Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-11-03

of the ballots shall detach one from
the stub and give it to the voter.
b--The said officer shall first fold IL
so that the words printed upon the back
and outside Of the ballot shall be the
only words visible. and 1t cannot be
voted unless so folded.
c-Only one ballot shall be given to
] a voter, unless he inadvertently spoils
it, when he may obtain another upon
returning the spoiled one.
d-Upon his receiving the ballot, the
check list shall be marked with the
letter ''B" against his name on the
margin of the list by election officers,
out no record of the number Of the bal
lot shall be made on said list, and the
voter ssa forthwith, and without
leaving the space enclosed by guard
or compartments.
o--Only official ballots can be voted
and aDy ballot other than q sample
ballot, appearing to have been OBJ
tanned otherwise than provided by the
act, shall be sent by the Judge of cleo
ton to the district attorney for his Of
ficial action.
Inside the Voting Compartment.
The voter upon entering the voting
compartment must:
a--Draw the curtain or close the
screen or door and prepare his ballot.
b-To assist him in preparing his
official ballot he may mark sample
ballot before going to vote and take it
with him into the voting compartment
to copy fSOm in preparing his official
ballot. He must. vote the official ballot
only.
Cards Of instruction will be post
ed in each voting compartment or shelf.
d-No voter shall be allowed to oc-
cupy voting shelf or compartment
already occupied by another. except
when giving the help allowed in the
preparation of his ticket, nor to re-
main in such compartment more than
three minutes.
c-If any voter declares to the Judge
Of election that he desires assistance
in the preparation of his ballot, by
reason OF any disability, he shall be
permitted by the judge OF election to
select qualified voter of the election
district to aid him, such preparation
being made in the voting compartment.
IA voter who shall, except as
above stated, allow his ballot to be
seen with an apparent intention OF let
ting 1t be known how he Is about to
vote. or shall cast or attempt to cast
any other ballot than the official bal
lot, or shall falsely declare to a judge
OF election that by reason of any dis
ability he desires assistance In the
preparation of his ballot, or shall will
fully violate any provision of the act,
shall be punished by fine or imprfs-
onment
room shall electioneer or solicit votes,
or shall interfere with any voter
when inside said enclosed space, or
when marking his ballot, or endeavor
to induce any voter before depositing
the ballot to show how he marks his
ballot.
h-Any person who shall disclose
the contents of any ballot that has
been marked by his help, or who, ex-
cept when lawfully commanded by a
return Judge or a competent court,
shall loosen, cut or unfasten the corner
pasted down over the number on the
ballot, shall be guilty OF misde-
meanor.
Preparation Of Ballot.
Upon entering the voting shelf or
compartment and drawing the curtain.
or shutting the screen or door, he shall
proceed to prepare his ballot.
a-If he desires to vote the
STRAIGHT PARTY TICKET, or, in
other words. for every candidate of a
political party, he can do so by placing
a cross TX thus) in the square oppo-
site the name of his party on the left
hand side of the ticket This single
mark or cross will be equivalent to a
cross mark against every name In the
column and will be counted as one
vote for each candidate named In that
column.
b-lf a voter desires otherwise he
shall mark in the appropriate margin
or place a cross (X) mark opposite
the name of each candidate Of his
choice for the Office to be filed, accord
ing to the number of persons to be
voted for by him for each office; or
c-'If the voter adopts the plan of
marking a cross to the right Of the
name of each candidate he should be
careful not to miss name, as a name
not crossed would not be counted.