,
together with the ballot boxes, which shall
contain the voted tickets. Cstringed.) locked
and sealed by "A strip OF paper containing the
signatures of the Judges and clerks, which
shall cover the opening in the top and key
hole so that the same cannot be tempered
with in any manner. He shall also return
the registry books and other election para
phernalia in like manner. teJ The Supervi-
sorS of Election will meet on the Tuesday
following the primary election and receive
the returns from the return judges. The
Supervisors shall on that day form 4 return
board similar to that required by the General
Election Laws of the State, and shall proceed
to cast UP the returns of the respective parties
for the entire county. When this is completed
and the result announced. the Supervisors
shall certify to the governing boards OF said
respective political parties, the results of the
said primary election.
6. In all eases it shall require an affrma-
tive vote of the judges of election to exclude
any ballot which shall have complied with
the requirements of law and these rules and
regulations.
Approved August 16, 1905.
VIM. ]. FORSYTHE.
President,