The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-24

boxes shall be counted. The COM
nl;ss;oners of election shall provide
for each voting place sufaclent
number of boxes to meet the re-
ouirements Of the election. An open
mo shall be made in the lid Of each
5oy not larger than sufficient for a
sircle ballot to be inserted therein
ct one time, through which each oal-
lot received proper to be placed IL
such box shall be inserted by the per
son voting, and BY no other. Eacn
box shall be provided with sufficient
lock, and shall be publicly opened
and inspected, to show that it is
empty and secure, and locked Just
before the opening Of the poll. The
KEY shall be returned to the man
ayers, and the bcx shall not ie open
ed during the election. Each box
shall be labeled in plain and distinct
Roman letters, with the Office Or Of
fcer-, question Or questions, voted
for. and the managers, on the demand
Of the voter, shall be required to reac
20 him the names or questions on the
boxes. At each precinct space OF
enclosure. such as the managers OF
election shall deem fit and sufficient,
shall be rallied off or otherwise pro-
v:Sed WITH an opening at one end CT
side for the entrance OF the voter,
and an opening at the other for his
exit, as voting place IN when TO
hold the election, and the ballot box
shall be so located as to be in view
of persons outside of the polling
nlace during the time Of voting. But
one voter shall be allowed to enter
any voting place at q time, and no
one except the managers shall be a.
lowed to speak to the voter while IN
the voting place casting his vote.
At she close of the election the
managers ard clerk shall Immediately
proceed publicly to open the ballot
box and count ) the ballots therein,
and continue such count, without
adiouoYnment or interruption, until
the same is completed, and make
such statement Of the result thereof: !:
and sign the same, as the nature OF
the election shall require. No bal
lot shall be counted upon which there
shall appear the name Of an Office or
the name Of q person IN correction
with an Office other than that Tor
which the box in which such ballot
is found shall be designated and
labeled. If, in counting, two or more
ike ballots shall be found folded tc-
gether compactly, only one shall be
counted; the other must be destroy
cd; but if they bear different names,
all must be destroyed and none
counted. If more ballots shall be
found on. opening the box than there
are names on The poll list, all the
ballots shall be returned 70 The box
and thoroughly mixed together, and
one OF the managers, Or the clerk,
shall, without seeing the ballots, draw
therefrcm and Immediately destroy
as many ballots as there are IL eX-
cess OF the number Of names on the
poll list. Within three days there
after the chairman Of the board Of
managers. or one Of them, to be
designated in writing by the board,
shall deliver to the commissioners OIL
election the poll list, the boxes con-
tanning The ballots ard a written
statement of the result Of the e!ec-
ton in. his precinct.
The following managers OF election
have been appointed to hold the cleo
tion at the various precincts ii the
county, to wit:
Managers of Election.
Court Housed. B. Werts, S. S.
Cunningham. John Swittenberg.
Newherry Cotton Mill. T. Tim
naerman, Charley Layton, George
Carter.
Mollohon Mild. q. Darby, Oscar
Burton, I. T. Zimmerman.
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