The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-10-29

at a primary election and shall perforr
any other duties assigned to them by tn
judges, or required of them by law.
Sec. 80. Spoiled BallOtsl No official pr
mary ballot marked in any other name
than as provided in this Act shall b
couHted for any candidate for any Office
All such ballots shall be marked by on
of the judges detective Every ctfcia
primary ballot to which objection ha
been, made by, either of the judges, o
regularly appointed chailengers, shall b
marked on the back thereof "objecte,
to- followed by a statement as to how !
was counted, and such memoranda shal
be signed by the judges. All official pri
Jected to" shall be enclosed in an en-
yelope, which shall be securely sealed an
endorsed so as to clearly disclose Its con
tents, All official primary ballots no
voted, and all that have been spoiled b,
voters while attempting to vote, shall b.
returned by the primary judges to tn
county auditor, properly wrapped II
Eummed wrappers to be provided for tha
purpose, which wrapper shall clearly
state the contents of the package and the
name of the precinct from which returned
together with the name and address o.
the county auditor.
See. 40. False Returns-Penalty fol
Maklngl, Any judge or clerk of a pri'
mary election or any member of any
board, county or state, whose duty
it shall be to keep, make, de
liver, or canvass returns of any pri-
mary or primaries. VINO snail knowingly
and wilfully make any false canvass,
count or certificate. abstract, summary,
list or return, on who shall knowingly and
wllfniiy alter or change the same after
being correctly made. or who shall fail
to preserve, Onward and deliver any re-
turns entrusted to him for that purpose,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdeIneanor
ana upon conviction thereof be punished
by a fine not exceeding three hundred
dollars or by Imprisonment in the county
jail not exceeding three months.
Sec. II. Canvass of Votes and Rcturnsl
Immediately upon closing the poll, the
primary Judges shali proceed to canvass
the votes polled in the following manner
l. Ihey shan ascertain the number of
names entered in the poll books.
2 They shah then ascertain how many
ballots nave been deposited in the ballot
DON.
g. II the number of ballots deposited in
tle pallOl DoN exceeds the number OF
names or voters entered in the poll books,
me ballots shalI be folded and replaced
taken and the box closed and well
opened and one Of the Judges, WHO $ shah
be hlindtolded, shall take out of said
paIiot Don ana Destroy, as many OF such
halioIS as shal be equal to such excess.
me Judges snail then place The bal
lois cast Tor each political party in q
separate pile and count those of each
political party. separately; as the judges
snail open and read Q ballot, each clerk
shall carefully mark upon the tally sheet
OF the proper, party, the votes which each
candidate, whose name shall nave been
written or printed on such tally sheet,
under the name of the office for which
he is a candidate, has received.
>. After the ballots OF a political party
any SheS.9, tHs SieihS Sidil MAKE loot-
MSS theIcil So as 10 sio" the total num-
name is printed Or written upon the Of
fetal primary ballot as provided in this
Act and snail certify the same to be
corfect.
g.. Thereupon the judges shall set down
in the poll books, in a space n form to
be provided therein for that purpose, the
name OF each candidate voted for, the
name OF the of1ce for which he is a
candidate; the total number of votes, writ
ten at full length, which said candidate
received and the. total number of votes
cast by said political party and shall car-
the poll books shall be made in substan-
tally the following form:
Party
At the primary election held in this
on the ............... day of
A. D.. 19...-...., the
respective candidates whose names were
printed or written on the official primary
ballot in the ticket of said ..,...:;...: =.
party. received respectively the following
votes:
Name OF -, Number
Doe United States Senator eco
Flchafd hoe Governor COO
(and 50 on FOR each c~andidate.)
Iotai number OF votes cast by said
....t....,........ party, ...................
We hereby certify the above and fore
going to be true and correct. Dated this
r.........., day OF ............, A. D.,
ls..........
Primary Judges.
sec. Il; Ballots and Poll Books Re-
iurhed-Howl After the votes of all po-
il-cal parllcs nave been counted and can
VaSseo ana the returns certified TO, all the
oIlciai primary DaHots voted, except
those married detective or objected
TO-, shall be tiShtly and securely wrapped
IN the sufnneu provided for that
pufpose-the ballots of each political
party wrapped separately, the name of
the precinct, number of ballots enclosed,
ana the name OF the party casting such
baliots written thereon and each such
package shall be addressed TO the county
audltor. All OF such packages of ballots,
together with one OF the poll and tally
llsts, and all qualification aftidavits exc
cuted by electors, shall be deposited in the
ballot box and the said ballot box, after
neang locked ana securely sealed with
seals upon which shal have been written
with pen and ink the signature of each
or the primary judges, shall be returned
70 the county auditor. The other poll
and tally list and the key to the ballot
box, shall be enclosed In an envelope pro-
vided for that purpose, and shall. after