The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-07

l .. office pl che etlilng members any
 such other vacancy or vancancies. as
 may by law be filled by election. which
 small be filled for the uneXpired term
 or terms thereof and nominations
 shall be filed @Iln the City Clerk, ac- cordingiy.
 Section 21 Ballots and Ballot Box:
 Before the opening of the polls the
 City Clerk shall cause to be delivered
 to the election board a proper number
 yf a.IlOj: De.4 not less than two
 5 uIIe or odlcta4 ballots for each per soA Aal, registered just prior to said election, and like number of col
 red or e.aple ballots The colored ol ' sample ballots shall be duplicate im- pressIons oi she white ballots but without perforated stubs; these color
 d or sample ballots shall be furnish d as soon as printed q any time be- lore the election by the City Clerk in
 reasonable quantities to all electors applying for the same. On the day of election, under the direction and control of the judges al each polling place. a sample ballot shall be given in l reasonable and proper quantities To all electors applying for them. It shal also be the duty of the City Clerk to
 provide a ballot box of sufficient d.
 mensions to contain the ballots to be cast at said election with reference tS
 the registration of voters. Said ballot box shall be provided with lid fas- tened with hinges and provided with | k.la Lra4 a form the top of the box and contain an opening or slot five inches long and e-fourth of an inch wide for the| reception of ballots. All ballots cast by electors entitled to vote shall bt deposited in said ballot box. Sad bal lot box shall at the time Of the open Ing of the polls, be puDucly opened anu turned up side down in such manner as 10 demonstrate that the same Is empty and shall then be closed and shall not again be opened until the polls are closed and time of counting
 .ne paIIots begins. When the ballots have been counted the ballot box small ue IeluIneu Lne Ot.s ~ie4N oe '''- ume the ballots are returned to said .lerK as hereln provided in thIs ordl- nance.
 section 22 Voting Booths: The City -4elh. unuer the aIectlon and control
 yl tie common Councli, snaI, sun. -ent ume and not less than one uay
 ye1oie every election, provided for by -uls ordinance, secure the use of and -ahe possession of the place designat ..H bKF 1a { a ing place; he shall cause the same to De suitably provided with guard rail so constructed and placed that only such persons as are inside said rail can approach within six feet of the ballot box or within ten feet of the booths or compartments in which the electors are to prepare their ballots for voting He shall furnish in the manner directed by the Common Coun- cil sufficient number of such booths, compartments, shelves or tables, in or at which elctors may conveniently prepare their ballots for voting, so thai
 in the preparation thereof each elector may be screened from the observation of other persons. The arrangement shah be such that neither the ballot boxes or compartments, shelves orl 'ables. or the electors while preparing their ballots shall be hidden from the view of those just outside the said guard rail or from the judges; and vet the same shall be far enough removed and 80 arranged that the elector may conveniently prepare his ballot for
 al 11lt There 1 shall be provided at least three such ! oompartrlents. shelves or tables at each polling place.
 Section 23 Who Admitted Within Rail: During the election and count ing of the ballot no person other than
 the judges, and clerks of election and
 the electors admitted as herein after
 provided for the purpose of preparing
 their ballots and voting shall be ad-
 mitted or permitted to be within said rail.
 section 24. Delivery of Ballots to
 Electors: At every election it shall be
 ne duty of the inspector or one Of the
 judges of election to deliver the ballots 70 the electors. Any elector desiring 0 vote will give his name to the in- spector or one of the Judges, who shall ,hereupon in an auuib.e tone of Volct announce the same. whereupon chal- .enge may be interposed in the manner provided by law; if no challenge be
 made. or if the challenge be overruled, 1 the inspector or one of the judges shall deliver to the elector a ballot, provided such elector Is duly registered and his
 name appears upon the general reg .stration poll list heretofore duly cer-
 ifed by the City Clerk, and said in- 5pector or judge at the same time shall call the number of the ballot to the clerks of election. It shall be the duty ! such clerks to write the number
 of the ballot against the name of the elector as the same appears upon the certified copy of the registration poll
 lists then In their possession. If 1t should appear that the name of such