Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07
ELECTION OFFICERS,
DEREL|CT IN DUTY.
WILL Be ARRESTED
Court Attendants to Be Sent
Out Tonight to Get Lax
Officials.
FAIL TO SEND RETURNS
ITO COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE
Geran Law Provides for $500
Fine-Count Is
Hampered.

The work of compiling the official
vote cast at the general election last
Tuesday is being hampered by the
fact that in number of districts the
election officer failed to make the
proper returns to the county clerk.
The work was commenced Wednes-
day night and continued last night
with the regular staff of the county
clerks office reinforced by a number
of extra clerks. So far about two
thirds of the 915 districts in the city
md county have been transcribed in
The official books.
County Clerk Joseph MeDonough
today gave out a list of districts in
which some part of the vote is still
missing from the returns on file in the
county clerks office. He called par
ticuler attention to the fact that fail
Nro to return to the couny clerks
office Immediately after the counting
OF the ballots had been completed re-
' turns showing the total vote cast for
all candidates voted for was an
offense under the Geran election law,
punishable by fine of 800. He stat
ed that in all instances where the
missing returns had not been received
In his office by o'clock tonight a
court officer would be sent for them
and complaints of derelction of duty
lodged with the county board of CAN
Vassers against the election boards so
derelict.
The vote from the following wards
and districts for the offices named
are still missing:
Newark--Second ward. Ninth dis
triet, justice of the peace; Third
ward, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth
Eighth Ninth and Twelfth districts,
justice ot the peace; Fourth ward
Eleventh district, justice of the peace:
1fiesh ward Third district, justice of
y the peace: Sixth ward, First district,
justice OF the peace; Sixth ward
Ninth district. entire vote on Assem-
bly, candidates; Seventh ward. Fourth
district, governor; Ninth ward, First
district. justice OF the peace; Illev-
ersl1 ward Second district, governors
Thirteenth ward, Twelfth district,
5nstice of the peace; Fourteenth
wsrd, Fourth district vote on city
ttcAet; Fifteenth ward Third and
Tenth districts, Justice of the peace.
OranSe--F'irst ward, sixth district,
Justice of the peace; Third ward,
fourth district. governor; Third ward,
second district city ticket: Fourth
ward. fourth district, justice of the
beace.
East Orange-Fourth ward, third
district. governor.
West Orange--First ward, first dis
trict. justice of the peace.
Montcair-Fifth ward, second dis
trict. Justice of the peace.
Bloomfield-First ward. second dis
trict. Justice of the peace; Second
ward drst, second and third dis
tricts. instice of the peace; Third
ward flrst. second and third dis
trirts astice of the peace.
1rv.i sten-Third ward, first dis
trict Justice of the peace.
Bellevl'e-Firs ward, first district
Justice OF the peace; Second ward,
third district. governor; Second ward,
. first. second and third districts. JUS
tice of the peace.
Glen Ridge-First. Second, Third
and Fourth districts, justices of the
peace.
Caldwell Borough--First and Sec
ond districts, justices of the peace
Verona,-First district, justice of the
peace.
Livingston--Firs district, justice of
the peace.
Caldwell Township-First district,
justice of the peace.
West Caldwell-First district, JUS
eice of the peace.
Roseland-First district, jiustce of
the peace.
North Caldwell-First district, JUS
tice of the peace.
Another thing that tends to ham
per the clerks office in the work of
compiling and tabulating the official
ballot is the fact that many appar-
ent errors were made by the election
boards in various districts in filing
in the returns sent to the county
clerks office. In these instances the
returns have to be sent back to the
various boards for correction while
the work of the clerk is held up
pending the receipt of the corrected
figures.
1t is not possible yet to get any
official figures on the Republican and
Democratic vote for the Assembly
where the vote is very close. The
work of tabulating the vote will
probably be finished late tonight and
once the vote is all in the books it
will be possible to get some line on
the official figures for the Assembly