Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-17
PROCEEDINGS OF CENTRAL
 COMMITTEE MEETING

all male persons who were minors be-
 fore the time of assessing taxes for
 the year 1906, but who have since at
 tai"ed their majority shall be allow ed to vote at said primary without the poll tax qualification aforesaid; provided, they shall make proof of the same satisfactory to the judges of said election. No alien shall be allow
 ed to cast vote in this election, but any person who has been naturalized as rovided by law in such cases, sat- , isfaetory proof of such naturalization having been made to the judges. Pro- vided, further, that such person has
 attained the age of 21 years, and has paid his poll tax for the year 1906. In order to ascertain who are quail 1 fled electors for this primary election, the sheriff ofSthis county is hereby in- structed to make, from the personal poll books for 1906 a full and con- plete list of all white electors who
 have paid their poll tax up to the first
 Monday in July, 1907, which list shall be sworn to by the sheriff or his dep- uty, who prepares the list, and one copy shall be retained in the sheriff s
 office, one copy filed with the coun- ! ty clerk in this county, and one be
 furnished to the chairman of the Cen tral Committee, to be filed with them not later than the 23rd day of October,
 1907 The County Clerk of this county 1 is requested to verify the list, as filed 1 with him by the Sheriff, and if any
 errors are found in said list, to point
 out and certify the same to the Sheriff and chairman of this committee, who shall thereupon make corrections and certify same and cause same to be | filed, as above, on or before the first
 day of November, 1907. If he fails to do so, then said list shall be deemed to be correct and shall be binding
 on all parties.
 The chairman of the Central Con-
 mittee is directed and instructed to
 have said list printed, and to see that
 two copies of the list is placed in each
 ballot box, to be used by the judges
 on the day of said primary election.
 The judges are instructed to carry out
 this rule to the letter, and any viola
 ton of the same by any of the judges
 holding said election shall give this
 committee the right to throw out any
 vote not cast in accordance with these
 rules and regulations.
 outside of the ward or precinct in ! which he resides.
 The judges will open the polls at S:30 a. m. or as soon thereafter as possible and shall close at sunset on the day of election, and when the polls are closed. the judges shall pro-
 ceed at once to count the ballot and publicly announce the result, which count shall be open to the public, and any citizen may be present at said count. The election shall be held in ! such a manner that the castingsof i the ballot shall be in open and full ; view of the voter and any candidate may have a representative or be pres ent in person in the room where the vote is being cast but under no con ditions will any candidate or any rep resentative of a candidate be allowed to electioneer with voter while he is in the room where the election is
 being held, and the judges of the cleo
 tion are given authority to exclude any
 candidate of voter from the polling
 place who violates this rule or for
 boisterous or unseemly conduct, and
 the judges are given authority to
 keep order in such manner and way
 as they deem best.
 Any voter who cannot make out his
 ticket may request any judge or
 judges to assist him in doing so, but no one else shall be present at the time in the booth.
 Any one challenging the right of a voter shall give his reason for said
 challenge and the judges shall an- nounce their decision at once. On all questions arising as to the right of a voter to vote a majority of the judges passing on said question shall be final.
 If at S:30 a. m. on the day of the election the judges who are select ed to hold this election be absent then the voters present may select
 others in their place. IT one judge be absent, then the other two may select
 the third judge. If only one judge be present, then the voters may select the other two. '-
 The judges have the right to se- lect their own clerks.
 Tho judpea nf a1ncfiOn aha1l nre.