The Forrest City times., 1912-07-05

, of State ten days before the first meet ing of the State Board of Election Com- I mssioners and the Secretary of state
 shall keep one of each of said duplicate lists on file in his office and shall de- ] of the State Board. In the event of the death. resignation or refusal to accept i 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 Stats
 chairman shall promptly certify names | of other persons to take the places of those on their lists who fail or refuse i to accept or serve when certified or ap- | pointed.
 SECTION 9 That Section 27s4 of kirby's Digest be amended so as to read ! as follows:
 SECTION 27s4. The said commission | 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 l on the second Monday in August prior | to the general election. and shall or- l Eanize themselves into a board of eleo- | ton commissioners by electing one mem.
 Der chairman and another clerk. Each commissioner shall have one vote, and | eoncurring votes of any two shall de- l eide all questions before them. Provided l that no proceedings with less than three | members shall be had at any meeting | until two of said members shall havo | remained actually present in the place | or meeting continuously for one hour | called three times once at the beginning l of said hour and two other times al in-
 tervals of not less than twenty minutes. | Their meetings shall be public and every adjournment shall designate ths l time and place of their next meeting
 until their duties are completed. l SECTION 3. That Section 27e5 of 1 Rirbys 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 l the county, which appointments shall be served on or delivered to the persons l appointed by the sheriff of the county. and the clerk of the board shall make q 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 missioners shall not be members of the
 same political party. Said jndges shall | be selected from lists of persons certi- 1 by the ehairmen 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 eleo- l tion for State and County officers, said lists to contain the names of not less
 than three qualified persons from each county. not more than two persons to I be appointed from one list for judges in
 any precinct If any judge so appointed
 the list of the party nominating the per. son dying or resgning.
 ! SECTION {. Any authorized political ] party may through it's State chairman i. or through its County chairman in such ] counties where it has County commit l tees, designate one person to act as l 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 flied ], with the County Board Of Election Com. ], missioners at least five days before the ] election in which they are to act. and 1 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 compls.
 tion and certification of the returns,
 but shall not in any way be permitted
 to tnterefer with or perform any of
 their duties nor shall they be permitted
 to assist In the making out of any ticket l 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 5. That section 2so4 of
 SECTION 2sO4 The Judges of eleo-
 ior, ton of . each each party shall appoint one 1
 SECTION 6. That section 2S1s of
 Kirby.s Digest be amended so as to read
 follows:
 SECTION 2s1s. Any elector who shall
 tell the judges that he 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 i of the judges, to be selected by him. in ] the preparation of his ballot, who. in i the presence of the elector. shall pre- i pare his ballot for him as he wishes to 1 vote 1t.
 SECTION '. The judge of the minor. | ity party shall have his choice of work 1 in the duties prescribed in Section 1927 l of Kirby's Digest. The counting of the 1 ballots shall begin immediately upon the closing of the polls, and shall bs
 continued without interruption until the 1 count is completed.
 SECTION & That Section 2ss1 of
 Kirhy,s Digest be hereby repealed. l Kirby's Digest be amended so as to road 1 as follows:
 SECTION 2saa. The said certificate l and the ballots, sealed Tn separate pack. ages. shall be conveyed by ono of the 1 judges. to be determined by lot. if they cannot otherwise agree. to the County l four hours after the close of the polls. and the other certificate. tallysheets and poll books shall be retained by the l judges. free for the inspection of all persons. It shall be the duty of the 1 judges of election of the several pre-. cincts. after the ballots shall have been
 
 | yelope all such ballots and send tho
 same together with the certificate. tally sheets and poll books as aforesaid. to 1 the County Election Commissioner to l be kept as hereinafter provided. l SECTION 10. That Section 2s3s of l kirhy,s Digest be amended so as to read | as follows:
 SECTION 2s36. As soon as the re. turns from all the precincts are reoeiv- ed but in no event later than the second day after the election, the County Elec- l tion Commissioners shall from the csr. l tificate and ballots received from the 1 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. 1 Der of the House of Representatives, or 1 any county or township officer. and the l said commissioners shall also file in the | office of the clerk of the County Court | certificate setting forth in detail the | result of said election. The commis- I sioners of election shall. within two | days after the comparison and examina- I e