The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-05-27
PRIMARY ELECTION LAWS.
Parts that Relate to Rights Of Voters anG Il
Violations Of the Law.

Section s. The primaries shall
be conducted by the regular elec.
ton boards, duly elected under ex-
isting laws, who shall receive one
half compensation for their services
that they receive at elections. In
spectors of elections shall have the
right to appoint clerks to assist
them, as at elections who shall re-
ceive one-half the compensation
that clerks receive for such services
at elections. Vacancies on election
boards shall be filled in the manner
now provided by law. Before en-
tering upon their duties the cleo
tion officers and clerks shall be
sworn, as is now required by law.
The polls shall be open between
the hours of two post meridian and
eight post meridian: Provided,
That all persons licensed to sell
liquors, either at wholesale or re-
tail, or as bottlers, shall be com.
PEELED to keep their places of busi-
ness closed, on said days for hold
ing said primary elections, only be-
tween the hours of one o'clock post
meridian and nine o'clock. post
meridian.
Primaries shall be conducted in
conformity with the laws govern
ing the conduct of general cleo
tions, in so far as the same are not
modified by the provisions of this
act or are not inconsistent with its
terms: But, provided, That no
elector shall be permitted to receive
any assistance in marking his bal
lot, unless he shall first make an
affidavit that he cannot read the
names on the ballot, or that by
physical disability he is unable to
mark his ballot.
Section 10. The qualifications Of
electors entitled to vote at a prima-
ry shall be the same as the qualifi-
cations of electors entitled to vote
at elections, within the election
district where the primary is held.
Each elector shall prove his quail
fications 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 cleo
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 a majority of the candidates
of the party for whose ballot ne
asks.
Upon executing snch 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
primary, or who shall have unlaw-
fully in his possession an official
ballot, outside the polling place,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars or to
undergo an imprisonment not ex-
ceeding two years, or both, in the
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
4 primary election, unless in the
exercise of his privilege of voting, |
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