Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-28

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lists on file in his office and shall de-
liver the others to the other members
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
of other persons to take the places OF
those ON their lists who faI or refuse
to accept or serve when certified or ap-
pointed
SECTION 2, That Section 2764 Of
Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
as follows:
SECTION 27G4 The said commissions
ers 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
| 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 quorum, and the
concurring votes OF any two shall de-
| eide all questions before them. Provided
| that no proceedings with less than three
members shah 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
| Callou lnTee liIneS once AT lne
| of said hour and two other times at In
| tervals of not less than twenty minutes
| Their meetings shall be public, ana
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 2765. 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 countya
and the clerk of the board shall make a
record of such appointment and shall
| file the same. attested by the chairman
| and the clerk of the BOARD, with the
, county clerk. All of said County Com
| mlssiOners shall not be members of the
| same political party, Said judges shah
| be selected from lists OF persons certi-
| fled to the board at its first meetip9
| 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
| tion 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 before the election,
said board shall fin the vacancy from
| the list of the party nominating the per-
! son dying or resigning.
SECTION 4. Any authorized POLITICAL
] party may, through it's State chairman
/ or through it's County chairman in suc.L
! counties where ii has County commit
| tees, designate one person to act ad
| no election judge of that party has been
appointed. Said watchers to serve With
| out compensation. The names of thd
persons so designated shall be filed
/ with the County Board OF Election Com-
| 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-
K the election judges with the poll books.l
| tally sheets, ballots and other supplies.l
| and such persons shall be sworn in the
| same manner as the judges are, and
shall be permitted TO freely observe AIN
| acts of the judges and clerks from the,
| opening of the polls until the compiler
| tion and certification OF the returne.i,
| 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 bs
| present at the filling out of his ticket
| by the judge assisting him.
| SECTION 8. That section 2S04 or
Kirby's Digest be amended so as 70
read as follows: Z
| tion OF each party shall appoint one
clerk at each precinct
SECTION G. That section 2S19 on
Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
! as follows:
SECTION 2S19. Any eIector who shailS
tell the judges that he can not read or
| write, or that, by reason of any physl-
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 pres
pare his ballot for him as he wishes to
vote II.
| SECTION Z. The Judge of the minor
ity party shall have his choice of work
| in the duties prescribed in Section 2S21-
| of Kirby's Digest. The counting of tbs
ballots shall begin Immediately upon
the closing of the polls and shall bd
continued without interruption until thd
count is completed,
SECTION s. That Section 1881 o3
Klrby's Digest be hereby repealed.
| SECTION 9. That Section 1898 OF.
| Kirbys Digest be amended so as to rec
as follows:
SECTION 2ss3. The said certifica
and the ballots, sealed Vi separate pack
ages, shall be conve yed by one OF tho
judges, to be determined by lot, IL they
cannot otherwise agree, to the County
| Election Commissioners within twenty
| four hours after the close of the pollsI
and the other certificate tallysheet9
and poll books shall be retained by the
judges, free for the inspection OF an
persons. II shall be the duty Of tha
judges OF election or the several pref
cincts, after the ballots shall have beeIl
inspected and counted, TO securely eni
velope all such ballots and send tho
same, together with the certificate, tally
sheets and poll books as aforesaid, "a
the County Election Commissioners, To
be kept as hereinafter provided
| SECTION 10. That Section 1886 Of
Kirbys Digest be amended so as to read
SECTION 1886. AS soon as the re-
turns from all the precincts are receivl
ed, but in no event later than the second
day after the election, the County Elecd
tion Commissioners SHALL from the cei-'
tiicate and ballots received from the
several precincts, proceed TO ascertain
and declare the result Of said election.
and shall, within fifteen days after the
day Of said election, deliver certificate
OF his election to any person having the
highest number of legal voters for mem.
Der Of the House of Representative or
any county or township officer and the
said commissioners shall alsC 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
soners of election shall, within two
days after the comparison and examina-
tiOn of the returns of any election de-
posit in the nearest postOffice on the
most direct route TO the seat of govern
ment, certified copies of the abstracts OF
the returns OF the election for members