Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-08
FOR ACT NO. 3. AGAINST ACT NO. 3.

Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read as follows:
 SECTION 2763. The Governor. Secre tary of State and Attorney General shall constitute State Board of Election Com misSioners, whose duty it shall be tC meet in the office of the Governor in | the State Capitol on the second Monday | in July next preceding any general cleo | tion for State and County officers to ap- | point three qualified electors as commits sioners in each county to select election perform the other duties herein pre- scribed. Their meetings shall be public | and every adjournment shaN designate 1 the time and place of their next meet | ing until their duties are completed No ! person who is a candidate for any of | flee to be voted for at such election. or is a deputy or clerk or employe of any officer or person who is a candidate fot election shall act as County Commits 1 sloner The appointment of the County | Commissioners shall be in writing, un- | the said State Board shall immediately | mail to each County Commissioner a the county seat. q notice of his ap pointment and in addition thereto shah | mail to the clerk of the Circuit Court in such county certificate of the ap- pointment of such commissioners and. l upon the receipt of such certificate. it shall be the duty of such Circuit Clerk | to cause to be served upon each of said commissioners, by the sheriff. a notice requiring said commissioners to appear
 
 fixed Tor entering upon their duties, and take and subscribe the oath pre- scribed by Section twenty of Article nineteen of the Constitution which said oath shall be endorsed on the certificate. and. when so endorsed, said certificate shall be filed in said office as d record.
 The State Board of Election Commis- sioners shall select the County Election Commissioners from lists of qualified electors certified to it by the chairmen of the State committees of the two po- if..l Il ernor received the highest and next highest number of votes in the last pre- ceding general election. The chairman of each of said parties shall certify the names of at least three persons from each county, and the said State Board of Commissioners shall appoint two per the other of said lists for County Elec- tlon Commissioners in each county. In the event the chairman of d party shall fail to certify the names as required Roard shall appoint some member of that party of it's own selection for com missioner Said lists shall be filed in triplicate in the office of the Secretary of State ten days before the first meet ing of the State Eoard of Election Com and the Secretary of State lists on file in his office and shall de liver the others to the other members of the State Board. In the event of the death, resignation or refusal to accept
  pointed. another selection shall be made from the list of the party from whose llst such person was selected The State chairman shall promptly certify names of other persons to take the places of those on their lists who fail or refuse to accept or serve when certified or ap- pointed 5T
 SECTION ?. That Section 2764 of Kirby S Digest be amended so as to read as follows:
 SECTION 2764. The said commission CTS shall hold office until their success OTIS are appointed anc qualified Said commissioners shall meet at the court house at Nine O'Clock in the forenoon on the seeohd Monday In August prior to the general election. and shall or ganize themselves into a board of cleo tion commissioners by electing one mem Der chairman and another clerk. Each eommissioner shall have one vote, and two shall constitute quorum and the concurrinS votes of any two shall de- eide all questions before them, Provided that no proceedings with less than three members shall be had at any meeting until two of said members shall have remained actually present in the place of meeting continuously for one hour and have had the third member publicly called three times, once al the beginning of said hour and two other times at in tervals of not less than twenty minutes. Their meetings shall be public, and every adjournment shall designate the time and place of their next meeting until their duties are completed.
 SECTION 5. That Section 2765 of Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read as follows:
 SECTION a765. They shall, upon thelr organization as aforesaid, pro- of election for each voting precinct in the county, which appointments shall be served on or delivered to the persons appointed by the sheriff of the county, and the clerk of the board shall make a record of such appointment and shall file the same. attested by the chairman and the clerk of the board, with the county clerk. All of said County Com missioners shall not be members of the same political party. Said judges shall be selected from lists of persons certi- by the chairmen of the County commit tees of the two parties casting the high est and next highest number of votes in said county in the last general cleo tion for State and County officers, said lists to contain the names of not less than three qualified persons from each township and voting precinct in said county. not more than two persons to be appointed from one list for judges in any precinct. If any judge so appointed shall die or resign berore the election, said board shall fill the vacancy from the list of the party nominating the per son dying or resigning.
 SECTION i. Any authorized political party may, through its State chairman or through it's County chairman in such counties where it has County commit tees. designate one person to act as watcher at each voting precinct where no election judge of that party has been appointed. Said watchers to serve with out compensation. The names of tho persons so designated shall be filed with the County Board Of Election Com missioners at least five days before the election in which they are to act and the County board shall send the names of the persons so named as watchers to the election judges with the poll books. tally sheets, ballots and other supplies and such persons shall be sworn in the same manner as the judges are, and shall be permitted to freely observe all acts of the judges and clerks from the opening of the polls until the comple- tion and certification Of the returns, but shall not in any way be permitted to interefer with or perform any of their duties, nor shall they be permitted to assist in the making out of any ticket for a voter, but at the request of any voter requiring assistance any watcher designated by him shall be allowed to be present at the filling out of his ticket by the judge assisting him.
 SECTION ,. That section 2SO4 of Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read as follows:
 SECTION 2sO4. The judges of cleo tion of each party shall appoint one clerk at each precinct
 SECTION $. That section 2S19 of