The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-05-23
MANY WILL TAKE
CIVIL SERVICE TEST
About 100000 Persons Want
to Be Election Officers

The New Jersey Civil Service COM
mission has completed its plans for
holding the examinations for election
officers, as provided for in the new
primary and election act, and the in
dications are that the number of those
taking the test in the state will be
close to $4,000.
All of the examinations will be held
in the daytime. The applicant will
.irst undergo physical tests that will
include one for color blindness, phys
ical defects or deformity. Then they
will be tested as to ability to add
and substract columns of figures, and
finally ten written questions will be
submitted to them to ascertain what
knowledge of the election law they
have absorbed.
The following are samples of the
questions which will be asked of ap-
plioants:
l. How many men on the board of
registry and election?
2. If blind man came in to vote
what would you do?
3. If you saw a man electioneering
outside the polling place what would
you do? Why?
4. Can official ballots be distri-
buted outside of polling place?
5. How are voters to know. in ad-
vance who the candidates are?
6. If thirteen candidates for Assem-
bly, are to be voted for and fourteen
are unscratched, how would you count
for Assemblymen?
Z. How are names not voted indica-
ted on primary ballot?
8. In counting ballots, how should
officers having this in charge pro-
ceed?
8. Would you reject a primary bal
lot because no choice had been made
of two candid ties for county register,
but choice had been made of others?
10. Can man vote at the primary
who did not vote at the last election
and has not registered before primary
day?
The answers of these questions
follow;
1. Four.
2. If he can sign his name, ask him
the usual questions. If he cannot,
ask him the additional questions in
such case provided. The the board
may designate any or all of it's men,
bt S to go to the booth to assist the
voter il ns king his ballot.
3. Cause his arrest; old law forbids
electioneering within a hundred feet
of polls.
4. No.
.. Sample ballots of another color
thai the Official ballot are mailed to
them.
q. The vote for the Assemblymen
could not be counted, as the voters
choice has not been made apparent.
Z. Names not marked are not voted
3. Substantially as under old law.
Election judge takes ballot from box,
reads it, delivers it to inspector. If
tho latter is satisfied it is numbered
and strung. The clerks shall keep
a list of the votes cast for each candi
date, making a figure l. Il any mem
Der of the board dissents to the
counting of any vote a record shall
be kept.
8. The ballot is to be counted for
all ticees where the voter's choice
is clearly expressed.
10. Yes, if he has been registered
by affidavit.
1t is the intention of the commits
sion to make the examination as easy
as possible, at the same time seeing
to it tnat the applicant has the quail
fications and requisite knowledge of
the law under which he is to work.
Among the qualifications asked for
in the new act is a certificate of
good character
When the examinations are com
pleted and the names of the success
full applicants known they will be
certified to tn different county board
of election, which in the presence of
the county judge will place them in
box and draw them out. The first
two names drawn will be the cleo
ton officers of the party they repre-
sent in their district. II there are no
applicants or if no one passes the ex-
animation in district the county
| judge can appoint.