Nome industrial worker., 1908-08-10
EXTRACTS FROM
 ELECTION ACT

tatives from the Territory of Alaska.
 Sec. 3. That all male citizens of the
 United States twenty-one years of age and over who are actual and bona fide
 residents of Alaska, and who have been such residents continuously dur ing the entire year immediately pre- | ceding their election, and who have been such residents continuously for thirty days next preceding the elec- ton in the precinct in which they vote, shall be qualified to vote for the elec- tion of a delegate from Alaska. i Sec. 6. That the judges of election of each voting precinct shall constitute | the election board for said precinct | and shall supervise and have charge of the election therein. They shall se- cure and provide a place for holding | the election and a suitable ballot box,
 md shall canvass and make a return 1f the votes cast, as hereinafter pro- | vided.
 | That the members of said election
 board in each precinct, before entering
 upon tho duties of their office, shall
 ,ach severally take an oath, which
 shall be reduced in writing, before an
 officer qualified to administer oaths, to
 honestly, faithfully and promptly per-
 form the duties of their positions; and
 if no officer qualified to administer
 paths be present or available, then any
 one of said duly appointed or selected
 judges of election may administer the | necessary oath to said other two judg-
 as, and he shall afterwards in turn be
 sworn by one of them.
 That each of said judges shall have
 authority to administer any oath to the
 voter necessary or proper under this ! act. and said judges shall have equal
 authority, and in case of any questio. 1r disagreement over any matter dur | ing the course of said election the de-
 cision of the majority of said Judges | shall govern.
 That two of the three judges Of elec- tion in each voting precinct, outside,
 of incorporated towns, to be selected by majority of said judges shall also perform the duties of clerks of elec- | ton for that precinct; the two judges performing the duties of clerks shall, be of different political parties; it shall be the duty of the clerks at each voting | precinct to make full written record
 If such election as held in that pre- cinct, and each of them shall keep a
 correct duplicate register and enter the fact that they have voted, or have offered to vote and were refused, and
 brief statement of the reasons for said refusal.
 Sec. z. That each of the candidates for the office of delegate herein pro- vided for at any election held hereun- 1 der, shall be entitled to one watcher at each voting precinct, who shall be per- mitted to be present within the place of voting at such precinct, and in some place therein where he may at all | tipes be in full view of every act done Such watcher shall have the right to be present at all times from the opening of the polls until the ballots are finally counted anl the result certified by the election board. Each watcher shall be required to present to the election board proper credentials, signed by the candidate he represents. showing him to be the duly authorized watcher of such person.
 Sec. 8. That in case any of the judg- es of election selected as herein pro- vided for any precinct shall fail to ap- pear and qualify at the time and place designated for the election for which they shall be appointed, then, in that event, the qualified voters present may, by majority viva voce vote, select a suitable person or persons to fill the vacancy or vacancies in said election board: and the person or persons so selected shall qualify and serve on |
 said election board, with the same pow CTS and in the same manner as if ap- pointed as hereinbefore provided. Sec. g. That the election boards herein provided for shall keep the sev- eral polling places open for the recep- tion of votes from eight o'clock ante meridian until seven o'clock postme- ridian on the day of the election. The voting at said election shall be by printed ballot. The ballot at said first election shall be substantially in the following form:'
 For Delegate from AIas<a.
 For the short term (here insert the name of the person voted for). For the long. term (here insert the name of the person voted for)." | At all elections after said first elec- ton the ballot shall be substantially in the following form: