Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-05-03

in some newspaper published in Charles
| Town on or before May goth, 1921.
(7) No one shall be allowed in the <ot-
ing rooms except the officers of election and
the voter in the act of voting. As soon as
the voter shall have marked his ballot, he
shall then hand it to of the commits /
sioners who shall derosit it in the ballot box
in the presence of the voter, announcing
publicly the name OF such voter which shall
thereupon be recorded for the purpose The
voter shall then be required to leave the
room. Any qualified voter, however. may
enter the poll-room for the purpose of chal-
longing voter, but for such purpose not
more than two shall enter be in the same I
room at the same time The commits sioners
desire to appear before them to testify as to
the qualification disqualification of any
one offering to vote.
tS) The voter upon entering a poll room
shall be handed the ballot and retire to the
booth and mark the ballot by drawing line
through the names of all the candidates
, whom he does not desire to vote for; by
placing cross mark in the square oppos tie
the name of the candidate for whom he de-
slres to vote, or in any other manner that
he may desire, and that shall indicate with
reasonable certainty the candidate or can
ddates for whom he desires to vote |
Nothing hern contained shall be construed
so as TO prevent any voter from writing on
the ballot the name of any person or persons
for whom he may desire to vote, although
the name of such person be not printed on J
the ballot; and in such case, the ballot shall |
be counted for the person whose name is SO |
written thereon even although the name or /
names of other candidates for the same Office /
are not marked therefrom. and if only one i
name be printed candidate for partic- |
ular office. and mark be- placed in the /
square opposite his name, and his name be
not scratched such ballot shall be counted I
for such candidate.
90 All tickets at the respective poll |
rooms shall be kept in full view of the COM
missioners, and shall be given out only to !
prospective voters only at the time they
shall offer to vote; and when given out !
1t shall be signed on the back by at least two
OF the commissioners, and no ballot unless
so signed shall be counted by the commits 7
sioners; nor shall any ballot given to a voter
by such voter. Only one ballot shall be piv
en- a voter. provided, however that should i
voter mis- mark, deface spoil ballot he
may De given another ballot. upon the return
OF the defaced ballot to the commissions
(l0l Should the prospective voter need
the assistance of the commits sioner in mari
ing his ballot it shall be the duty of the
commissioners, of them to give such
information as to the manner of marking tbe
ballot as may be needed; but they shall NOT
directly or indirectly. influence any voter AZ
to what candidate he shall vote for nor as
close how any such voter may have voted +
and shall mark such ballot If requested for
such candidate or candidates as the voter
shall indicate.
I'D No election officer shall d;scloss ~.
name or for whom any voter shall have vot
t1zl As soon as the polls shall have
been declared closed, the commissioned
shall proceed to count the votes and maka
such returns as to the result as is REQUIRED
by section of charter of Charles Town.
The commissioners and clerks who are an
pointed to hold the coming eorporatian ~
as follows: are
Inc commissioners and clerks who are an
pointed to hold the coming corporation elec-
ton are follows: eise-
FIRST Ward-W. A. Riggs. Gen. a MoeL
= $ ida Durham, Commissioners d. W.
~ Second Ward-C. N Smith. Miss Rebecca
Ed Burns Clerk 'ohers. =
Third Ward-Geo- P. Shirley. Miss Anna
Lloyd Baylor. Fenton Griffith. Comm;ssion-
ers: Hosmer Beller, Clerk
Fourth Ward-E- c. Grubbs. G. N Moors
MIS- z, n Alder, Commits sioners; Tom
A: NJ S MORGAN. Mayor.