Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-01
FOR ACT NO. 3. AGAINST ACT NO. 3.


 SECTION |, That rection 2769 of | kirhN's Digest he amended as to reao as follows:
 SEtTION 27s3. The Governor. Secre tary of State and Attorney General shall constitute a State Board of Election Com mlssoherS whose duty it shall be to meet in the office of the Governor iT tn" state Capitol on the second Monday Tn July next preceding any general eler ton for State and County officers to ap point three qualified electors as commis si"nerS in each county to select election judges for each voting precinct. and tc scfihed. Their meetings shall be public and every adjournment shat designate 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 candidate foi election shall act as County Commis- sioner The appointment of the County Commissioners shall be in writing, un- der the hands of the State Board and 1 the said state Board shall immediat tely mail to each County Commissioner, at the county seat notice of his ap- pointment. and. in addition thereto. shall mail to the clerk of the Circuit Court in such county a certificate of the ap- pointment of such commissioners. 1nd 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 notice requiring said commissioners to appear before said clerk, on or before the day fixed for 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 q 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 litical parties whose candidates for gov 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 sons from one of said lists and one from the other of said lists for County Elec- tion Commissioners in each county. Tn the event the chairman of party shall by this Act for any county. the State Board 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 Roard of Election Com missioners. and the Secretary of State shall keep one of each of said triplicate 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
 
 Or serve of any person certified or ap- pointed. another selection shall be made from the list of the party from whose list 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 refuse to accept or serve when certified or ap- pointed.
 SECTION ?. That Section 2764 of Kirbys Digest be amended so as to read as follows:
 SECTION 27s4. The said commission CTS shall hold office until their success ors are appointed anc qualified. Said commissioners shall meet at the court house at Nine O'Clock in the forenoon on the second Monday in August prior to the general election. and shall or, ganiZe themselves into board of elec- tion commissioners by electing one mem Der chairman and another clerk Each ] commissioner shall have one vote, and two shall constitute quorum. and the concurring votes of any two shall de 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 at the beginning of said hour and two other times at in- tervals of not less than twenty minutes. Their meetings, shall ,be public: sand every adjournment shall desfghate the time and place of their next meeting
 
 SECTION 3. That Section 27s5 of as follows: Z
 their organization as aforesaid, pr01 ceed forthwith to appoint three judges 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 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 fled to the board at it's first meeting 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 township and voting precinct in said county. not more than two persons to be appointed from one list for judges in. amy prscinet Ga If any judge so appointed said board shall fill the vacancy from the list of the party nominating the per son dying or resigning.
 SECTION 4. Any authorized political party may. through it's State chairman or through it's County chairman in such counties where 1t has County commit  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 the 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, to interefer with or perform any of their duties nor shall they be permitted to assist ip the making out of any ticket for 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.
 Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read as follows:
 SECTION 2S04 The Judges of cleo