The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-05

that the law requires the commis sioners to send the said certified copies for the specific purpose o' informing the canvassing board a: to the existence of precincts anC the regularity and legality of tho election in said precinct.
 After the envelopes containins the ballots and other election papers were opened by the board. and dur ing the progress of the canvass further questions arose for discus sion and were unanimously settled as follows:
 q. In case the certified copy O the order establishing new vot ing precinct or the certified copy o the notice of election. received from any commissioner CD bears no date or go bears a date later than sixty davs prior to the election. shall the board accept the vote from sucf precincts and compile 1t as regular and legal?
 Held. In each case that the vote from such precincts should not he accepted and compiled as regular and legal.
 C.. except the certificate of election have been received either from th~ nrecinct judges of election or from the clerk of the court. shall the vote be accepted as regular and le gal?
 Held. in the negative. since the receipt by mail of actual ballots in envelopes often unsealed and un- registered Is. in the absence of the highly important election certificates required bv law. stating the num- her and distribution of the ballots deemed insufficient and unreliable.
 g When it Is found that two ballots are folded together. showing that both were cast by the same voter and it Is so reported by the precinct judges, shall either ballot be counted?
 Held. that neither ballot should be counted.
 Shall the presence of a name written in pencil on a printed bal lot, in addition to the name of the candidate, be held to invalidate the vote?
 Held, that the vote should be considered valid in case the pencil ed name appears on the local reg ister of voters.
 ''5 Shall it be held by the board as the precinct judges in several places held, that the scratching of the printed name of a candidate. and the substitution of another can didate's name in ink or pencil. is .l.. ,l T the vote?
 Held in the negative, and de cided that all such rejected ballots should be compiled by the board as regular
 "6. Shall ballots consisting of scraps of paper bearing only the surname of a candidate written in ink or pencil. and sometimes mis- spelled; or ballots bearing only the surname of three candidates. with a cross opposite one name, be count ed
 Held. that such ballots be re iected. in that they do not conform 10 the form Drescrib- ed bv law. which is as follows:
 "'For Delegate from Alaska.
 
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 "7. Shall ballots containing the words For Delegates from Alaska followed bv the names of two or more candidates with cross or other mark opposite the name of me candidate. be counted as regu- lar and legal?
 Held. that since such ballots d. not substantially violate the form nrescrihed bv law, but clearly show he intent of the voter; and that since they conform with the form Ised in many of the states. known as the blanket ballot.' thev should Ne counted as regular and legal bal lots
 "Proceedine with tho canvass and of the vote. unon the hasis of the foreeoine decisions. the hoard found irreenlarities in the -o+e in several precincts. as follows
 ''No certified copy of the notice of ,'ection or Gin case of new pre- of the creation of voting pre- "incts was received from the com having jurisdiction over Banner, Chandlar, Circle Conner H-eek. Deadwood. Delta. Dikeman. FNlamar Flat Creek. Hone. Iditarod. Kenai. Latonche, Land ock. Miles Glacier, Miller House Nulato. Otter, Otter City, Yuortz Reservation. Scow Bay, Seldovia, Sunrise or Treadwell The vote IS returned from these precincts is therefore irregular, if not illegal. and S compiled in separate tables.
 "The certified copies of commits 'ioners' notices were undated in the 'ase of the following voting pre- 'incts: Bettles. Coldfoot, Eureka Hot Springs. Nolan. Rampant and The vote from these places s therefor compiled as irregular
 "The copy of the commissioners notice of election at Porcupine is lated June 2S: at Dahl. July &, at Golden Gate, July &: at She'd+on Tuly 8; at Tavlor July 8; at Nak- lek. Aug. 5: at Nushagak, August 5; It Willow Creek, July 8: at Clark's Point. August g. at Dillineham. Au- rust 5; at Girdwood, July 8; at <oggiung, August 5; at Knik, July }, and at Fort Gibbon, July 8. These latcs were in each case less than sixty days prior to the date of the election. and the election notices were therefore illegal Accordingly he returns from these places are complied as irregular
 "No election certificate was re- 'eived from the precinct judges or rom the clerk of the court for the ,rincinct of Miles Glacier. The re- urns from that place are, therefore, complied as irregular
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