The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-26
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW.

held on April nth is the second
one to be held under the new cleo
ton law, the voters are not yet very
familiar with the provisions of the
Act. We therefore print below
such portions of the law as apply to
the ballots and the methods of vot-
ing which should be thoroughly
understood, as it will be observed
that there are heavy penalties at
tached to violation of this law.
Part of Section 8 is as follows:
The polls shall be open between
the hours of two post meridian and
eight post meridian: Provided,
That all persons licensed to sell liq-
uors, either at wholesale or retail,
or as bottlers, shall be compelled to
keep their places of business closed,
on said days for holding said pri-
mary elections, only between the
hours of one O'Clock post meridian
and nine O'Clock post meridian.
Primaries shall be conducted in
conformity with the laws governing
the conduct of general elections, in
SO far as the same are not modified
by the provisions of this act or are
not inconsistent with it's terms:
But, provided, That no elector shall
be permitted to receive any assist
ance in marking his ballot, unless
he shall first make an affidavit that
he cannot read the names on the
ballot, or that by reason of physical
disability he is unable to mark his
ballot.
Section 10. The qualifications
of electors entitled to vote at a pri-
mary shall be the same as the quail
ifcations of electors entitled to vote
at elections, within the election dis
trict where the primary is held.
Each elector shall prove his quail
fcations and his identity in the
same manner in which electors in
the election district in which he Of
fers to vote are, or hereafter may
be, required by law to prove their
qualifications or identity, on elec-
ton day.
Each elector shall have the right
to receive the ballot of the party
for which he asks: Provided, That
if he is challenged, he shall be re-
quired to make oath or affirmation
that, at the next preceding general
election at which he voted, he vot-
ed for majority of the candidates
of the party for whose ballot he
asks.
Upon executing such affidavit
the voter shall be entitled to receive
the ballot for which he has called,
and to cast his vote according to
law.
Section ID. Any person who
votes or attempts to vote at a pri-
mary, knowing that he does not
possess the qualifications of voter
at such primary, as indicated by
this act, or who shall vote or at
tempt to vote more than once at a.
primary, or who shall have unlaw-
fully in his possession an official
ballot, outside the polling place,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be sentenced to pay fine not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars or to
undergo an Imprisonment not ex-
ceeding two years, or both, in the
discretion of the court. No police
officer in commission, whether in
uniform or in citizens clothes,
shall be within one hundred feet of
a polling place during the conduct
of primary election, unless in the
exercise of his privilege Of voting,
or for the purpose of the serving of
warrants, or the preserving of the
peace.
Any election officer who permits
a person to vote at any primary,
with the knowledge that such per-
son is not so entitled to vote, or re-
fuses to permit any lawfully entitled
elector to vote at such primary,
with the knowledge that such per-
son is so entitled to vote, or who