Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-07


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 Board 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
| death, resignation or refusal to accept
| or serve of any person certified or ap-
pointed, another selection shall be made
J 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 ap-
pointed.
SECTION O. That Section 2764 OF
| Kirby's Digest be amended so as TO read
| as follows
| SECTION 27GI. The said commission.
ers shall hold office until their success-
ors are appointed anG qualified. Sai4
| 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 a board Of cleo
| tion commissioners by electlng one mem
| Der 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 al 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, ana
| every adjournment shall designate the
time and place OF their next meeting
until their duties are completed
SECTION 3. That Section 27s5 OF
| Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
| as follows:
| SECTION 27G5. They shall, upon
| their organization as aforesaid, pro-
coed 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 .
record of such appointment and shalr
| 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 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 each
township and voting precinct in said
| county, not more than two persons to
be appointed from one list for judges In
any precinct. II any judge so appointed
shall die or resign before the election.
said board shall FIJI the vacancy from
the list of the party nominating the per-
! son dying or resigning.
SECTION !. Any authorized POLITICAL
party may, through its State chairman
| or through its County chairman in such
! counties where 1t has County commits
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 fileA
with the County Board or 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 booksI
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 compile
tion and certification OF the returns.l
but shall not In any way be permitted
to interefer with or perform any of
their duties nor shall they be permitted
|
for q voter, but at the request of any
voter requiring assistance any watcher
designated by him shall be allowed to ba
present at the filling out of his ticket
by the judge assisting him.
SECTION B. That section 2S04 OF
Kirby's Digest be amended so as TO
read as follows:
SECTION 2S04. The judges Of cleo
tion of each party shah appoint one
clerk at each precinct
SECTION 6. That section 2S19 OF
Klrby's Digest be amended so as to read
as follows
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 the judges, to be selected by him, iII
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,
ity party shall have his choice of WORK.
in the duties prescribed in Section 282g
of Kirbys Digest. the counting of the
ballots shall begin immediately upon
the closing of the polls, and shall be-
continued without interruption until the
count is completed.
SECTION 8. That Section 1881 OF
Kirby's Digest be hereby repealed.
| SECTION 8. That Section 1888 Of
Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
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 the other certificate tallysheets
and poll books shall be retained by the
judges, free for the inspection of all
persons. 1t shall be the duty of the
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
same together with the certificate tally
sheets and poll books as aforesaid 80
the County Election Commissioners TO
be kept as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 10. That Section 1886 of
Kirby's Digest be amended so as TO read
as follows:
SECTION 1886. AS soon as the re-
turns from all the precincts are recely-
ed, but in no event later than the second
day after the election the County Elec-
ton Commissioners SHALL from the cer-
tificate 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
of 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 tho
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 commits
| SiOnerS of election shall within two