The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-08-25
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SECTION Sand De II enacted, mat Salu
Board of Supervisors of Elections. in ap-
pointing the Judges and clerks, and in the
notice thereof, shall designate the persons
intended by them to represent the said poll
teal parties respectively. Challengers and
watchers representing the candidates of said
parties shall be allowed to be present at the
several voting places during the voting and
counting of the ballots.
SECTION I.-And be it enacted, That the
form of the ballots, with the names of the
candidates delegates to he voted for, for
| the several offices to be filled, shall be fur
nshed by the governing bodies of the said
political parties to the said Supervisors of
| Elections at least ten days before the day
| upon which said primary is held.
| SECTION 5.-And he it enacted: That the
Supervisors of Elections shall furnish to the
| Judges all the ballots to be used at said
| primaries. and the blanks upon which their
returns are to be made. and to prevent voters
belonging to or acting with one political
party from inadvertently or Intentionally
casting their ballots for candidates for
nomination or election AS delegates to any
nominating convention of amy other party;
the ballots of said party shall be printed upon
paper of different colors. and until after the
lie xt general regiSt ration every person offer
ing to vote shall be required To state to which
pan y lie belongs and the candidates OF which
party he intends to vote for at the State or
County election. and he shall he supplied only
with the official ballot prepared for the can
didates of such party.
SECTION 6.-And be it enacted. That the
polls shall be opened at IL O'Clock NJ. and
close at O'Clock +, NJ on the day fixed
BE- furnished to the judges at each polling
place. and shall be used at said primaries for
the purpose of determining the right of the
party applying to vote, and no one shall he
entitled to vote at said primary elections
who is not a registered voter in the precinct
in which he applies to vote; but the said
Judges OF election are not to make any marks
or entries said registration books. tu: are
to use the same for the purpose of det:nin-
ing the right of the applicant to vote.
SECTION And he it enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the said Board of Super
visors of Elections to appoint the place of
voting in each precinct, and to furnish two
ballot boxes for each precinct, one to be used
by each political party.
SECTION S.--And be enacted, That before
entering upon the discharge of their duties
one of the clerks in each of the precincts in
Hartford County shall administer to the judges
the following oath: You do make oath in
the presence of Almighty God that you will
well and faithfully perform the office of
election precinct to the best of your ability.
and in all things comply with the provisions
of the primary election law, and one of said
Judges shall in turn administer the same oath
to the clerks of election. said oath to be in
writing. and to be returned to the Super
viSors of Elections on the Tuesday following
said primary election by the return judges of
said precinct.
compensation of said judges and clerks shall
be two dollars. and the return judges shall
have an additional three dollars for the day
upon which they make the return to the
Supervisors OF Elections as above stated, and
the said Supervisors of Elections shall. in adj
dition to the compensation they now receive,
receive the furt her sum OF one hundred dollars
each for the year 1909 and biennially there
after for the extra duties required OF them
under the provisions of this act.
SECTION 1O.-And be it enacted. That at
every general registration held in Hartford
County subsequent to the passage of this Act
there shall be provided in the registration
books an additional column headed ''Atfiia-
ton" and the Board of Registry shall enter
in this column the name of the political party.
If any, 20 which the voter is inciinei and with
which the voter desires to have himself re-
corded as affiliated. 1t shall be the duty of
the Board of Registry to explain to the
voter that the statement of the said party
affiIiation does not bind him to vote for the
said candidates of said party ut any given
election; also that he has the right to d. cline
to state any party utilization. but that no
one who is not recorded upon the registration
book as Affiliated" with particular politi-
cal party will be qualified to vote at subss
quent primary elections of said political
party. Whenever the voter declines to state
his party utilization, the word declined"
shall be written opposite his name under SAID
column SO that it shall be written in each
column opposite the name of each registered
voter either his party utilization or the word
declined an in all primary elections he'd
in the year 1907. and biennial'y thereafter,
any person registered as affiliated" with
the given political party shall have the right
to receive and vote the ballot of that party
and of no other and at any intermediate re-
gistration subsequent to the general regi =
tration in 1907 such voter may appear before
| the Bolru III NSSlSlII anu upon MS lNShllbN
being established to majority of the Board
of Registry. he shall have the right to requi e
the said BOARD OF Registry to make. alter r
strike out any entry in the column headed
| ''Atfiliation" opposite his name ON the regis
tration hook. 1t shall he the duty of the
| Board of Registry to enter in the columns
headed 'RemarkS'' the fact that such entry
was made altered or stricken out, ana the
date thereof
SECTION I1.-and be it enacted. That If at
any primary held under the provisions of this
| Act any person shall falsely pcrsonate any
| voter or other person. and vote. or attempt
| or offer TO vote, or shall vote or attempt to
vote in or upon the name of any other person,
| in upon the name of such voter or other
| person. whether living or dead. or in or upon
any false. assumed or fictitious name, or in or
| upon any name not his own, or shall know
| ingly wilfully, fraudulently vote more than
| once for any candidate for the same office, or
| shall vote or attempt offer to vote. in any
| election precinct without having a legal right
| to vote therein, or shall vote more than once
| or in any more than one election precinct. or.
