The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-08-22

shall be no crowdlng or confusion
Immediately around the boxes, and
suitable means shall be provided to
enable each voter to approach the
boxes and deposit his ballot with
out interference or hindrance, and
the right of each person regularly
enrolled to vote and the secrecy of
the ballot shall be preserved at all
times.
80. The managers shall open the
polls at s O'Clock a. M, and shall
close them at o'clock p. M: Pro-
vided, That in the cities Of Charles
ton and Columbia the polls shall
open at 8 o'clock a. M, and close at
6 o'clock p. m. The managers shall
then proceed publicly to count the
votes. After tabulating the result,
the managers shall certify the same
and forward the ballot box, contain
ing the ballots, poll lists and-all 9TH
er papers, except the club roll, re-
lating to such election, by one of
their number to the chairman of the
county committee within SO hours
after the close of the polls.
81. Each county committee shall
furnish the managers at each voting
precinct two ballot boxes, one for
State officers, and United States SEN
ator and one for county officers, con-
gressmen and solicitors. The man
ayers, before opening the polls, shall
take and sign the following oath:
I'VE do solemnly swear that we WlEl
conduct this election according to
law and the rules of the party, and
will allow no person to vote whose
name is not regularly enrolled in
this club, and we will not assist any
voter to prepare his ballot and will
not advise any voter as to how he
should vote at this election
The managers shall direct each voter,
if requested, to the proper box
for his ticket, but the boxes in all
cases shall be marked in suitable
manner so as to designate in which
box the respective tickets shall be
placed.
80. The. managers at each box at
the primary shall require every voter
to pledge himself to abide the results
of the primary, and to support the
nominees of the party, and to take
the following oath and pledge, viz:
II do solemnly swear that / am a
resident of this club district and am
duly qualified to vote at this election
according to the rules of the Demo-
cratic party, and that / have not
voted before at this election, and
pledge myself to support the nomi-
nees of the party, State and national,
and that | did not, in the general
election of 1915, vote against the
regular nominee of the Democratic
primary as declared by the State or
County Executive Committee after
having become member of Demo-
cratic club"
33. Each voter shall deposit in
the appropriate box a ballot on which
shall be printed the names of the
candidates for the offices to be filled
with the titles of the respective off,
ces. The tickets shall be furnished
by the State committee for all ex-
cept county officers, congressman and
solicitors for which the county COM
mittee shall furnish the tickets. Each
ticket shall contain the names OF
all candidates for the respective Off
ces and no other tickets shall be
used. One ticket shall contain the
names of all persons running for
State Offices and United States sena-
tor. The other ticket shall contain
the names of all persons running for
members of the general assembly,
county Offices, congressman and So
licitors. No vote for the house OF
representative nor for the county
commissioners shall be counted un-
less it contains as many names as
the county is entitled to representa-
tives and to county commissioners,
respectively.
Any ballot deposited in the wrong
box shall not be counted.
That in case the managers find
more ballots in the box than names
on the poll list the managers shall
draw out the excess ballots and de-
stroy them.
"a. At any election when the
right Of a person to vote is ch:i-
lenged, the manasers shall place the
vote so challenged ~ a. envelo3,
and indorse thereon the name Of the
voter and that of the challenger, and
the person SO challenged shall be al
lowed to vote, and the challenged
vote shall be kept separate and apart
and not counted, but turned over to
the county committee who shall at
it's first meeting thereafter hear all
objection to such votes, and where
no person appears to sustain an OBJ
lection made at the polls the ballot
shall be removed from the envelope
and mingled with the regular ballot
and counted, but where the challeng-
ers appear, or produce witnesses in
support of the challenge the commit
tee shall proceed to hear and deter
mine the question, and in all in
stances the voter shall have the right
Of appealing to the State commit
tee.
Special attention is also called to
the following provisions, which are
applicable to Bamberg, Denmark,
Olar, Govan and Ehrhardt:
The Australian Ballot Act is ap-
pended hereto and the foregoing
Rules are to be construed so as to
conform to the provisions of this Act.
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