Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-29
QUESTIONS FOR
EXAMINATIONS
eiectisn officers Must be
Able to Answer These.
s,ec,a, to the EVENING NEWS.

ject matter on which the candidates
for positions on the boards OF reg
istry and election are to be exam
ined were made public Saturday by
the State Civil Service Commission.
Each candidate is to be required to
answer ten questions selected from
these. The commission, of course,
has reserved for itself the right to
combine and vary the questions In
the different tests to be held through
out the state.
This is the first time New Jersey
has subjected election officers to take
a civil service test and as the re-
CURED Information of the necessi-
ties for serving on the board cannot
be distributed from the Secretary of
States office In sufficient time before
the dates set for the examinations,
the questions were prepared to give
prospective candidates an Idea Of
what will be expected of them. The
this year is not to be taken as prece-
dent for future examinations.
The test papers were not prepared
until the legality Of such an act was
passed on. by. the attorney general.
The attorney generals answer was
that eff the number of questions Sc
lected Is sufficient to cover generally
the whole scope of the act, ] can see
no prohibition in the statute which
would make such action on your part
improper, but, on the contrary, am
inclined TO agree with you that as a
matter of principle the proposed &C
ton would be conducive to good re
suits"
The Questions.
The questions prepared by the
Commission are as follows:
/. When do boards of registry and
election meet for organization?
Q. What officers are chosen by the
board of election at the first meet
ing?
3. In last OF a tie vote for Chair
man of the board of election or in
spector what Is done?
a. How many days can be given to
house to house canvass?
5. When must poll clerks give no.
tice of time and place Of primary
election.
6. If in making a house to house
canvass you find a house closed,
would you put a mans name on the
list some n told you the mar lived
there?
Z. Can an election officer be also
a candidate to be voted for?
8. Is any particular member of
the board of election authorized by
law to administer the oath?
8. When is the first registry day?
10. From whom are the necessary
books for making registration re-
ceived?
II. How is the first registry made
il municipalities of 5000 or less?
IL. How Is the first registry made
in municipalities of more than 5000?
10. Can several persons be regis
tered by one affidavit?
IA. What Is done with the afida-
Wits on which voters are registered?
Is. When is primary day hereaf-
ter?
16. Suppose a man who would be
in the state a year on November, de-
sired to register on primary day,
would you allow him to do SO?
IT. When Is second registry day?
IS. How many registry lists must
be kept hereafter In municipalities
of over 5000?
o COu Wudl uoulo IL IuS
primary election hereafter to be
held?
20. What is the first thing a
voter must do when he comes into
vote at the primary?
21. Can a person who voted in a
democratic primary last year vote
in the republican this year?
%. Can a person register at the
primary without then voting?
%. How many different kinds of
registry lists must hereafter be kept
in municipalities of v o. 5000?
"a. May names be placed on Dri-
mary and general election lists by
affidavit In cities Of yer 5000?
rs. When poll book Is missing,
how may primary registry lists he
made up?
rs. To what class of municipal
tiles do the general provisions of the
election law which formerly applied
to municipalities having less than
10000 now apply?
27. Are official ballots for the
primary or general election to be
distributed to the voters before
hand? If not, what are distributed?
%. How can sample ballots be
distinguished from those to be
voted?
20. How are sample ballots
distributed? By whom and when?
80. When, where, and how must
registration lists be exposed for the
inspection of the people?
81. What else Is done beside
mailing sample ballots to inform
voters about names to be voted?
80. From whom does the election
board receive sample ballots and
when?
80. Who are entitled to vote at
the primary for delegates to Nation
al conventions?
"a. How is the voter to vote on
the new form of ballot?
35. May a voter vote for a per-
son whose name does not appear on
the official ballot? If SO, how?
36. What Is to be done with cou-
pom attached at the top of a new bal
lot?
81. II a voter spoils his ballot
what is to be done?
38. Name some of the entries
that must hereafter be made in the
registration book or signature copy
book in municipalities of over
5000?
80. Name some of the items of
Identification In the book entitled
Identification, Statements for Re-
gistry" and state what use is to be
made Of that book?
40. Suppose a voter could not