The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-08-18
Rules and Regulations Governing the Pri.
mary Election of Hartford County.

/. CaD In the appointment of judges tnt
clerks, the member members of the Boart
of Supervisors of Election shall have the RICH
to name the officials OF his or their own pc
| htiCal party. tb) In case any Judge or ClerL
shall fail to be present at the hour of opening
the polls, the place shall he filed by the Judge.
present, of the political party to which he he
| longs. In case no Judges of the same politica
| party are present, then the Judges of the op
posite party shall ill the vacancy. The
| party so appointed must take the oath re
| qurcd by law before he can proceed to act.
| >. tai The governing bodies of each 20.
| litical party shall furnish the forms of the
| ballots of their respective parties, together
| with the manner in which the names to
| be ranged on the tickets. which shall be
| done not later than ten days preceding the
| primary election. To this form of ballot and
| list of ImcS shall be annexed the acknowl-
edgment of the presiding officer of said gov
| erning board of each political party. This
acknowledgment TO state the true purport
| for which il is intended; the same to be exc
| cuted before some official who by law i
authorized to take acknowledgements of deeds
and mortgages. Cbl This form of ballot is t.
| be published i'll at least two papers in HaT-
| ford county, one OF each political party If
| practicable for two successive issues before
| SAID primary election. (c) If for any reason
| either political party desires TO make Il change
which shall he made necessary on account at
death disability of some named in the
original papers. the same shall be executed a
the said original papers and filed with the
Supervisors of Election at least eight days
not counting sundays. before said priTnary
election. The Supervisors will not receive
any new names, however. to be printed on
the official ballot unless they are included im
the papers provided for in section (a) above.
I'D The color of the tickets for the Democratic
party shall he white and the Republican
party shall be pink. (el The Supervisors Of
Election will provide ballots for the two pc
litic4l parties in proportions to be hereafter
cd to the judges of election, together with the
ballot boxes, books OF registry, poll books
stationery and the necessary blanks in sucl.
"a = - hereafter
rect. tgJ The ballot boxes shall he 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
phcrnalia as the Supervisors may hereafter
decide upon. thJ The ballots shall be printed
without coupon and are to he endorsed on the
back, Official Ballot of the Primary Election
oiHarford County for there insert date, =" anu
shall bear the facsimile OF the signature OF the
President OF the Board of Supervisors Of
Election of Hartford County. III In printing
the tickets of the party or parties that may
adopt what is known as the Crawford Coun-
ty System, the names are to be arranged
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 so arranged that
the delegates for which the voter does not
care to cast his ballot can be marked out in
the same manner as provided above. ID The
candidates for the different offices to be filled
snail he grouped under the respective ncaIS.
(kl The Judges shall not count any ballot
that does not bear the official endorsement of
the President of the Board of Supervisors of
Election of II arford County.
3. taD In voting, il 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
he all NArp1t n "a rket Tn .t1V
vcnicnt place outside the enclosure if he shall
elect, and prepare the same in 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 atfilia-
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 as 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 tw o upon
the Surrender of the original; the same to be
given one at a time, and only in case the pre-
ceding one shows that it was not intention
ally mutilated.
i. az 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
yitiate the portions of the ticket which are
correctly marked. In case delegates are TO
be chosen, the tickets shall clearly indicate
the number. Oh No official sample ballots
will be necessary, (cD Voters may obtain as
sistancc either by the aid of unofficial sample
ballots or i'll any other way or manner that
they may elect.
>. ta) 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 1t shall
have been fully completed (b) In counting
the ballots the intent of the voters shall al
nTOViIeI the he IN
diligently obtained. (c) The judges shall
complete the work of counting the ballots of
one party first, then cast up the returns. sign
ing the same as hereinafter provided before
the ballot box of the other political party
shall be opened, which shall then he completed
in 4 like manner. Id Two tally sheets of
each political party shall be kept, the same
to he authenticated by the signatures of the
Judges aud clerks: OF each of said tally
sheets. together with summary of returns
also authenticated by the signatures of the
Judges and clerks of election, shal be immc-
diately sent by registered mail to the Super
vis0rs OF Election AT their office in Bel Air
Md. II shall he the duty of the Judges of op-
pOsitc political faith to that OF the return
Judge to that the tallieS and statements
are mailed aforesaid. The other tally sheet
and Il dapiisate statement of returns anthem
ticaie ed rs above provided, shall hc sealed in
an envelope provided for that purpose, on
the back of which the judges and clerks shall
write their names across the seal. This envc-
Iupc shall he directed to the Supervisors of
Election and given to the return judge. who
SUilll denver IllF Will lilC sea-
together with the ballot boxes, which shall
contain the voted tickets, (stringcd.) locked
and sealed by a strip OF paper containing he
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
phcrnalia in like manner, tel The Supervi-
sorS of Election will meet on the Tuesday
following the primary election and receive
the returns from the return judges. The
Supervisors sha,l on that day form return
board similar 10 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 boarGs of said
respective political parties, the results of the
said primary election.
t. In all cases it shall require affirma-
tive vote of the judges of election to exclude
any ballot which shall have complied with
th@ requirements of law and these rules and
regulations,
Approved August IS, 900.
WM. ]. FORSYTHE,
President.
Attest:
1. \ NI.C nAIAS Clerk