The Cordova daily times., 1921-04-01
Instructions to Voters Under Ordinance No. 35 of the Town of
 Cordova, Alaska

dent or mistake spoil the ballot given him. shall upon returning the spoiled ballot receive another in place there of. No voter shall vote or offer to vote any ballot except such as he has received from the judges of election in charge of the ballot.
 Sec. 30. Any voter who may swear upon oath that he can not read the English language or that by reason of physical disability he is unable to mark his ballot, shall, upon request, be assisted in marking his ballot by two of the election officers of differ ent political parties, if possible, to be selected from the judges and clerks, to be appointed by the judges of cleo tion at the opening of the polls. Such officers shall never divulge any in- formation about the same. The clerks of election shall enter upon the poll list after the name of any elector who received such assist ance in marking his ballot memo. randum of the fact. Intoxication shall not be regarded as a physical disability, but no intoxicated person shall receive assistance in marking his ballot
 Sec. 43. No person whatever shall do any electioneering on election day within the polling place or within one hundred Q00) feet of the polling place; no person shall interrupt, hinder or oppose any voter while approaching the polling place for the purpose of voting. Whoever shall violate the provisions of this section hry less than twenty-five ($25) or more than one hundred ($100) dollars, for each and every offense; and it shall be the duty of the judges of election to enforce the provisions of this section.
 Sec. A. Any voter who shall. ex- cept as herein otherwise provided, allow his ballot to be seen by any person with the apparent intention of letting it be known how he is about to vote, or who shall make false statements as to his inability to mark his, ballot, or any person who shall interfere or attempt to interfere with any voter when inside the tnclosed space or when marking his ballot, or who is endeavoring to show any voter how he marks or has marked his ballot, shall be pun ished by a fine of not less than five t$5) or not more than one hundred ($1O0) dollars, and it shall be the duty of the election judges to enforce this section.
 Sec. 45. Any person who shall, prior to election, wiIIfuIly destroy or spoil any lists posted in accordance with the provisions of this act, and during election shall willfully tear down the cards of instructions or specimen ballot printed and posted for the instruction of voters, or who shall during the election willfully de- stroy any of the supplies or con- Veniences furnished to enable the voters to prepare ballots, or shall wiIlfully hinder the voting of others, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than one hundred ($1OO) dollars.
 Sec. 46. Any person who shall take from the polling place any such bal lots or substitute for them any spu- rious or counterfeit ballots, or make, use, circulate or cause to be made or circulated any such ballots, any paper printed in imitation of or resemblance thereto, or willfully destroys or de- faces any ballots, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten ($10) and not fn excess of one hundred ($1O0) dollars, or by Imprisonment in the town jail for a period not ex- ceeding ninety (90) days or by both such fine and Imprisonment.
 Sec. 47. Any public officer upon whom duty is imposed by this ordinance who shall willfully neglect i to perform or who shall willfully perform it in such a way as to hinder the object of this ordinance, shall be punished by fine of not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, or by i'm, prisonment in the town jail for not less than five (5) nor more than thirty (3O) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The municipal magistrate shall have jurisdiction of all violations of the provisions of this lOrdinance