The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06

served on or delivered 70 the persons
/ appointed boy the sheriff Of the county,
| and the clerk Of the board shall make a
I record Of such appointment and shall
/ file the same attested by the chairman
and the Cle.k OF the board, with the
/ county clerk All OF said County Com
| missioncrs shall not be members Of the
/ same political party. said judges SHAH
| be selected from lists OF persons certl-
! fled 20 the board at its first meeting
! by the chairmen Of the County commit
1 tees Of the two parties casting the high
! est and next highest number Of votes
/ in said county I'm the last general cleo
/ tion for state and County officers, said
/ lists TO contain the names OF not less
| than three uualifiei persons from each
township and voting precinct In said
| county. not more than two persons 70
| be appointed from one list for Judges IN
any precinct II any judge so appointed
| shall die or resign berore the election,
| said board shall fin the vacancy from
! the list Of the party nominating the per-
| son dying or resiguing
SECTION T. Any authorized political
rarity may. through its State chairman
| or through its County chairman in such
| counties whore II 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 he filed
with the County Board or Election Com
missioners 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,
tally sheets, ballots ana other supplies.
and such persons shall be sworn In the
same manner as the judges are. and
shall be permitted to freely observe all
acts Of the judges and clerks from the
opening Of the polls until the compile
| tion and Certficaton 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 a voter. but at the 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 2S0i Of
Kirbys Digest be amended so as to
read as follows.
SECTION 9SO4 The judges Of cleo
tlon OF each party shall appoint one
clerk at each precinct,
SECTION G. That section 2Sl9 Of
Kirby,s Digest be amended so as to read
as follows.
SECTION 2Slq. ANY eIector 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 one
OF the Judges, TO ne Selttleu DN MN, 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 1t.
SECTION Z. The Judge of the minor
Hy party shall have his choice Of work
| I'm the duties prescribed in Section 1927
| Of Kirby's Digest The counting OF the
| ballots shall begin Immediately upon
| the closing OF the polls, and shall be
! con;iaued without interruption until the
| count is completed.
SECTION s That Section 1881 Of
| Kirbys Digest be hereby repealed,
| SECTION g. That Section 2S33 Of
| Kirhy's Digest be amended so as to read
| as follows.
and the ballots, sealed IN separate pack
| ages shall he conveyed by one of the
| judges. to be determined by lot. n 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
! Judges. free for the inspection OF all
| persons. II shall be the duty Of the
! Judges of election or the several pre-
! cincts after the ballots snail have been
! inspected and counted, to securely en-
! vclOpe an such ballots and send the
! same, together with the certificate, tally
sheets and poll books as aforesaid, Ia
! the County Election COmmi ssiOuerS. "a
| he kept as hereinafter provided.
| SECTION TO- That Section 1886 Of
| Krhy's Digest be amended so as TO read
| as follows:
SECTION 2S3G As soon as the re-
turns from all the precincts are recciN.
/ ed. but in no event later than the second
| day after the election, the County Elec.
| tion Commissioners shall, from the Ger.
/ tacate and ballots received from the
several precincts proceed TO- ascertain
/ and declare the result of said election
| and shall. within uftCcn DAYS after tn,
day of said election deliver a certincat,
| Of his election 10 any person having tn,
! highest number of legal voters for mem
! her of the House OF Representatives. ui
any county or township officer and IN,
said commissioners shan also 0le I'm IN,
Office Of the clerk of the County Cour
"a certificate setting forth I'm detail IN,
| result OF said election The commls
sioucrs of election shall, within two
days after the comparison and cNamina
! tiun Of the returns OF any election. de
posit I'M the nearest postoilicc. ON tn,
most direct route TO the seat OF govern
meut certified copies of the abstracts of
! the returns of the election for members
Of Congress and an executive, legisla
tive and judicial officers directed TO N,
Secretary of State, ana they shall at IN,
same time enclose In separate cnvcl
ope and direct to the Speaker of IN,
House Of Representatives, in care Of the
Secretary Of state, at the seat Of gov
orumcnt a certified copy Of the ah
stract OF votes given Tor governor Sec
retary OF state Auditor OF state Treas
urcr of state and Attorney General +
is made the duty OF the Secretary o
state to safely Keep the returns ad
dressed 90 the Speaker ot the House o
Representatives untu the same shah b,
required for the purpose of asccrtalninl
and declaring the result of the election
as prescribed in Section 3, Article VI O
A the Constitution,
SECTION A. An laws and parts o.
laws I'm conflict herewith are hcreb!
repealed
Filed I'm the ONCE Of the sec
retary of Sgatc on the 9th da,
Of May 1919.
Each clcctor may vote for or agains
the above Act
Witness my official signature
this 2Oth day Of May 1872
EARLE w HODGES,