Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-05-14
THE VOTING MACHINE LAW.
How to set Rid of Them. special EIec-
tf0n \ ecessary.

being circulated in the First and Second
Wards Of this city for the removal Of voting
machines therefrom. and similar petitions
sre being circulated in the Borough Of
Paulsboro. The only other places in the
county where these machines are used is at
Clayton, Glassboro and Williamstown. We
have been requested TO publish the law
providing for the removal of these ma
chimes, and it will be found below.
Twenty-Five per cent OF the voters in a
district are necessary to order the special
election. The petitions, after being signed
by the twenty five per cent. Of the legal
voters are to be presented TO the governing
body in the district where the machine is
used 1t is then the duty Of that govern
ing body to advertise and call for spec
ial election to vote on the question OF re-
tanning or throwing out the machine. At
the special election the voting shall be by
ballot in ballot boxes and the ballots do
not have to be official. The petitions are
worded as follows
"We the undersigned constituting at
least twenty five percent OF the legal voters
OF the Third Ward OF Woodbury., New Jer-
sey, do protest against the use Of voting
mechines at elections, and do petition your
honorable body to hold special election in
said voting district to determine upon the
retention or rejection of the voting machine
now in use in said voting district, according
to the provisions of the law called a sup
plement to an act entitled An act to pro-
vide for the purchase of vosing machines,
and to regulate the use Of the same at elec-
tions' approved April twenty eighth, nine
teen hunared and five, said supplement
being approved April tenth, nineteen hun
dred and eight
CHAPTER I62.
A supplement- to an act entitled An act to pro-
vide for the purchase OF voting machines and
70 regulate the OF the same at elections :
approved april twenty. eigth, nineteen hug
dred and five. -
Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the State of New Jersey:
l. When any voting machine has been or shall
hereafter be supplied or provided, either by
State or county, for any election district in this.
State il shall be and hereby is made the duty
of the governing body OF the municipality in
which such election district is Situate upon the
presentation to such governing body of petit
ton. in writing, signed by at least twenty five
per centum of the legal voters of such election
district, as shown by the registry list for the
last preceding general election, protesting
against the of such voting machines at cleo
tions to be thereafter held in such election dis
triet to order, within fifteen days after the pre-
sentation of such petition, that a special cleo
ton be held in such election district, not less
than thirty days nor nlorethan sixty days from
the Ldate OF such order to determine upon the
retention or rejection OF such voting machine;
provided that such election shall not be held
within sixty days prior to any general election
III said municipality
A special election, when ordered as herein
above provided, shall be held at the usual place
OF holding elections in such election district,
and public notice thereof shall be given by the
clerk of the municipality IN which said election
district is sitnated by putting up an advertise
ment signed by said clerk, in at least ten OF the
most public places within said election district,
at least eight days prior to and within thirty
days next preceding the day of said special
election, making known the time, place and
purpose OF holding the Same and also by pub
fishing said advertisement in two or more news.
papers published or circulating in said munic-
ipality, to be designated by the governing body
thereof, for at least two insertions within the
time aforesaid. Said special election shall be
conducted in accordance with the provisions of
An act to regulate elections Revision of l90S)'
approved April fourth eighteen hundred and
thereof nd stsprienaental thereto 80 far az the
same bs annIieahie ercent as mofi;f;ed by
this act.
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with piaeK IN oI psilei.' eitneI sne Nsoros ror
the votlhg aeAahe , 9. sns Agalnss s tns
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lted IN palioe poA, ,a anu nsea hoS pe Whas Is
known as oilcial oailoss AZ sucn eieetioii no
proposltlon shail pS suoihlstea eAeept sne lore,
going There sha1 pc no regls.raion Tor SAID
election, but the noare OF eIeetlon shaii procure
and use at such speclai eiecsion q certineo copy
OF the register OF voters usea at she last preced
ing general election, ana no person snail De en-
tls ed TO vote whose name goes NOT appear on
said register unitss sald voter shal appear IN
person before said poard ana sa1lsiy sald Doaro
by athdavlt, Whicn the sald ooaru IS nefeoy au-
thorized TO take that sald yoter mas acquired
the right OF sudrage u saio eiecslon oistrict
since SAID registration was nlaoe.
T. The district board of election, after canvas
sing and counting the votes cast at such special
election shall make duplicate statements of the