The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-10-26

on-ollment list of the voters partv 's
Sec. 96. Ballots Objected T6-(Hefso.
shall be marked by the voter except ae AZ
rected thereon for the use of the cross w W
at the left Of the naSse of the candidate,
voted for. Official primary ballots otSes
wise marked shall not De counted sn "as
ballots and others not counted by rroson
of some defect therein shall be marhoa
defective, and official primary baliots
to which objection has been made by ans
of the Judges shall be marked "cbinctaS
to- on the back thereof, and the memo
randum signed by the judges, stating how
it was counted, shall be written upoo nv
back of each ballot so marked au6 AZ
ffcial primary ballots marked "dcrcctivss'
or objected to" shall be enclosed In an
envelope and securely sealed and EN-
dorsed so as to clearly disclose its COR
tents. All official primary ballots mot
voted, and all that have been spoiled nv
voters while attempting to vote. shall he
returned by the primary judges 10 the
county auditor and a receipt taken thore.
for and shall be preserved three months
Sec. 81. Restrictions OF General Law
at the place by tho officers and under Inc
same rules and restrictions that r1vern
judges with like duties at the general
election.
Sec. 90. Canvass of Votes in Precinc,
Immediately upon closing the polls Inc
primary judges shall proceed 70 canvass
the votes polled in the manner following:
a. They shall proceed to ascertain The
number of names entered upon the regis
try poll book lists for each political p5rty
separately.
ballots have been deposited in the ballot
box for each political party separately.
C. If the number of ballots Of any po-
litical party exceed the number Of names
of voters Of such party entered upon The
poll books, said ballots shall be folded
and replaced in the ballot box from which
they were taken and the box closed and
well shaken and again. opened, and one Of
the judges who shall be biindfolded shall
draw out of said ballot box and destroy so
many of such ballots as shall be equal to
such excess.
d. They shall then place the ballots Of
each political party in separate piles, and
proceed to count those OF each political
party separately, and as the judges shall
open and read n ballot, such clerk shall
carefully mark upon the tally sheet,
blanks furnished by the county auditor,
the votes which each candidate, Of the
party which name is printed on such bal
lot, has received, in a separate column
for that purpose, with the name OF the
office for which he is a candidate at the
head of such column.
e. After the ballots of a political party
shall all have been read and eute"yd on
the tally sheets, the clerks shan make
footings thereon so as to show the total
number of votes cast for each candidate
whose name is printed upon the official
primary ballot or written upon the initial
tory precinct ballot Of such polite party
and certify the same 10 be correct. There
upon the Judges shall set down Ia The
registry poll book in a space ana form
to be provided therein for that pa.rose
written ut full length. the name OF the
office for which he is a candida, the
total number of votes which said yaLdi-
date received and the total number 4
primary, and shall certify the same 20 be
true and correct; said entry in the POLL
books shall be made in substantiai!F ne
following form:
i ,tsn
At the primary election held in this pre-
cihct on the...:;.........d2y ol..,;:i.,.
whose names were printed on the Official
primary ballot, or written upon tn inl-
tiatory organization Precinct Ballot OF
said. party, received The
Names of
Candidates Title of Office. No. Of Votes.
John Doe. United States Senator 900
Richard Roe, Governor eoU
(and so on for each candidate)
Total number of votes cast by said.
We b fpaFfy' ccrfjfv he above o%tes and fore
going to be true and correct.
Dated this..........d day of......A. d. 49,.
...,.,.'.
Urinary Judges.
Sec. 90. Official L llots Must be Pre-
served-After the vot . of a political par
ty have been counteo and canvassed and
the returns certified 10, all the official
primary ballots and initiatory precinct
ballots, except those marked "defectlye or
objected to" shall be strung upon q strong
thread or twine or wire separately. Tor
each political party, il the order i'm which
they have been read. and shall thereupon
be carefully sealed in wrappers and en-
dorsed as follows:
Ballots Of the. ........... party cast
precinct n......'.'''
'Initiatory Organization Precinct Bal
lots OF party cast III
precinct. ................ county, South
Dakota"
Sec. 100. Poll Books, Ballots and Tally
Sheets Must Be Delivered to the County
Auditor-The registry poll books, with
ten thereon, and the tally sheets, togeth!-
err with the wrappers containing the bal,
lots, shall be carefully enveloped and
sealed up together, each party separately
properly endorsed, and with the enroll
ment lists, certificates of enrolment, ana
initiatory precinct committee election re-
turns, and placed in the hands OF the
experimenting judge. who shall deliver
Cor give to one of the other judges or to
one OF the clerks who shall delivery the
same, to the county auditor at his Office
within three days after said canvass mas
been completed.
Sec. 101. Compensation-Each precinct
! judge and clerk performing the duties az
a primary election imposed upon him by
this act shall receive from the county
the same compensation now paid to
judges and clerks of the general election
sec. luz. County CdnVS SSlHB
(Duties)-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 cam
vass all of said returns 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 LOT
each candidate whose name is printed up
on the official primary ballot or written
upon the Initiatory Precinct Ballot OF one
OF the political parties and the same shali
be kept on file in the office OF the county
auditor. Each county auditor with
in seven lays after the primary
election has been held. shall forward
under seal to the secretary of state a GER
tilted abstract for each political party
having upon its official primary ballot the
name of any candidate for whom a pro-
posal petition or committee proposal was
flied in the office of the secretary of state,
under the provisions of this act, showing
the total number of votes cast in such
county at the primary for each Of such
candidates, which abstract shall be signed
by such auditor under his official seal
and by the clerk of courts under his Of
fetal seal. and by the county judge.
Sec. 103. State Canvassing Board
! (Duties)-Immediately upon receiving re-
turns from the county auditors Of all the
counties. as provided in the last section.
the same shall be canvassed by the same
state officers as are directed by the gen.
eral election laws to canvass returns af-