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for that purpose, instead of marking
opposite one of the printed names,
and the name SO written or pasted
shall then be counted but shall only
be counted toward a nomination for
the official ballot at the ensuing cleo
ton of the party on whose primary
ballot it appears even If it be a name
printed on the primary ballot of some
other party for the same office. If
too many names are voted for for any
office, none of them shall be counted.
Sec. 12- Voting Machines. In
municipalities which use voting ma
chimes such machines may be used for
primary purposes instead of the meth
Cd of balloting prescribed by this
act, provided the municipality has ex-
pressed a desire to so use them at a
meeting duly warned for the purpose
and provided further that the board
of voting machine commissioners has
certified to the secretary of the state
that the method of voting to be used
on said machines will prevent the
electors of one party from voting for
the nominees of another as effectually
as the method prescribed by this act
in the case of balloting.
Sec. g Expenses of Primary, How
Paid. The cost of all ballots and
blanks to be used at any October pri-
mary, together with the cost of do
livering them to the towns, shall be
paid by the state, and in the case Of
city or borough primaries by the city
or borough. All expenses of the coun-
ty clerk made necessary by this act
shall be paid by the county. All 9TH
er expenses lawfully incurred, except
expenses incident to obtaining nom
ination paper, shall be paid from the
same treasury as the expenses Of the
ensuing election.
Sec. IA. Polls Open, How Long.
The polls at primaries shall be open
during the same hours as for any
town and municipal election which IS
being there held on the same day. IT
town or municipal election is be-
ing held on that day, then the polls
shall be open from six-thirty o'clock
in the morning until five o'clock in
the afternoon.
Sec. IL. The Local Canvass. The
local canvass of votes cast at any pri-
mary shall, except as herein other
wise provided, be made in the same
manner and by officers appointed in
the same way as the canvass of an
election. Any returns required to be
made to the secretary of the state
shall be made on the day following
the primary.
Sec. 16. The State Canvass. The
state board of canvassers provided to
canvass the return of a general cleo
ton shall constitute the corresponding
board of canvaSSers for October pri-
maries. and all the provisions of law
relating to the canvass of the returns
of a general election shall, so far as
applicable and unless modified by this
act, apply mutatis mutandis to the
canvass, return and certif1cation to
the secretary of the state of such pri-
mary. The canvassers shall meet for
this purpose at ten o'clock in the fore
noon on the Friday following the Oc-
tober primary.
Sec. IT. The City or Borough
Canvass. The canvass Of the returns
of a city or borough primary shall be
made by the mayor, the clerk, and
the treasurer of such city or the war
den, clerk, and treasurer of such bor-
ough, any two of whom shall consti-
tute a quorum. Such board of can
vassers shall meet at eleven o'clock in
the forenoon of the day following the
primary and canvass the vote. They
shall make and certify duplicate re-
turns as to the votes cast for each
candidate and forthwith file one of
them with the municipal clerk.
Sec. IS. Action of Moderators and
Canvassers Final The decisions and
returns of moderators and the decis-
ions and certificates of canvasserS
shall be final, unless an appeal is ta-
ken therefrom to g. Judge of the SUI
perior court within twenty-four hours