Pocahontas star herald., 1912-07-05


| triplicate in the office of the Secretary
| of State ten days before the first meet
! ing OF the State Board OF Election Com
mssiQners, and the Secretary or 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
4 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 made
| 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 or
! those on their lists who fail or refuse
to accept OF serve when certified OF ap-
| pointed.
SECTION 2, That Section 2764 Of
| Kirbys Digest be amended so as to read
as follows:
| SECTION 27G4. The said commissions
ers shall hold office until their sucoessL
ors are appointed ana 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 a board of cleo
tion commissioners by electing one mem
Der chairman and another clerk. Each
| commissioner shall have one vote. and
| two shall constitute u 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
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 duties are completed.
| SECTION g. That Section 2765 OF
Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
as follows:
SECTION 27G5 They shall upon
their organization as aforesaid pro
ceed 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 shall
file the same, attested by tho 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 chalrmen Of the County commit
tees of the two parties casting the high
est and next highest number or votes
in said county in the last general cleo
tion for State and County officers said
lists to contain the names of not less
township and voting precinct in sai0
county, not more than two persons 10
be appointed from one list for judges in
any precinct If any judge so appointed
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 its State chairman
or through it's County chairman in such
! counties where ii has County commit
tees. designate one person to act az
| 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 tho
persons so designated shall be filed
. with the County Board or Election Cons
missloners 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.l
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 ALI
acts of the judges and clerks from the
} opening of the polls until the compile
tion and certification OF the returns,
but shall not in any way be permitted
r to interefer with or perform any OF
their duties, nor shall they be permitted
: to assist in the making out OF any ticket
I for voter. but at tile 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 g. That section 1904 OF
Kirby's Digest be amended so as 10
! read as follows:
I SECTION 2SO4. The judges of cleo
a tion Of each party shall appoint one
/ clerk at each precinct
: SECTION g. That Section 2s19 Of
Q Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
A as follow5: >-y---.s--..
1 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, IN
the preparation Of his ballot, who, in
the presence of the elector, shall pre-
i pare his ballot for him as he wishes 10
vote It,
= ity party shall have his choice of work
, in the duties prescribed In Section 2827
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 5. That Section 1881 OF
Kirby's Digest be hereby repealed.
SECTION 8. That Section 2sS3 OF
: Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
SECTION 1888. The said certificate
and the ballots sealed IN separate pack
ages, snail De conveyed Dy one or the
e judges. to be determined by lot II 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
E judges. free for the inspection of all
persons. 1t shall be the duty of the
T judges of election OF the several pre-,
j cincts, after the ballots shall have been
inspectg3 and counted, TO securely en-
velope all such ballots and send the
| same, together with the certificate, tally
sheets and poll books as aforesaid, to
0 the County Election Commissioners, TO
4 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 receiV-
D ed but in no event later than the second
day after the election, the County Elec-
: tion Commissioners shall. from the GER
! tificate and ballots received from the
several precincts, proceed to ascertain
D and declare the result of said election.
and shall, within fifteen days after the
r day of said election, deliver certificate
= of his election to any person having the
r highest number of legal voters for mem
= Der of the House of Representatives, or
Y any county or township officer, and the
said commissioners shall also file in the
! Office of the clerk Of the County Court
' a certificate setting forth i'm detail the
/ result of said election. The commits
= sioners of election shall, within two
! ! dayS after the gOmDarisOn and evanofna