The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-10-22

at a primary election and shall perform
any other duties assigned to them by the
dge or required of them by law,
Sec. 80. Spoiled Ballotsl No official pri-
mary ballot marked in any other manner
IMAM as provided in this Act shall be
counted for any candidate for any office.
All such ballots shall be marked by one
primary ballot to which objection has
peen made by either of the judges, or
regularly appointed challengers. shall be
marked on the back thereof objected
TO" followed by a statement as to how It
was counted, and such memoranda shall
be signed by the judges, All official pTi-
Jeeted to" shall be enclosed in an en-
velope. which shall be securely sealed and
endorsed so as to clearly disclose it's con-
tents. All official primary ballots not
voted, and all that have been spoiled by
voters while attempting to vote, shall be
returned by the primary judges to the
county auditor, properly wrapped IN
gummed wrappers to be provided for that
purpose, which wrappe shall clearly
state the contents of the package and the
name of the precinct from which returned.
the county auditor.
Sec. 40. False Returns-Penalty for
Makingl Any Judge or clerk of a pri-
mary election or any member of any
/ board, county OF state. whose duty
it shall be to keep, make, de-
liver. or canvass returns of any pri-
Aii1t VI " iiildTlCS, WHO shall hIlOWltlSlS
and wilfully make any false canvass,
count or certificate, abstract, summary,
list or return, or who shall knowingly and
being correctly made, or who shall fail
to preserve, forward and deliver any re-
turns entrusted to him for that purpose,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof be punished
by a fine not exceeding three hundred
dollars or by Imprisonment in the county
Jail not exceeding three months.
Snp Ill e. W pJyaS &c nf Nntps and Pat11rnS1
Immediately upon closing the poll, the
primary judges shall proceed to canvass
the votes polled in the following manner:
1. They shall ascertain the number of
names entered in the poll books.
3. They shall then ascertain how many
ballots have been deposited in the ballot
box.
3. If the numbe of ballots deposited in
the ballot box exceeds the number of
names of voters entered in the poll books,
the ballots shall be folded and replaced
in the ballot box from which they We're
taken and the box closed and well
shaken. The ballot box shall again be
be blindfolded, shall take out of said
ballot box n destroy, as many of such
ballots as shall be equal to such excess.
4. The judges shall then place the bal
lots cast for each political party in a
separate pile and count those of each
political party separately; as the judges
shall 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 have been
written or printed on such tally sheet,
under the name of the office for which
he is q candidate, has received.
S. After the ballots of a political party
have all been read and entered in the
tally sheets, the clerks shall make foot
ings therein so as to show the total num-
Der of votes cast for each candidate whose
name is printed or written upon the Of
fetal primary ballot as provided in this
Act and shall certify the same to be
correct.
6. Thereupon the judges shall set down
in the poll books, in a space and form to
be provided therein for that purpose, the
name of each candidate voted for, the
name of the office for which he Is a
ten at full length, which said candidate
received and the total number OF votes
cast by said political party and shall car-
tify the same to be correct; said entry in
the poll books shall be made in substan-
TALLY the following form:
At the primary election held in this
pe.. -. sl.e A. D.. H.. 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
Candidates. Titles of Office. of Votes.
John Doe United States Senator 900
Richard Roe Governor 600
(and SO on for each candidate.)
Total number of votes cast by said
We hereby certify the above and fore
| going to be true and correct. Dated this
Observation-Disclosures. day of .............., A. D.,
Primary Judges.
Sec. 81 Ballots and Poll Books Re
turned-Howl After the votes of all po-
lit.cal parties haye been counted and can
vassed and the returns certified to, all the
official primary ballots voted, except
those marked defective" or Objected
to- shall be tightly and securely wraps
in the gumnled wrappers provided for that
purpose-the ballots Of each political
party wrapped separately, the name of
the precinct, number of ballots enclosed,
and the name of the party casting such
ballots written thereon and each such
package shall be addressed to the county
auditor. All of such packages of ballots,
together with one of the poll and tally
lists. and all qualification aftidavtts exc
cuted by electors, shall be deposited in the
ballot box and the said ballot box, after
being locked and securely sealed with
seals upon which shall have been written
with pen and ink the signature of each
of the primary Judges. shall be returned
to 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
dressed. be returned TO the county au-
d!tor. by the same person returning the
ballot box. The ballot box, with the bal
lots therein, and the envelope contain
ing the poll and tally list and key, shall
be delivered within three days after the
holding of the primary election to the
county auditor, by one of the judges or
clerks, to be agreed upon by the judges.
Sec. 40. Compensation Each precinct
judge and clerk performing the duties at a
primary election imposed upon him by
this Act shall receive from the county
the same compensation paid to judges and
clerks of the general election.
Sec. "a. canvass Of Votes] On the first
Saturday following such primary the
county auditor shall. with the assistance
of the clerk of the courts and county
judge. open and canvass all OF said re-
turns Gf the returns from all precincts
have been received and IL not they shall
adjourn until ell returns have been re-
ceived, but not for a longer pc
riod than three days. and make
separate tabulated statements for
each political party. which shall show. in
appropriate columns and under proper
headings. the total number of votes cast
in the county for each candidate, whose
name is printed or written upon the Of
acial primary ballot. and the same shall
be kept on file in the Office of the county
auditor. Each county auditor shall with
in 10 days after the primary election has
been held, forward under seal to the
/ secretary of state a certified ohstract FOR