Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-24

ing the ballot or pocket envelopes shall
then be opened and the ballots therein
taken out and counted by the inspectors,
unopened. If the ballots in the box shall
be found to exceed in number the whole
number Of votes shown by the poll Ests,i
they shall be replaced in the box and one
| of the inspectors shall publicly draw there-i
from by chance, and without examinations
thereof, so many ballots unopened as SHALL
| be equal to such excess. The ballots So
drawn shall not be counted but shall be
preserved until all other ballots shall have.
| been counted, when, If in the judgment Of,
the election board there shall be no neces-'
sity of retaining them for the purpose OF,
tracing out and detecting fraud, they SHALL
| be destroyed without opening. The number
Of ballots agreeing, or so as aforesaid be-
ing made to agree, with the poll lists, the
| inspector shall then proceed to open and
| count and ascertain the number of votes.
| After having SO counted and ascerta1nedl
the number Of votes, it shall be the duty
Of the inspectors to open the box contain
Ing the remainderS or unvoted portions OF
the ballot, and they shall look at the con-
tents Of each envelope containing SUCH
remainders. If 1t shall appear by such in
spection that any other matter has been,
used to make such envelopes have thei
proper outward appearance when voted, or;
| II there shall be other evidences OF 1rregu-
| larity, it shall then be the duty of the In
spectOrs to open any excess ballot en-
velopes, which may have been drawn for
| to match the parts therein contained. if
| any, from some of the parts of ballots In
| the remainder box so to make them
| full and complete as they were before vot-
| ing, after which they shall again be laid
aside, and all of the ballots which have
| been counted shall be so matched and
filed from the remainders until such bal
| lot or ballots from the first or counted part
| shall be found for which no corresponding
full remainder can be found; such ballotS
so found shall then and In that case BET
thrown out and subtracted from the rel
turns: provided further, however, that IT.
shall be the duty of the inspectors .duringI
the whole day to watch closely In the
booths and about the polling place for
parts of sheets or coupons which may m,
advertently have been left out of the
proper return envelopes by careless voters,
and preserve all such so found, if any, and,
/ the same shall be considered In case al
| check back as before mentioned shall bel
made 1t shall be the duty of the inspect
tors to caution all voters las far as prac-,
| ticable and consistent with their other
duties) to return all unused sheets, cou-l
| pons or parts of sheets or coupons in the
| enveIone furnished for that purpose; eau
| tionary instructions Of this nature SHALL
also be printed upon one Of the outer faces
| Of such envelope. .
| Section Is. All envelopes containing bal
| lots shall be numbered consecutively by the
| inspector as rapidly as they are counted
and as soon as each ballot cast at any cleo
| ton, shall be counted it and all parts of
| It, shall be returned to the envelope from
which it was taken, and such envelope shall
4 be closed and threaded conSecutively upon
string cord, and when all are counted.
| such string or cord shall be tied and
! sealed and the whole number of ballots SOL
counted strung together and sealed, SHALL
/ be replaced in the ballot box from which.
they were taken and such ballot box shall
| be locked and sealed and returned to the
| city or town clerk having legal charge
| thereof and such ballot box and ballots,
therein, shall be preserved intact for three.
/ months succeeding any election at which
the same were used or voted, and SUCH
ballot box shall not be opened during SUCH
period except by order of a court of conn.,
/ petent jurisdiction for the purpose Of max
| Ing recount of the ballots therein con
| tanned, and unless so ordered opened and
| ordered further preserved by such COURT
all such ballots shall be destroyed at the
| end of three months by the person having
| charge thereof.
Section IT. The official ballots for gen
| eral election and for regular city elections
with the Endorsements thereon and the in
| structionS given at the head thereof asi
herein amended shall be in substantially
the annexed form, provided that ballots
| for city elections may be varied as to the
| titles Of the officers to be printed thereon
| to conform to the law under which each
| such election is held and shall be made of
the materials before mentioned in this act;
all sheets Of coupons shall be made OF card-
| board Of appropriate thickness and shall
be perforated as indicated by lines In the
annexed form. And all pocket envelopes
or folders shall be substant ally like in
form and construction to the annexed SAM
pie And all envelopes for the return Of
unusad portions shall be like the annexed
sample. :
:, Section 10. All acts and parts of acts
| conflicting with the provisions OF this act
shall not repeal or be deemed to conflict
with any statute authorizing the use of
voting machines at elect ons.
Section 10. Whereas, MOncena Dunn, of
| Marshfeld, Wisconsin, has applied for lett
tiers patent and has submitted his petition,