The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-06
FOR ACT NO. 3. AGAINST ACT NO. 3.


 1 kirhy's Digest be amended so as to read | as follows;
 SECTION 2763 The Governor. secre | tarN of state and Attorney General shall constitute state Board ot Election Com l mlSsioners. whose duty it shall be Go | meet in the office of the Governor in | ihe State Capitol on the second Monday | m July next preceding any general elee- | ton for State and County oiIicors to ap- point three qualified electors as commits | sioners in each county to select election | ludges Tor each voting precinct and to l perform the other duties herein pre- scribed, Their meetings shall be public | and every adjournment sheN esigna te 1 the time and place of their next meet | ing until their duties are Completed No l person who is candidate for any Of | flee to be voted for a such election, or IS deputy or clerk or employe of aNy 1 officer or person who is a candidate for | election shall act County Comms- | sloner The appointment of the County 1 Commissioners shall be in writing un- 1 der the hands of the state Board. and the said State Board shall fmmediateIv | the county seat, notice of his Ro- 1 pointment and i'm addition thereto. shall mall to the clerk of the Circuit Court | m such county a certificate of the ap- | pointment Of such commissioners and | upon the receipt of such certificate it | shall be the duty of such Circuit Clerk | Co cause to be served upon each of said | commissioners. by the sheriff q notice | requiring said commissioners to appear ' before said clerk on or before the day 1 fixed for entering upon their duties, | and take and subscribe the oath pre- 1 scribed by Section twenty of Article nineteen of the Constitution which said
 oath shall be endorsed on the certificate, ] af'S, when so endorsed said certificate 1 shall be filed in said office as record. | The State Board of Election Commis- ! sioners shall select the County Election | Commissioners from lists of qualified | electors certified to 1t by the chairmen | Of tho State committees of the two pc | litical parties whose candidates for gov | ernor received the highest and next 1 highest number of votes in the last pre- cedinE general election The chairman of each of said parties shall certify the | names of at least three persons from | each county, and the said State Board 1 of Commissioners shall appoint two per 1 sons from one of said lists and one from | the other of said lists for County Flee | ton Commissioners In each county. In 1 the event the chairman of party shall | Tail tp certify the names as required ! by this Act for any county. the State l Roard shall appoint some member or | that party of it's own selection for com | missioner Said lists shall he 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 l shall keep one of each of said triplicate ! lists on file in his office and shall de- l liver the others to the other members ! of the State Board. In the event of the i death, resignation or refusal to accept | 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 l chairman shall promptly certify names | or 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 9. That Section 2764 of
 Kirby Digest he amended so as to read
 as follows
 SECTION 27G4. The said comrRssion-
 CTS shall hold office until their success
 ors are appointed anu qualified. Said
 comm ssiOners 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 q board of cleo ton commissioners by electing one mem ber chairman and another clerk. Each
 com mmissoner shall have one vote and
 two shall constitute a quorum. and the concurrng votes of any two shall de- eide all questions before them, Provided that no proceedings with less than three members shsii 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 1 called three times. once al 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 shaii designate the
 time and place of their next meeting until their CJties are completed.
 i SECTION 3. That Section 2765 of
 kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
 SECTION z765. They shall. upon 1 their organization as aforesaid, pro-
 ceed forthwith tO appoint three judges 1 of election for each voting precinct in
 the county which appointments shall be 1 served on or delivered to the persons | appointed by the sheriff Of the county i and the clerk of the board shall make a 1 record of such appointment and shall 1 file the same, attested by the chairman and the clerk Of the board with the | county clerk All of said County Com l miss toners shall not be members of the l same political party. Said judges shall l be selected from lists of persons certi- fied 10 the board at It's first meeting l by the chairmen of the County commit | tees of the two parties casting the high | est and next highest number of votes 1 in said county in the last general cleo 1 ton for State and County officers, said l lists to contain the names of not less than three qualifiei persons from each
 township and voting precinct in said l county not more than two persons to
 be appointed from one list for judges in i any precinct. IT any judge so appointed shall dte or resign before the election,
 said board shall fill the vacancy from
 the list of the party nominating the per son dying or resigning.
 l SECTION 1. Any authorized political party may, through its State chairman 1 or through It's County chairman in such counties where it has County commit 1 tees designate one person to act as l watcher at each voting precinct where | no election judge of that party has been l 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 l missioners at least five days before the | election in which they are to act, and l the County board shall send the names 1 of the persons so named as watchers to l the election Judges with the poll books tally sheets. ballats and other supplies and such persons shall be sworn in the
 same manner az the judges are and
 shall be permitted to freely observe all | acts of the judges and clerks from the
 opening of Inc polls until the compie' ton and certification Of the returns
 but shall not in any way be permitted to interefcr with or perform any oi
 their duties nor shall they be permitted to assist in the making out of any ticket
 for a voter. but at the request of any
 voter requiring assistance any watcher | designated by him shall be allowed to ht
 present at the filling out of his ticket
 by the judge assisting him.
 | SECTION D. That section 2S04 oi
 kirbys Digest be amended so as tC
 read as follows:
 SECTION gS0i The judges of cleo ton of each party shall appoint ont
 clerk at each precinct
 SECTION g. That section 2S19 o1 Kirbys Digest be amended so as to reae
 as follows
 SECTION 2s19. Any eieetor who shal tell the judges that he can not read ol | write or that by reason of any physi cal disability, he is unable to mark hi