The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-20
rrorosnD Br INITIATIVE rnr1rIon
Acr No. ,.
State
TOR ACT NO. 8. AoAIEsT ACT NO. 3.

AoA1HsT ACT NO. 3.
 Re it Enacted by the People of the State of Arkansas.
 | :. SECTION l. That rection 27g3 of ! kirbys Digest be amended so as to read as follows,
 SECTION 2763 The Governor secre- | tary of State and Attorney General shall | constitute state Beard of Election Com | fnissioners whose duty il shall be to | meet in the office of the Governor in | me state Capitol on the second Monday l 10 July next preceding any general eIec- 1 tion Tor State and County officers to ap- | roint three qualified electors as commis- l sioners in each county to select election | Judges for each voting precinct. and to l perform the other duties herein pre- 1 Seribed Their meetings shall be public and every adjournment shr7 designate 1 the tine and place of their next meet l Ing until their duties are completed No | person who is candidate for any off, nee 70 be voted for at such election or | IS deputy CT clerk or employe of any | oficer or person who is a candidate for | election shall act as County Commis- sioner The appointment of the County l Commissioners shall be in writing. un- 1 der the hands of the State Board and the said State Board shall immediately mai to r6Hi County t,omtiisrioitef. at the county seat a notice of his SD pointment and. in addition thereto shall l inall 70 the clerk of the Circuit Court ID such county a certificate of the ap- a | upon the receipt of such certificate if | shall De 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 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 ans. when so endorsed said certificate shall be filed in said offce, as record. The State Board of Election Commis-
 sioners shall select the County Election Commissioners from lists of qualified
 electors certified to it by the charmen or the State committees of the two po- litical parties whose candidates for gov ernor received the highest and next
 highest number of votes m the last pre- eeding 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
 or Commissioners shall appoint two per
 sons from one of said lists and one from the other of said lists for County Elee-
 ton Commissioners in each county In
 the event the chairman of a party shall
 fail to certify the names as required hy this Act for any county. the State
 Board shall appoint some member of
 that party of its own selection for conn missioner. Said lists shall be filed in
 trirlicate in the office of the Secretary
 of State ten days before the first meet
 Ing of the State Board of Election Com
 EilSsionefSt ana the secretary or State
 shall keep one of each of said duplicate lists on file In his office and shall de-
 liver the others to the otfer members
 or the State Board. In the event of the death. resignation or refusal to accept 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 lto take the places of those on their lists who fail or refuse to accept or serve when certified ap-
 pointed
 SECTION 9 That Section 2T64 of
 Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read ds follows.
 SECTION 2764 The said commission CTS shall hold office until their success
 ors are appointed an- 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- ton commissioners by electing one mem-
 Der chairman and another clerk. Each commissioner shall have one vote. and two shall constitute 4 quorum. and the concurring 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 fin the place or 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. and every adjournment shall designate the time and place of their next meeting until their e..tles are completed.
 SECTION g. That Section 27eb of kirbys Digest he amended so as to read az follows:
 SECTION i7eS. They shall upon their organization as aforesaid, pro- ceed forthwith tO appoint three judges or election fOf each voting precinct In the county, which appointments shall be served on or delivered to the persons appointed hy 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- fled to the board at its first meeting by the chairmen of the County commit tees Of the two parties casting the high es; and next highest number of votes in said county in the last general elec- tion for State and County officers, said lists to contain the names of not less than three Quaiifie1 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
 
 son dying resicning SECTION 1. Any authorized political party may. through it's 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 the persons SD designated shall be filed with the County Board of Election Com missioners at least five days before the 1 election in which they are to act and 1 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 in the making out of any ticket | for a voter. but at the request of any voter icquiring 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 5- That section 2S04 of | kirbys Digest be amended so as to read as follows.
 SECTION 2S04 The judges of cleo | ton of each party shall appoint one | clerk at each precinct
 1 SECTION C. That section 2819 of | Ktrby's Digest be amended so as to read