Evening journal., 1913-01-03
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House of Representatives OF the State
Of Delaware in General Assembly
met:
Section 1. All the ballots voted al
any general election or special cleo
ton. hereafter 10 be held in this state,
shall be printed with black ink on
white paper, to be procured as here
matter provided, of the same kind and
quality and each ballot snall not be
less than fifteen inches or more than
fifteen and one-quarter inches long,
and NOT less than three, nor more than
three and One-quarter inches wide /
Upon the face of the ballot shall be
printed the names of the persons for /
whom the elector intends to vote |
with a designation of the Office TO
which eacn person so named lis in /
tended. the name of the political /
party to which majority of the per- |
sons voted for belong and above the !
party name the design. or device ee- !
lected by such political party as its
device, shall be printed, and no name, |
mark. design or imprint whatsoever |
shall be upon the back of any ballot |
and none other than those mentioned
above shall be made, written or print |
ed upon the face of any ballot, and
no ballot shall be cut, indented,
niched or folded in any manner in
tended to designate or impart knowl-
edge of the person who voted such
ballot In reading out the ballots at
any election hereinbefore mentioned,
a ballot upon the back of which any
name, mark, design or imprint what
soever shall have been made, written
or printed. contrary to the above pro-
visions, or a ballot upon the face of
which any name mark design, de-
vice, or imprint whatsoever other
than those named above, shall have
been made. written or printed, con-
trary to the above provisions, or
ballot which shall have been cut, IN
dented, niched or folded in a manner
intended TO designate or lmpart
knowledge Of the person who voted
such ballot contrary to the above pro-
visions, or a ballot of different length
or a different width prescribed above,
or a ballot printed upon paper OF
color. kind or quality different from
that described above and to be pro-
cured as hereinafter provided, shall
not nor shall any or either Of the said
ballots be counted or tailed but snail
be rejected provided, however. that
such rejected ballots shall be there
upon marked so as afterward to be
identified and shall be preserved
apart from the ballots that are count
ed and provided further, that no
spot, mark, defect or blemish in or
on said paper made or caused In and
by the manufacturing thereof, or IN
the printing or handling of said bal
lot, with no intent to violate the pro
visions of this act. shall i'm any wise
loo n
ballot or cause it to be rejected and,
provided. further, that the provisions
of this section shall not be construed
so as to hinder or prevent anyone
erasing or scratching a name or
names of any of the candidates from
the ballot intended 10 be voted by
him and substituting another or other
names of persons regularly nominated
for the same Office or offices, IN lieu
thereof, either in writing or on print
ed slips, commonly known as stlckers.
Section 2. The Secretary of state
shall provide the paper upon which
all the ballots voted at any of the
elections mentioned in Section / Of
this Act shall be printed. The paper
shall be white and of such kind and
quality as he shall deem best fitted
for the purpose, sufficiently thick so
that the printing on the face of the
ballot will not Snow through on the
back. and shall be provided in suf-
fcient quantities TO supply all the bal
lots for the entire state. IL shall be
paid for by an order drawn by the
secretary of state upon the state
treasurer. The secretary of state
shall. at least thirty days before any
of said elections place the paper IN
sufficient quantities in the hands OF
the clerks of the peace of the severa
counties of this State to print an INC
ballots provided for in this Act tol
each election district in the seVera
counties OF the State The secretary
of state aud the clerks of the peace
shall hand over to their several ant
resnective successors all of the saiS
naper. so as aforesaid provided tol
election purposes. which may be II
their hands at the expiration of then
several and respective terms Of otic'
and shall take receipts from their re
spactive successors for the same
Section 8. Any person who shal
d, ilfully and mancioUsly destroy ol
render useless any of the paper, Sc
as aforesaid provided by the secre
tarv OF state while ii is in the hand
of the secretary of state, or OF M
clerks of the peace, or who sha'
Knowingly or wilfully use the sam
paper for any other purposes THAI
those mentioned; or maliciously mu
tilate, destroy or secrete any of tn
paper intended fo- the printing o
ballots. or the ballots themselves, o
any of them after they have bee
printed upon the said paper so as II
any wise to interfere with or imped
the free exercise Of the right of suf
frage by any voter in this state, shall
be deemed guilty Of 2 misdemeanoi
and shall be fined not less than fft
nor more than three hundred dollar.
or shall be imprisoned not less tha
thirty days. nor more than one yeal
or both at the discretion OF the cour
Section A. The clerk of the peac
of each county in this state sha
cause to be printed, within the stat
OF Delaware upon said paper so a
aforesaid placed in his hands by tn
secretary of state, a, least six ba
lots Of each political party for ever
voter in each election district in hi
county. and the number Of ballot
shall be ascertained for each electio
district by referring to the highes
number OF votes polled therein Z
any preceding election, with due a
lowance for any estimated mcreas