El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-05
GAIL PRIMARIES ILLEGAL

, reason that the same were occupied
| by other voters; that while it was pos
sibly true that the voting booths were
| so occupied, that the same were fraud
I ulentIy and unlaWfully taken up and
occupied by voters desiring to and who
! had been induced TO cast their votes in
testant"
It is further charged that voters
with tire knowledge and consent of the
| officers conducting the election were
admitted to the polling place and to
the polling booths through a private
back entrance to the room, and were
not required TO stand in line at the
usual and designated place Of en-
trance and take their due turn in vot-
ing, and that voters to the number of
100 or more were admitted to this pri-
Yate back entrance.
The charge is made, of course, that
said voters surreptiuously entering
said polling place by said rear and pri-
vate entrance were directed thereto
affiliated with and working for the
success of the ring as against the anti
ring ticket"
Complain Of Threats
At precinct 6, it is charged that ''One
Frank Medina, an adherent to and
worker for the success of the ring
ticket was present in and about the
polling place during the time of election
and unlawfully and fraudulently in
timidated and influenced thereat voters
to cast their vote for the candidates
on the ring ticket by threatening in
the hearing of the officers and voters
that the voters would be incarcerated
in Jail unless they should vote for the
ring.
Joe Dunne's Precinct.
In precinct No. Z, of which Joe Dunno
was the presiding judge of election,
the election conducted thereat was IN
lawful, fraudulent and void, for all of
the reasons and causes, for which the
election held in precinct No. is al
legged to have been fraudulent unlaW-
fui and void" says the charge, and
for the further reason that in and near
the polling place, the judges, Officers and
clerks of the election and the voters
thereat were supplied with whisky and
other intoxicating liquors and INDUCED
in drinking at the polling place and
upon the premises where the election
was being held"
The allegation is made that Dunno
was an adherent of the ring faction
and opposed TO the election of contest
ants and that Dunno refused to per-
nit the other officers of election to
assist the nliterate voters thereat, OF
which trere were more than $50, in the
preparing Of their ballots and prevent
ed the associate judge and other off
GERS Of election who were friendly to
the anti-ring contestants to be present
at the marking of the ballots for Hit
crate voters and insisted that he alone
should assist nliterate voters in the
preparation of their ballots" 1t is
charged that he marked $50 or more
such ballots.
The contestants charge that they
were denied representation at this poll
ing place by Dunno, in that they re-
queSted in manner and form as re-
quired by law to appoint a supervisor
of election in behalf Of the anti ring"
ticket and whom the candidates and
representatives. of the anti ring ticket
presented to Dunno on the day of the
election, but that Dunno unlawfully
and fraudulently refused to swear in
said supervisor"
Ballots Marked elsewhere.
The charge goes on to state that a
large number of ballots cast at said
election were scratched and marked at
another and different place than in
the polling booth, and were brought
into said polling place and deposited by
the voter in the ballot box as his vote
without having first been handed to
the voter by the judges Of election and
the voter directed to the voting booth
to there prepare his ballot"
In precinct No. Is the election held
thereat was illegally and fraUdulently
held" the charge says, because con-
testants were deprived of representa-
ton among the judges and officers Of
election for the reason that the judges
and other officers Of election who had
been selected or determined upon and
accepted and known as judges and Of
ficers of election who would protect
the rights and interests of contestants
and other candidates on the anti ring
ticket, were not advised Of change of
polling place"
Relative to precincts Nos. 20 and
%, the election held therein was il
legal, fraudulent and void" says the
complaint, for each and all of the
reasons and causes stated wherein the
election held in precinct No. / was
illegal, fraudulent and void, and that
each and all of the unlawful and
fraudulent acts, charged to have been
permitted in said precinct 1, oc-
Cured in and were done in said pre-
cints 20 and % and by the judges and
other officers of election thereof"