The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-21

We who votes or who impersonates
ttempts to impersonate a regis
elector in or to vote at q primary
ion shall be punished by a fine not
sding two hundred dollars ($200.00)
/ Y imprisonment in the county Jail
/ exceeding elk n
- ction 81. Interference Prohibit
n 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
who is a member Of one to
rfere with ony other polit-
party in the voting of the mem
VII theraof or obstruct the voting Of
io., i party at such primary or to create
disturbance in or about the polling
.e on primary election day, or to
a ampt to intimidate n registered
Sest tor or to induce any registered
Mn tor to remain away from the polls
: primary election day, or to cleo
leer or persuade any elector to vote
y or against, any candidate when
! h ~electioneering or solicitation is
-. hin fifty feet Of the polls. 1t shall
o be unlawful for any judge or clerk
=. election to volunteer or give any adj
!" !e to any elector as for whom he
ould vote for or against while such
! 1. iSc VI Clelh VI clCClloIl Is dCllilS DIS
ch. Any person violating the pro-
"a ions of this section shall be deemed
err ilty Of a misdemeanor and punished
pss cordingly.
Section 35. CVoting at the Primary;
lties Of Judges.) One Of the judges
.G the primary election shall have
hi large of all Of the ballots and also
hi the party primary Registration Book
- - y 49, ~l~eticp ncn-
net presents himself and requests a
uallot he shall, the judge having such
It allots in Charge be asked: "Of what
e arty are o q MEMBER" n upon
voter stating to what party he be-
.Songs, the judge of election having
tlharge shall stamp such ballot on the
mack, with a stamp to be furnished by
county "Oficial Primary Ballot"
nd deliver to each voter the party ball
ut to which he shall be entitled, ac-
lording to his party registration as an
injector under the provisions of this
.hct. Any registered clector who from
physical disability is unable to mark
ais ballot may call on one of the judges
-Who may mark the ballot for him as
lhe directs Inc deposit the same in the
ballot box.
Section SO. (Poll Books.) A party
registration book and two poll books
shall be furnished to each election pre-
tcinct by the County Auditor at the ex-
of the county of all which should
be returned to the County Auditor by
the election judges after the canvass
OF the vote within the precinct, and
shall be and remain a part of the rec
or1s of his office.
Section 81. Opening of PoMs.) Up
on the opening of the polls one of the
J dyes shall announce the fact and
after the polls are open no adjourn
ment or recess shall be had until the
ballots are c~anyassed and returns
made. Thirty minutes before the clos
ing of the polls announcement shall be
made that the polls will be closed in
o1e-ilalf hour After which the votes
shal1 be canvassed at the polling place
by the officers and under the same
rules and restrictions thai govern
Judges with Ike duties at any general
election, and the returns of such pri-
mary be made by one of the judges the
same as general election returns are
made.
Section 38. (False Returns.) Any
Judge or clerk of any primary election
or any county c~anyassing board or 9TH
er officer whose duty it is to keep, make
or canvass or deliver returns of any
primary election, who shall knowingly
I'M Wilfully make any false nvas
count, certificate, abstract list or re-
turn, or who shall alter or change the
same after having been correctly made
OF WHO shall fail to preserve, forward
and deliver any returns entrusted to
MIN Tor that purpose shall be deemed
guilty OF a mlsdemeanor and upon con-
vlctlon shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding three hundred dollars
tS30O.009 or by imprisonment in the
county jail not exceeding three months.
Section SO. (MarlSing Ballots.) No
ofhclal ballot shall be marked in any
way other than by a cross (X) in the
square at the left of the name of the
candidate the elector wishes to vote for.
Gnd n ballot marked otherwise shall
pe marked on the back by the election
judges Not Canvassed" unless such
marking Is sufficiently plain to enable
the Judges to determine the intent of
q voter. That ballots 50 marked mot
SaIVessed shall be placed in a sep
arate envelope upon which shall have
endorsed thereon the words: "pri-
nary Ballots Not Canvassed" and
eANA
such ballots. shall be subject to re.
view by the County Primary Election
County Election Board and if such
county ~canvassing board shall be able
70 determine the intent Of the voter II
shall q such vote to the list returned
from such primary election precinct for
q candidate or candidates for which
such vote was intended by the voter.
Section 40. (Names OF Voters En-
tered by Clerk.) The name of every
voter whose vote is accepted at a nri-
mary election shall be entered by the
oisTk5 upon the poll books and there
snail also be entered by the clerks
IN such poll books opposite the name
Of each person voting, in a column ar
ranged in said books for that purnose
a letter or other designation showine
h N of the political party whose
oallot such elector voted.
Section Al. CCanvass Of votes.) or
b first Saturday after the Primary
the County Auditor shall, with the as
sistaIlce of the Clerk Of Courts and
County Judge, open and anvas all o,
said returns and make separate state