| having once voted. shall vote, or attempt or
| offer to vote again, or shall knowingly, will
| fully iraudulently do any unlawful act to
| secure for himself or for any other person the
| right or opportunity to vote, or shall by
| force, threat. menace, intimidation, bribery
| or reward, offer promise thereof, or
| otherwise unlawfully either directly in
| directly, intiuerce, attempt to influence any
| voter in giving his vote. or prevent or hinder,
| or attempt to prevent or hinder. any qualified
| voter from freely exercising his right to vote
| at said primary election. shall, bv any such
| means or otherwise. compel or induce. or
| attempt to compel or induce, any judge or
| clerk in any election precinct to receive the
| vote of any person not legally qualified or en-
titled to vote at said election precinct, shall
| he deemed guilty OF q misdemeanor and every
such person shall, upon conviction thereof: be
| punished by Imprisonment in the county jail
for not less than thirty days nor more than
one year.
SECTION ~ And be it enacted, That any
| Judge of Election who shall wilfuly exclude
any vote duly rendered. knowing that the
person offering the same is lawfully entitled
to vote at such primary election, who
| shall wilfulv receive a vote from any person
who has been duly challenged in relation to
his right to vote at such primary election
without exactinS from such person. such
proof of qualification may be required by
law, or shall wifully omit to challenge any
| person whom he knows or suspects is not
entitled to vote and who has not been chal
| lenged. shall wilfully refuse TO open OF
show the ballot boxes empty prior to the
| opening of the polls; and if any judge of said
primary election, who shall make. sign, pub
liSh deliver any false tally return o
| election, or any false certificate statement
of the result of such primary election. know
T ing the same to he false. or who shall wilfullN
dctaCe. destroy or conceal any statement
tally certificate entrusted to his care ant
custody, shall upon conviction thereof. bt
adjudged guilty OF misdemeanor, and shall
be punished by imprisonment in the county
Jail for not less than thirty days and MOI
| more than one wear.
SECTION 13.-And be it enacted: That thu
Diet ails of the conduct of said primary election
and the returns thereof. except as hrreinhefor'
| provided shall be under such rules and re
gulations the Board OF Supervisors o
| Elections shall adopt. said rules to be pub
| lShe1 the same time that the said BoarC
t OF Supervisors publish the date of hoIdin;
said primaries and names OF the Judges anC
clerks
SECTION 1+-And he it enacted That tn
provisions of the foregoing act shall no
! apply to any prim aries held by either of salt
political parties for the selection of delegate
TO congressional. judicial state convcu
l. tions. or conventions called to nominal
: candidates for any other offices than thoS
] referred to in this Act.
t SECTION 1.I.-Aud be il enacted That one
t half the cost of conducting said primaries
{ including thccost of advertising. printing tn
+ tickets and the extra compensation of tn
r Board of Supervisors of Elections shall b
i paid by the County Commissioners and on
t | fourth by each OF the two political pirt tie
j | whose primaries conducted under tn
h provisions OF this Act. and the Supervisors q
! | Elections shall not place upon the Off ca
( | ballot to be voted at the succeeding Eencr;
II election the names of any party candidate
r who have failed to comply with the pro
e visions of this section, providing for the pa
II ment of one-tourth of the cost of conduCtin
d said primary election.
Z SECTION leland be 1t enacted, That thi
a Act shall take effect from the date of it
If passage.
Approved April I, 1904,