The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-01
To Prevent Fraud In Pr-
 mary Elections.

Senator Rowland has lntrOduc- ed the following Bill in state sen- ate, to prevent fraud in primary election:
 A Bill for an act to punish frauds in Primary Elections Tn the State of Arkansas.
 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkan- sas.
 Section 1. Whenever any politl- cal Party in this State, through its central committee or other authorized persons shall decide to hold a primary election, to nomi- nate a candidate for United States Senator, to be elected by the Legislature, or any state, district, county, township or mu- nicipal officer to be elected at any general or special election, said central committee shall fix the time and place for such election to be held, and shall appoint three judges and two clerks to hold such election at each voting place: provided that if any judge or clerk appointed to hold a primary election shall neglect or fail to act from any cause, the qualified electors of the political party holding said election, who shall be present at the voting place at 8 o'clock a. m., of the day of the election shall elect a judge or judges and clerk or clerks to take the place of such judges or clerks appointed by the central committee who fail to act.
 Sec ?. That whenever any pri- mary election is held in this State by any political party to select candidates for any of the offices enumerated in section one of this act, any of the candidates for any office to be voted for, may name a person to be present at any voting place to witness the deposit of the ballots in the box and the count thereof. and if such person named by any candi- date may be present to witness the casting of the ballots and the count thereof, but shall in no way interfere with the judges and clerks in the discharge of their duties.
 Sec 8. That as soon as the polls are closed the judges and clerks shall proceed to count the ballots, and when the count is completed, the number of votes that each candidate has received shall be placed opposite his name on the tally sheet and poll books, and the judges and clerks shall i'm mediately on the completion of the count, at the place where the count is made announce to the bystanders the number of votes that each candidate received, and there cast up a list of the candi- dates showing the number of vo- tes that each candidate r. ceived and the judges and clerks shall seal up the poll books. and one tally sheet and the ballots and judge or clerk to be select ed by the judges and clerks, shall transmit the same within twenty four (24) hours to the chairman of the central committee or to some other person as the central committee calling election shall have designated but the judges and clerks shall keep one poll book and one tally sheet.
 Sec. i That any judge or clerk of any primary election held in this State, who shall wilfuIly make a false count or false return of the vote cast, or any judge or clerk or other person who shall change any tally sheet or poll book, so as to makeit reflect any other than the true vote cast, shall be guilty of felony and on conviction shall be imprisoned in the peni- tentlary for a term ot not less than one nor more than two years. If any judge or clerk selected to transmit the tally sheet, poll book and ballots to the chairman of the central committee or other persons, as provided in section three in this act, shall neglect to do so within the time prescribed in that section, he shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and on con- viction shall be fined ir any sum not less than $10 nor more than $l00.
 Sec 5. That any central com- mittee or other person authorized to call any primary election shall prescribe all the rules and regula- f;opc to crovarp S1ch primary cleo