The Nevada County picayune., 1912-07-05

Of State ten days Def0fe the first no9E ing of the State Board of Election Com. mssioners and the Secretary of Statr shall keep one of each of said triplicass lists on file in his office and shall des of the State Board. In the event of tho death. resignation or refusal to accept' 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 namel 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 g. That Section 2764 of Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read as follows:
 SECTION 2764. The said commissions CTS shall hold office until their success. 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 gani2e themselves into board of elec- ton commissioners by electing one mem- Der chairman and another clerk. Eaoh commissioner shall have one vote, and two shall constitute quorum, and tho 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 beginningi 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 tho time and place of their next meeting until their duties are completed
 SECTION 3. That Section 2765 of Kirbys Digest be amended so as to read as follows:
 SECTION z765. 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 bel served on or delivered to the personsi appointed by the sheriff of the county, end the clerk of the board shall mako V ord of such appointment and shall Ste the same. attested by the chairman , county clerk All of said County Com missioners shall not be members of tho 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 elec- ton 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. If 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 1. Any authorized political party may. through it's State chairman or through it's County chairman in such , counties where it has County eommit- 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 tho persons so designated shall be filed with the County Board or Election Com- missioners at least five days before the election In which they are to act, and i the County board shall send the names i of the persons so named as watchers to ,, the election judges with the poll books. | tally sheets. ballots and other supplies. l and such persons shall be sworn In tho l same manner as the judges are, and shall be permitted to freely observe all acts of the judges and clerks from tho 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 voter. but at the request of any voter requiring, assistanee any watcher i designated by him shall be allowed to be- present at the filling out of his ticket by the judge assisting him.
 SECTION 5. That section 2so4 of Kirby's Digest be amended so as to
 SECTION 2SO4. The judges of elec- tion of each party shall appoint ono
 
 SECTION 6. That section 2s19 of Kirhy's Digest be amended as to read as follows:
 SECTION 2S19 Any eIeetor 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 ono of the judges, to he selected by him, in
 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 '. The judge of the minor | fly party shall have his choice of work | in the duties prescribed In Section 2S27 of Kirby's Digest The counting of the i ballots shall begin immediately upon i the closing of the polls. and shall be continued without interruption until the 1 count is completed
 ! SECTION x. That Section 2s3i of. l kirhys Digest be hereby repealed
 SECTION 9. That Section 2S33 of | Kirhy's Digest be amended as .o read
 SECTION 2s3s Tho saId certificate ! and the ballots. sealed in separate pack 1 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, taiiysheets l and poll books shall be retained by thu | iudges, free for the inspection of all 1 persons. It shall be the duty of the i judges of election of the several pre- | cincts, after the ballots shall have been | inspected and counted. to securely en- | Velope all such ballots and send tho 1 same, together with the certificate, tally | sheets and poll books as aforesaid to | the County Election Commissioners to l be kept as hereinafter provided 1 SECTION 10. That Section 2S36 of
 kirhy's Digest be amended so as to read | as follows:
 | SECTION 2s3s. 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- | tihcate and ballots received from the | several precincts, proceed to ascertain | and declare the result of said election | and shall. within fifteen days after tho l day of said election. deliver a certificats or his election to any person having tn, | highest number of legal voters for mem | Der of the House of Representatives. o
 any county or township officer, and tn, l said commissioners shall also file in tn | office of the clerk of the County Cour
 certificate setting forth in detail tn | result of said election The commis