The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-25

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challenge any person offering to vote whom
| believe to be disqualified.
Sec. rs. Judges and Clerks Must Chal-
lenEe-When) If any judge or clerk of the
primary shall know, or have reason 10 be-
lieye that any person offering to vote is
not a qualified oiector, it shall be his duty
70 challenge the right of such person to
vote.
Sec. 10. Challenged ath-Form.) Any
person may challenge the right of any per
son TO vote the ballot of the party making
the challenge at the primary. If the chal-
lenge is made on the ground that the person
Offering to vote is not a qualified elector of
the precinct. one Of the judges shall tender
to him the oath used under the law Of this
state al a general election in a similar case.
accompanied by like conditions. If the chal-
lcngo is made upon the ground that the
person challenged is not in good faith a
member of the political party whose ticket
hp requests to vote at the primary. one of
the Judges shall tender the following oath
You do solemnly swear Cor affirm. as
tho case may be- that you are twentv-cnc
years of age that YOU are a citizen OF the
United States. or have declared your intCn
ton to become a citizen conformably TO the
laws of the United States that you have
resided i'll the United States one year, in
this state sN months, in this county thirty
DAYS, and in this precinc ten days next pro
ccding this primary election. that you have
not voted in any precinct AT this primary
election that you are in good faith a mem
her of the .--..... .......par and
a believer in its principles as declared in
the last preceding national and state plat
forms.
See. 50. Vote May Be Rejected -Whcn.l
If any person 50 CHALLENGED shall refuse
10 take such oath or affirmation as re-
CURED. his vote shall be rejected and after
taking such oath or affirmation, if tho
Judges have good reason to believe that the
person SO challenged is not qualified. before
receiving his vote. they shall require him
10 subscribe the oath or affirmation, which
hall be written out and present with the
poll boks for future reference.
Sec. 81. Challen%ers May BE Appointed
In addition 10 the RIGHT of every person
present NJ a primary To challenge a voter,
the chairman cf the party county central
committee OF each political party shall have
the right TO appoint one challenger in each
precinct. Such challenger must be an
ciector Of the precinct in which he is ap-
pointed to act. lie shall be protected in tho
Discharge Of his duties by the Judges of the
primary and by peace officers. and shall be
permitted TO remain within polling place IN
such position as will enable him 70 sec such
person as he offers to vote. and said chal-
lenger may remain within the polling place
throughout the canvass Of the vote and until
the returns are signed.
See. 50. Announcement Of Opening of
Polls) Upon the opening Of the polls. one
of the judges shall openly an nornce that
fact and at least thirty minutes before the
closing of the polls, announcement shall he
made in like manner that the polls will
be closed in bali an hour.
Sec. SO. No Adjournment Shall BE Takon.)
After the opening of the polls at a primary
election, no adjournment shall be had nor
recess taken until all the votes cast at such
primary election shall have been counted
and canvassed.
Sec. 81. Duty of Voter and Judges) Every
voter. upon requesting official primary cleo
tor ballots at any primary. shall in a dis
tipct and audible voice. state his name and
The name of the political party of which he
is a member. The judges shall keep the
ballots of each party separate, and one Of
the Judges shall stamp and deliver to the
voter the official ballot belonging to the
party Of which he is a member, and the
voter shall take the same into the booth,
and after marking il as directed. snail fold
and return the same to one o. the judges.
who shall deposit it in the ballot box.
Sec. IS. Name Of Voter Entered by
Clerk in Poll Book.) The name of every
voter whose vote is accepted at q primary
election shall be entered in numerical order
by each clerk in the registry poll book and
duplicate, and there shall also be entered
by each clerk, in such poll book and dupli-
cate, opposite the name of each person vot-
ing. in a column arranged in said books for
that purpose, a letter or other designation
showing the name Of the political party
whose ballot such elcctor voted. and in a
column in said books at the right side of
the name. for that purpose, the number of
the voter.
Sec. SO. Ballots Objected to Defective.)
No official primary election ballot shall be
marked by the voter except as directed there
on for the use of the cross 'X) at the left
Of name Of the candidates voted for.
Official primary ballots otherwise marked
shall not be counted. Such ballots and
others not counted by reason of some de-
feet therein shall be marked '"defective'
and official primary ballot TO which OBJ
lection has been made by any Of the judges
hall ho p,arLaI "nhicptad to- nn tho hack
thereof, and the memorandum signed by the
Judges. stating how it was counted. shall
be written upon the back of each ballot so
marked and all official primary ballots
marked "defective' or objected TO" shall
be enclosed in an envelope and securely
sealed and endorsed so as to clearly disclose
its contents. 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 coun-
~ auditor and a receipt taken therefor and
shall be preserved three months.
Sec. 81. Restriction of General Law Gov
erns.) The votes shall be canvaased at the
place by the officers and under the same
rules and regulations that govern judges
with like duties at the general election.
See. So. Canvass If Votes in Precinct
Immediately upon closing the polls the pri-
mary judges shall proceed to canvass the
votes polled in the manner following:
a. They shall proceed to ascertain the
number of names entered upon the poll
book for each political party separately.
b. They shall then ascertain how many
ballots have been deposited in ballot box for
each political party separately.
C. If the number Of ballots of any po-
litical party exceeds the number Of names
Of voters on such party entered upon the
poll books. said ballots shall be folded and
replaced in the ballot box from which they
we're taken ard the box closed and well
shaken and again opened. and one Of the
judges who shall bc blindfolded shall draw
out Of said ballot box and destroy SO many
Of such ballots as shall be equal to such cH-
cess.
d. They shall then place the ballot "
each political party in separate piles and
proceed to count those of each political par
ty separately, and as the Judges shall open
and read a ballot. such clerk shall care
fully mark upon the tally sheets. blanks
furnished by the county auditor. the votes
which each candidate. of the party which
name is printed on such ballot. has re-
ceived, in 81 separate column for that pur-
pose. with the name of the office for which
he is a candidate at the head Of such col
umn.
G. After the ballots of a political party
shall all have been read and entered on The
tally sheets, the clerks shall make footings
thereon so as to show the total number Of