The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-09-07
ELECTIONS
How to Begin. How to Conduct.
How to Make Returns.

sec a. Any elecor who declares by physical
his ballot declare his choice or candidates
to the poll clerk who in the presence Of the eecor ana IN the
provided and request shall read over to such
the Of the candidates marked Any making
deemed guilty msdemeanor and upon conviction be ned in
poll who shall deceive eecor in selecting or mark
ing ballot mark the same in any other way than as
shan be imprisoned in the penitentary for no less
Sec 5 No Judge election shall deposit ballot
which the init Of the poll clerk herenbeore provided
DO not aear Or any ballot on which appears externally any
distinguishing mark. DETACHMENT or muulaon ,.,-,,
a. Immediately on closing the pons the board snail
count all the ballots remaining unvoed record the number OF
the the tally sheet and destroy all such ballots by
Sec a. Wilson'S statutes Chap 49, Of 1905.
2S5 The board shall then proceed to canvass the
beginning the each clerk shall be provided
Names ann, appear pop the oaeai ballot with the oace OF which
each candidate being voted for said tally shall ruled
ruled TO make eunent in which 10 record
marks the clerks shall each keen tally sheet and
record the or each candidate by aes of five In each
cen In eanyassng the ballots one Of the judges acting az
time aloud the name of each candidate SO voted
when The name of candidate ON the called
the appropriate column his tally sheet and
% M attn vote each time is recorded when he shall call
the aes kept by the two clerks as 20 me number OF
counted candidate the she
settled before the shall proceed When
an the Of persons voted for on ballot have been called
ana recorded the ballots shall be delivered to me judge VINO
dineren politics from the reading the ballots and he
said shall continue until all the
the box and the votes registered The clerks
up the number received by each can
the total at the end Of the tally
tally sheet when completed shall be attached GER
which shall be signed by the judges d clerks stating
full and complete 'cord Of the total
such precinct at said election for the
for at said election in said
peeuc and judge or clerk who shan without Just cause
sign said certificate knowingly make false record
be guilty msdemeanor and conviction shall be
any three hundred dollars TO which
mpome IN the county jail not to exceed sixty days may De
added the discretion of the coult
The election officers should not undertake to con
ascertain the returns in other man
than that in the law The law OF Kansas Texas
Arkansas Georgia Missouri will not and what may
those countries will not do here.
T. election board shall addition TO the pol
tally sheets certificates and other articles
quired supplied with blank of certificates which they
after the of ballots is completed
they adjourn Said certificates shall state the name
candidates the office for which he designated ant
received by him, which number o
shall written with ana ink IN words in ul
figures Each board shall FIJI out and execute two o.
such certificates Of which shall be returned with the pei
tally Sheets the other shall be sealed up witt
ballots returned with sach ballots Such Ger
shall be in the following form.