The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-11-16

Rlse shd thS - of = esfSaIIi
Afee5 in ,thA DxSpasatt0h etI
hahoti to be voted. shall be SoaxfIil
go. In .ali rsspsetsy b5 the pro ist0is
OF chapter 81 code OF West yirg4nia,
being what Slcoinmofily understood
as the Australian Ballot Lave pro
Vided, however, that in order to ex-
pediate the voting, the election com
missioners, AZ well as the clerks,
may, on the request of any voter,
enter a booth, and assist the voter
IN preparing his ballot. The voter
shall indicate his choice Of candi-
dates by drawing a line with a pen
ell Or pen, through the names of the
candidates on the ballot for whom
ne does not desire to vote, or by
making a cross mark opposite the
candidate or candidates for WHOM
ne desires to vote. He shall have
the right to vote for as many can.
didates for any one office as there
are persons to be elected to- the Of.
nee. All ballots shall. be counted
however no matter how marked by
the voter If the intention Of the ,vot-
Cer as to his choice Of candidates car,
be reasonably ascertained from the
ballot. The poll books; tally sheets
certificates for making out and certi-
Tying the result Of the election shall
be OF the form Of, and similar to
those used In conducting gen
era" elections. The election com.
missiohers for each voting precinct
shall be appointed not later than
the last Tuesday in April, A. D
1917. II any voter shall spoil a bal.
lot delivered to him, he shall be fur.
nished a second ballot, upon the per,
romance Of the acts and things re.
quired by law, at general =, cleo
tlon, In order to secure a second bal.
lot. .. -. -. -. '.'.!.. ...... III
"" ~. No commissioner or clerl,
shall furnish to any voter, or re,
cetNe FROM any voter, and deposit in
the ballot box, any ballot except one
OF the official ballots furnished al
'hereihbefore provided, to be voted
at the primary, nor until, and unless
the election clerk shall have written
their names upon the back OF the
ballot. When the polls are closed
the clerks, shall enter - upon" the
poll-books, in words; the total mum.
Der of ballots cast at the election
1recincts,' and the clerks and com.
nissioners shall all write theft
1am'cs"upon the poll books, under
aid entry. ~'...'.
20i Immediately upon closing the
DOLLS, the commissioners and clerks
IN the presence Of the challengers
II any, in each precinct, shall pro,
coed to count the ballots cast FOL
each candidate, and shall make out
certificate showing the candidates.
name, the Office for which he was a
candidate. and the number Of votes
received and also the name OF the
persons voted for as members OF
the state central committee, OF
member-e committee for-any
subdivision Of the state, and tho
number of votes received by such
candidate. The returns shall be
made out in triplicate, and be signed
by the. election commissioners and
clerks of the voting precinct, AM
me copy thereof, together with the
ballots cast at the election, poll
books, and. tally, sheets, shall be
forthwith delivered to The Secretary
If the republican county executive
committee Of the county, one copy
shall, as soon as made out, be post
ed On the front door Of the room in
which the election is held, and the
other copy Of the certificate shall be
nailed by the election commission,
ers to the secretary Of the repub-
'ican state central committee.
Within three days from June (,
1912, the election commissioners
and clerks. who conducted the pri,
mary at each precinct in every
county, shall make and subscribe tc
the following oath and file the same
With the secretary Of the county
committee:
I'VE, the election commissioners
Ind clerks who conducted the pri,
nary ELECTION in precinct No. -
county Of -, each and
I'll solemnly swear, that in conduct
'AS salo etectlon we d1d not permit
my person to vote whom we did not
believe to be legal qualified voter
md republican and did not permit
my person to cast more than one
)allot,' and in all cases where we
assisted any voter in the prepare
ion Of his ballot, we carried out
he expressed wish Of the voter
rhat we counted correctly and truly
he ballots as cast by the voters, and
he result Of said election as certl
led by us, contains true and cor.
-ect- return of the votes cast Al
aid precinct.
Commissioners