Douglas Island news., 1916-01-26

POLL LIST, TALLY LIST AND POLL BOOK REG-
 IsrER
 Section 15. The board of election shall keep and be respOnsibie Tor Che poll lists, tally lists and poll book register and shall return che same with the election returns. The Town Clerk shall deliver to one or the Judges Oi election Ou the morning or che elec. ton, before the opening ot the polls, the poll book register or registration book, anu snoil take said Judges receipt therefor ana when each voter for members or the common Council hands his ballot to the Judges or election, the said Judges or eiectlon sh9l then and there examine the poll book regis ter, and 1T the name of the elector oeSlrlus to vote. appears thereon, the. Judges or elec- tion shallenter on the poll book, or regis tration book, in the check line opposite the name or such person the WOrQ V oteu. IT the name of the person desiring 60 vote Tor members of the Common Council does not appear on the poll book or registration book, the Judges of election sh1ll reiuse 70 receive his ballot NO lst' toii9 Popet or certificate returned from any election must he rejected for want of form 1T it can be satisfactorily understood.
 CANDIDATES FOR oFEIcE
 Section 16. All candidates for the office ct Councilman or member ot the ochool bonrd shall Ii le with the Town Clerk, not later than noon of the Saturday preceding any muuic- ipal election, a declaration of such candidacy in order that their names may be printed upon the official ballots for use at said eleo- tion.
 Section 17. All ballots for Councilmen shall be of white paper, upon which shall be printed the names or che candidates Tor Councilmen or the Town of Douglas. who have filed their declaration Ot candidacy with the Town Clerk as provided in section l6 of this Ordinance. and the said ballots shall contain, in addition thereto, seven blank spaces for the use of voters desiring s. Con. fInf nne on the ballot All ballots for members of the School Board whether Director, Treasurer or Clerk, shall be of any other color than white paper, upon which shall be printed the names of the candidates for said School BOard. and said ballot shall also indicate the office to be filed whether Director, Treas urer or Clerk, as the ease may be; and the said ballots shall contain, m addition there to. a blank space for the use of voters desir- iue to vote for candidates whose names are not printed on the ballot. All ballots used at any general or special election shall be provided by the Common Council and mo ballots shall be used at any such election other than the official ballots provided by said Council Every ballot must be folded m such a manner that nothing written or printed thereon can be seen, when the same is handed tO the Judges or election Tor the purpose of voting.
 BALLOTS FOLDED TOGETHER, ETC.
 Section IS. IT, in the ballot boX, two or more ballots are folded together they must 
 must be rejected by reason or any obscurlty therein in relation Co the name of the person voted for or the designation or the otnce, it the board, from an inspection or the Dollot can determine the name Ot the person voted for and the office intended. lf the names of more than seven persons are designated on any ballot found iu the ballot box, for the office of COuuCilmen, all the names deSig- mated for such office must be rejected, and lt the names of more than one person are deS- iguated on any ballot found in the ballot bON for School Director, Treasurer or Clerk or the School Board, aS the ease may be, then an the names SO designated on such ballot must be rejected The fact Of such rejection in any such cases, and the reason therefor, must be noted on the ballot and signed by majority Of such election board IT a ballot is found in the ballot box containing the name of the person and the office for which he is designated either two or more times, it must not, for that reason be rejected, but must be counted as one vote.
 COUNCIL TO PROVIDE POLLING PLACE
 Section l9. The Common Council shall at least ten days before any municipal election, by resolution, designate the place or places in the Town of Douglas, for holding such election and shall, before such election, ut the polling place, provide a sufficient uum- ber of places, booths or compartments which shall be furnished with such supplies and cOuveuieuCeS as shall euable the voter com veuiently to prepare his ballot for voting.
 Section 2O. Voting may commence as soon as the polls are open, and may continue dur ing all the time they remain open. A person offering a vote must hand his ballot or bal- lots, as the ease may be- properly folded, as iu this Ordinance provided, to one Of the Judges of election, at the same time aunOuu- ciug his or her name and whether the ballot is for Councilman "r member or the School Board. The said Judge of election must rec ceive the ballots and aSce tain 1T the name Ot the person desiring to vote for members of the Council, iS Co loo fOuud in the poll or reg istration book 1T said book contain the name Of Che voter, before depoSiung the bal lot iu the appropriate ballot box, one of the Judges shall announce the name of the voter and the same shuil be recorded on the poll list hy the Clerk. The Judge shall then de- posit the ba lot or ballots, without opening or examining the same, in the proper ballot box or boxes IT the name of the persou'sO desiring tO vote for members of the Common Council be not found upon tho poll or regis tratiOn book by the Judges, his ballot for members ot the Common Council must be rec jected by the board of election. Each Clerk must keep list Ot persons voting and the name of each person who votes must be eu- tered thereon and numbered in the order of voting
 BALLOT BOXES
 Section 2l. There shall be two sets of bal lot boxes, one for the ballots for members of School Board. Said boxes shall be provided by the Common Council.
 CHALLENGE, ETC.
 Section %. It shall be the duty of the members of the election board, or any voter present, to challenge any person offering Go vote whom he shall know, or suspect, not to be qualified as a voter. lf the person offer ing to vote is challenged as unqualified one of the Judges of election shall administer to him the following oath or afirmatiou'
 "You do solemuly swear Cor afirm) that
 you will we'll and truly answer all such
 Questi.us as hall be put to you touching
 your place of residence and qualifications
 as a voter at this election"
 The Judges of election shall then propound