The Washington bee., 1912-01-20
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Each board of judges shall keep
registration record, upon which shanV
be entered before the vote IS deposi-
| ted, the full name of the voter, his
! street and the number OF his resi-
dence. No voter shall be allowed
to deposit his ballot until such regis
tration IS fully completed.
Ien minutes prior to the closing OF
the polls, the chairman of each board
| OF Judges shall announce that the
polls will be closed at the time here
after to be fixed by this Board OF
Election. At the close of the polls,
each board OF judges shall open the
boxes and openly count the ballots
cast and made a return thereof. 10
| be signed by them. or a majority @:
! them, which returns shall state the
Iname OF the persons Tor whom ballots
[ are cast, the number received bv each.
and shall thereupOn make 4 public
declaration of the results. The hoard
| of judges or q majority of them I'M
mediately after making such declara-
tion shall seal up all the ballots and
over their names shall address and de-
liver the same, duly certified. together
with the registration record. 10 the
Returning Board within two hours
| from the time of such sealing. In
no case shall the board of Judges
adjourn until its duties are completed.
The Returning Board shall choose
one of its members as chairman and
another as clerk At the expiration
of two hours from the close OF the
polls, said returning Board shall con
vene to receive the returns from the
several boards OF judges at such place
as may be hereafter designated. SAID
Returning Board shall unseal the
| packages of ballots and tabulate the
returns as made by the boards OF
! judges. No appeal shall be allowed
by the Returning Board from a de-
cision of the board of judges relative
| to the qualification OF a voter When
the Returning Board shall have com
pleted its tabulatiOu, it shall openly
| announce the names Of persons fOr
whom votes have been cast and the
number received by each.
| The Returning Board or a majority
of them shall upon the completion
of its duties file Immediately with
| the Election Board d statement over
| their signatures showing the names
of the persons for whom votes have
been cast and the number received
| by each candidate.
This Election Board, or a majority
OF them, shall give to each of the two
| candidates for delegate and to each
! of the two candidates for alternates
on the ballot receiving the greatest
number of votes a certificate of cleo
| tiOn as delegates and alternates, re
spectively, to the Republican Nation
al Convention.
| To secure recognition under this
call each ticket must be complete,
consisting of two candidates for dele
gates and two candidates for alter
mates, and must be indorsed IN writ
ing by at least one hundred citizens
of the District of Columbia, to be
| filed with the election board at its
office in the Union Building 6Io-2I @
/ Street Northwest, on or before Il
o'clock noon, Thursday, February
! first, nineteen hundred and twelve
The candidates comprising each
! ticket must deposit with the Finance
| Committee to be selected by the Elec-
| ton Board on or before January thir-
tieth, nineteen hundred and twelve.
the sum OF four hundred ($4OOOo)
dollars, payment to be made to the
| chairman of the Finance Committee
on or before II o'clock noon, Feb
ruary first, nineteen hundred and
| twelve.
The money so subscribed will be
used to defray the expenses covering
the purchase of registration books.
printing of ballots, compensation OF
/ judges Of election and clerks, reg
istration and voting booths, and 9th
er necessary expenses.
The Finance Committee will
make all disbursements, and after
this election is closed an accounting
will be held and any unexpeuded bal
anCe remaining in the hands of the
Finance Committee will be returned
TO the candidates representing each
ticket. every ticket to receive its pro-
rata OF the surplus.
| Changes or amendments to these
regulations may be made IN the dis
cretion OF the Election Board.
LEONARD P. BRADSHAW (SeaD.
Chairman.
iTNO. LEWIS SMITH (SeaD
| ANDREW J. THOMAS, (SeaD.
Washington, ID. c., Jan 9th, 1912,