Pocahontas star herald., 1912-06-14

: missioner Said lists shall be filed ia
! triplicate in the office OF the Secretary
! Of State ten days before the first meet
! ing of the State Board OF Election Com
missoners, and the Secretary Of state
! shall keep one of each OF said triplicate
! 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 fail 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 27GI The said commission,
ers shall hold office until their success
| ors are appointed anG qualified. Sale
commissioners shall meet at the court
| house at Nine O'Clock I'm the forenoon
| on the second Monday I'm August prior
| TO the general election, and shall or
! ganize themselves into a board of elec-
| tion commissioners by electing one MEM
| Der chairman and another clerk Each
| commissioner shall have one vote, and
| two shall constitute n quorum, and the
| concurrng votes of any two shall de-
| eide all questions before them, Provided
| that no proceedings with less than three
! members shall 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
called three times, once at 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 shall designate tho
time and place of their next meeting
| until their duties are completed
SECTION 3, That Section 27G5 of
| Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
as follows:
SECTION 2765. They shall, upon
| their organization as aforesaid, pro
| coed forthwith to appoint three judges
| of election for each voting precinct ~
| the county, which appointments shall be
| served on or delivered to the persons
appointed by the sheriff of the county.
I 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
| missioners shall not be members of the
| same political party. Said judges shall
| be selected from lists OF persons oerti-
| fled to the board at Its 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 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 10
be appointed from one list for judges IA
any precinct If any judge so appointed
| shall die or resign BEFORE the election.
said board shall fiji the vacancy from
| the list of the party nominating the per-
| son dying or resigning
SECTION a. Any authorized political,
party may through it's State chairman
| or through it's County chairman in such
! counties where it 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 be filed
| with the County Board or 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 90
( the election judges with the poll books.
| tally sheets, ballots and other supplies.
and such persons shall be sworn in tha
| same manner as the judges are and
shall be permitted to freely observe all
| acts of the judges and clerks from al
| opening of the polls until the compile
| tion and certificatipn OF the returns.
but shall not in any way be permitted
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| their duties, nor shall they be permitted
! to assist in the making out of any ticke
| for voter. but at the request of amy
voter requiring assistance any watcher
| designated by him shall be allowed to ba
present at the filling out of his ticket
by the judge assisting him.
| SECTION 8. That section 2S04 Of
| Kirbys Digest be amended so as 70
read as follows:
SECTION 2SO4 The judges of cleo
tion Of each party shan appoint one
clerk at each precinct.
SECTION g. That section 2819 Of
Kirbys Digest be amended so as to ead
! as follows:
SECTION 2S19. Any elector 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 Lthe assistance of one
| of the judges. to/be selected by him, iII
the preparation of his ballot, who In
the presence of the elector, shall pre-
pare his ballot for him as he wishes 20
| vote it.
ity party shall have his choice of WORK
| in the duties prescribed in Section 1887
| Of Kirbys Digest. The counting of the
ballots shall begin immediately upon
the closing of the polls, and shall be
| continued without interruption until tho
count Is completed
SECTION 5. That Section 1881 OF
| Kirby's Digest be hereby repealed.
SECTION .. That Section 1888 OF
Kirby's Digest be amended so as to read
as follows:
SECTION 1888 The said certificate
| and the ballots, sealed In separate pack
ages, shall be conveyed by one of the
judges, to be determined by lot, II 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. IL shall be the duty of the
judges of election OF the several pre-
cincts, after the ballots snail have been
inspected and counted, to securely en-
velope all such ballots and send the
same, together with the certificate, tally
sheets and poll books as aforesaid, 60
the County Election Commissioners, 10
be kept as hereinafter provided
| SECTION 10. That Section 1886 Of
Kirby's Digest be amended so as to rea 4
as follows:
SECTION 1886 As soon as the re-
turns from all the precincts are recey-
ed but in no event later than the second
day after the election, the County Ele0-
tion Commissioners shall, from the cer-
tihcate 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 a certificate
of his election to any person having the
highest number of legal voters for men,
Der Of the House Of Representatives. or
any county or township officer and the
said commissioners shan also file in the
office Of the clerk Of the County Court
certificate setting forth in detail the
result of said election. The commits
| SiOnprg Of elpCtfOu shall within tVg