Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-15
FOR ACT NO. 3. AGAINST ACT NO. 8.

Be 1t Enacted by the People of the 1 State of Arkansas:
 1 SECTION l. That Section 2763 of | klrbyS Digest be amended so as to read | as follows:
 | SECTION 2763 The Governor. Secre 1 tary of State and Attorney General shall 1 constitute State Board of Election Com l misSioners, whose duty it shall be tC l meet in the office of the Governor in 1 the State Capitol on the second Monday Tn July next preceding any general cleo l tion for State and County officers to ap- 1 point three qualified electors as commits sioners in each county to select election ] judges for each voting precinct. and to l perform the other duties herein pro scribed. Their meetings shall be public and every adjournment shan designate l the time and place of their next meet | ing until their duties are completed No | person who is candidate for any of l flee to be voted for at such election | is deputy or clerk or employe of any officer or person who is candidate for 1 election shall act as County Commits l sioner. The appointment of the County l Commissioners shall be in writing. un- | der the hands of the State Board and the said State Board shall immediat tely l mail to each County Commissioner. at l the county seat. q notice of his ap- l pointment. and. in addition thereto shall l mail to the clerk of the Circuit Court l in such county a certificate of the ap- | pointment of such commissioners, 3nd 1 upon the receipt of such certificate. it 1 shall be the duty of such Circuit Clerk | to cause to be served upon each of said | commissioners, by the sheriff. notice before said clerk, on or before the day l fixed for entering upon their duties, | and take and subscribe the oath pre- i scribed by Section twenty of Article l nineteen of the Constitution, which said l oath shall be endorsed on the certificate, | and when so endorsed. said certificate shall be filed in said office as a record. ! The State Board of Election Commits sioners shall select the County Election ! Commissioners from lists of qualified electors certified to it by the chairmen l of the State committees of the two pc | Htical parties whose candidates for gov | ernor received the highest and next highest dgin number of of votes In & the last pre-, ] of each of said parties shall certify the names of at least three persons from 1 each county, and the said State Board ] of Commissioners shall appoint two per 1 sons from one of said lists and one from the other of said lists for County Elec- tion Commissioners in each county. In the event the chairman of a party shall fail to certify the names as required by this Act for any county. the, state l that party of it's own selection for com | missioner Said lists shall be filed in duplicate in the office of the Secretary of State ten days before the first meet ing of the State Board of Election Com 1 m1ssioners, and the Secretary of State shall keep one of each of said triplicate lists on file in his office and shall de-
 
 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 from the list of the party from whose list such person was selected. The State chairman shall promptly certify names those on their lists who fail or refuse to accept or serve when certified or ap- ] pointed.
 SECTION ,. That Section 2764 of ,rlo<l as follows:
 SECTION 2764. The said commission CTS shall hold office until their success, 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 l two shall constitute a quorum and the concurring votes of any two shall de- eide eide all questions before them. Provided members shall be had at any meeting until two of said members shall have remained actually present in the place 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
 sEcTIoN 5. That Section Section e7s5 of | Kirby's Digest be amended 50 as to read as follows:
 SECTION a7s5. They shall. upon ceed forthwith to appoint three judges l 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 a record Of such appointment and shall 1 and the clerk of the board, with the county clerk. All of said County Com missioners shall not be members of the 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 est and next highest number of votes in said county in the last general cleo ton Tor state and County officers. said | than three qualified persons from each township and voting precinct in said county. not more than two persons to any precinct. If any judge so appointed shall die or resign berore the election. said . board s ., shall fill the vacancy from me .me i1st d;n or the party nominating the per- SECTION 4. Any authorized political party tis may. ,through it's State chairman 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 filed with the County Board Of Election Com missioners at least five days before the election in which they are to act. and the County board shalf 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 1 shall be permitted to freely observe all acts of the Judges and clerks from the opening of the polls until the compile | tion and certificaton Of the returns. but shall not in any way he 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 voter, but at the request of any l 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 5 That Sectiop o2nA oe