Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-21

| snail Keep one OF etlCn Oh StNl llIpliNtt''
lists on file in his office and shall de-
! liver the others to the other members
of the State Board In the event or the
| death, resignation or refusal TO accept
! or serve of any person certified or ap-
pointed, another selection shall be mace
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 or refuse
to accept or serve when certified or al
pointed,
SECTION ., That Section 2764 o.
| Kirby's Digest be amended 80 as to reed
as follows
| SECTION 2764. The said commission
ers shall hold office until their success
ors are appointed anG 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
ganlZe themselves into a board of cleo
l ton commissioners by electng one MEM
ber chairman and another clerk Each
| commissioner shall have one vote, and
two shall constitute a 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 In the place
| of meeting continuously for one hour
and have had the third member publicly
| of said hour and two other times at IN
| tervals of not less than twenty minutes.
| Their meetings shall be public ard
| every adjournment shall designate the
time and place of their next meeting
until their duties are completed,
| SECTION 3. That Section 27G5 Of
Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
as follows:
| SECTION 2765 They shall upon
their organization as aforesaid pro
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of election for each voting precinct ia
the county, which appointments shall be
served on or delivered to the persons
lapponted 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 Doard 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 or persons ceTti-
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
than three qualified persons from eachl
township and voting precinct In SAID
county, not more than two persons to
be appointed from one list for judges In
any precinct IL 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 a. Any authorized political
party may, through it's State chairman
or through its County chairman in ,'noh
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 so designated shall be flea
with the County Board or Election Conc
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 ana other supplies.
and such persons shall be sworn in the
same manner as the judges are, and
shall be permitted TO freely observe ell
acts of the judges and clerks from theI
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 8. That section 2S04 or
Kirby's Digest be amended so as 70
read as follows:
SECTION 2S04. The judges of eloc-
tion of each party shall appoint one
clerk at each precinct
SECTION G. That section 2819 Of
, Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
as follows
SECTION 2Sls. Any eiector who shall
tell the judges that he can not read or
write, or that, by reason of any physi-
cal disability he Is unable to mark his
; ballot, may have the assistance of one
/ Of fhn Ind 10 h.a QaIa fa1 hxf him iVr
the preparation Of his ballot, who, IN
the presence of the elector, shall pre-
pare his ballot for him as he wishes to
vote It,
SECTION Z. The Judge Of the minor
ity party shall have his choice of WORK
in the duties prescribed In Section 2827
of Kirbys Digest. The counting OF tho
ballots shall begin Immediately upon
the closing of the polls, and shall beI
continued without interruption until tho
count is completed.
SECTION s. That Section 1891 OF
Kirby's Digest be hereby repealed
SECTION g. That Section 1888 Of
: Kirby,s Digest be amended so as to rad
| as follows:
SECTION 1888. The said certificate
and the ballots, Sealed IN separate pack
ages, shall be conveyed by one OF the
! | judges, to be determined by lot, If they
cannot otherwise agree, to the County
Election Commissioners within twenty
four hours after the close of the polls
and poll books shall be retained by the
! judges, free for the inspection of air
persons. 1t shall be the duty of the
I judges of election OF the several pre-
cincts, after the ballots snail have been
inspected and counted, TO securely en-
velope all such ballots and send the
/ SAM, together with the certificate, tally
shee IS and poll books as aforesaid, 20
, the County Election Commissioners, TO
be kept as hereinafter provided.
4 SECTION 10. That Section 1886 on
Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
as follows:
SECTION 2S3G AS soon as the re-
! turns from all the precincts are receiV-
, | ed but in no event later than the second
day after the election, the County Elec-
| tion Commissioners shall, from the GER
, tifcate and ballots received from the
: several precincts, proceed to ascertain
, and declare the result of said election
and shall. within fifteen days after the
day of said election, deliver certificate
or his election to any person having the
highest number OF legal voters for mem
> Der OF the House of Representatives. or
any county or township officer, and the
= said commissioners shall also file in the
Office of the clerk of the County Court
: certificate setting forth in detail the
{ | result of said election. The commlk-
sioners Of election shall, within two
days after the comparison and examine
[ ton OF the returns of any election, de
: post in the nearest postof1ice. on the
most direct route to the seat of govern
/ ment, certified copies Of the abstracts OF
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