The Huttig news., 1912-06-01

missioner. Said lists shall be filed io duplicate 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 trfplieate lists file in his office and shall de- liver the others to the other members of the State Board. In the event of tho l death, resignation or refusal to accept l Or serve Of any person certified or ap- /! pointed, another selection shall be made l from the list of the party from whose ] list such person was selected. The State 1 chairman shall promptly certify names | of other persons to take the places Of l those on their lists who fail or refuse i to accept or serve when certified or ap- pointed
 SECTION ?. That Section 2764 of 1 klrby's Digest be amended so as to read 1 as follows:
 l SECTION 2764 The said commissions 1 CTS shall hold office until their success I ors are appointed anG qualified. Said | commissioners shall meet at the court 1 on the second Monday In August prior l to the general election, and shall or l ganize themselves into a board of cleo l tton commissioners by electng one mem ] Der chairman and another clerk. Each l commissioner shall have one vote, and l two shall constitute a quorum and the 1 concurring votes of any two shall de- l eide all questions before them. Provided | that no proceedings with less than three ] members shall be had at any meeting 1 until two of said members shall have l remained actually present in the place | of meeting continuously for one hour; l and have had the third member publicly, 1 called three times. once at the beginning 1 or said hour and two other times at in. 1 Their meetings shall be public andt 1 every adjournment shall designate the1 | time and place of their next meeting 1 until their duties are completed. l SECTION B. That Section 2765 of
 Kirby,s Digest be amended so as to read | as follows:
 SECTION 2765. They shall. upon 1 their organization aforesaid, pro-
 ceed forthwith to appoint three judges | of election for each voting precinct in 1 the county, which appointments shall be- i 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 file the same, attested by the chairman | and the clerk of the board, with the : county clerk. All of said County Com
 same political party. Said judges shall 1 be selected from lists of persons certi- l fled to the board at it's first meeting by the chairmen of the County commits tees of the two parties casting the high-S
 est and next highest number of votes ] in said county in the last general elee-
 lists to contain the names of not less l than three qualified persons from eachi
 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 resign berore the election,
 said board shall fill the vacancy from
 the list of the party nominating the per- son dying or resigning.
 l SECTION 4. Any authorized politicaE ] party may, through it's State chairman or through its County chairman in such counties where it has County commit
 tees designate one person to act as l watcher at each voting precinct who're 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 filed with the County Board Of Election Com- i missioners at least five days before thnf l election in which they are to act, and l 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 tho
 same manner as the judges are, and shall be permitted to freely observe all acts of the judges and clerks from the. g opening of the polls until the comple-' y tion and eertification of the returns;;,, = but shall not in any way be permitted, d their duties. nor shall they be permitted If for voter, but at the request of any l. voter requiring assistance any watcher - present at the filling out of his ticket s by the judge assisting him.
 a SECTION 5. That section 2so4 of 2 SECTION 2se4. The judges of elec- , tion of each party shall appoint one SECTION 6. That section 2s19 of Kirbys Digest be amended so as to reaas SECTION 2s19. Any eieetor who shah,
 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 or ona
 of the judges to be selected by him, in
 the the presence of the eiector shall mo pre- e.
 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 2S2T
 of Kirby's Digest The counting of tho
 the closing of the polls and shall ba
 continued without interruption until thss 1 count is completed.
 SECTION 8. That Section 2ss1 or | Kirby's Digest be hereby repealed
 SECTION 9. That Section 2S33 of
 Kirby,s Digest be amended so as to read
 SECTION 2ss3. The said certificaeer l and the ballots, sealed Tn separate pack judges, to be determined by lot. if they.
 cannot otherwise agree, to the County
 Election Commissioners within twentyl
 and the other certificate, tallysheet5
 and poll books shall be retained by the
 judges free Sa fSr the ss inspection of all judges of election Of the several prei
 cincts, after the ballots shall have beert | velope all such ballots and send the
 same together with the certificate, tally
 sheets and poll books as aforesaid. to
 the County Election Commissioners to
 be kept as hereinafter provided.
 SECTION 1e That Section 2s36 od
 kirby,s Digest be amended so as to read
 as follows:
 SECTION 2S36. As soon as the re-
 turns from all the precincts are receiy ed, but in no event later than the second
 day after the election the County Elec- tion Commissioners shall. from the cer- tifeate and ballots received frsm 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 a 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
 a certificate setting forth in detail the
 result of said election. The commits
 sioners of election shall, within two
 days after the comparison and examina-
 tion of the returns of any election de-
 posit in the nearest postofice on the
 most direct route to the seat of govern
 ment, certified copies of the abstracts Of