Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-14

r tss to vote Said s ssass Isa df
mailed without unnecessary delay,
| postage prepaid, by the city or town
clerk applied to as aforesaid, to All
the application set forth in said
clause (b), provided said application
is duly certified by the proper off,
cials as set forth in the next follow
Sec. i37. When an application for
an. Official absent voting ballot Is re-
! ceived by the clerk of city or town,
the tn ono ofilciais charged by law with the
registration and enrolment of voters
! in said city or town. Said ofhcials
shall examine same: and. il they be-
genuine and the statements. therein
made by the applicant to be true,
they shall execute the certificate
thereon and return same to said
clerk. The city clerk shall cause to
be placed on the voting list, opposite
the name of eaeh person to whom an
! official absent voting ballot is mailed
Of the polls on election day, the let
ters in capitals A. Y. If said offielais
do not believe said signature to be
| genuine or said statements made by,
| execute the said certificate, they
! shall forthwith mail to the purported
applicant at his last address as stat
! ed on said application written notice
! to that effect, giving their reasons
| for so declining. They shall preserve
the application until the time set by
| law for the destruction of ballots cast
in the coming election. at when tine
! ed. The clerk shall keep lists Of the
names and addresses. arranged by
voting precincts, of all vgters ming
applications for absent voting bal.
lots. and shall post copies Of said
/ lists for public inspection at each
polling place.
Sec. 1873. A voter who has executed
4 and filed an application for an OH
! clerk Of the city or town in which he
lis a registered voter may, after his
application is certified ana he has OBJ
tanned an official absent Voting bal
last preceding, vote by mailing said
. ballot as hereinafter provided or by
delivering said ballot in person, to
mark said ballot in the presence of
! any official authorized by law to ad-
minister oaths If the marking IS
done within the State of Maine, ana
having seal, if the marking is done
outside of the State of Maine; but, in
either case, no person other than the
! voter and the official taking his oath
| shall be. present during the marking
| and sealing of said ballot. Before
marking said ballot, the voter shall
exhibit it to said ofticiai, who , s, sha al
but he shall not allow said official to
see how he marked it. Said official
shall hold no communication with the
| voter, nor he with said official. as to
| lot in the envelope provided. for. in
! clause (c) of section one hundred
thirty-fourr., He shall then execute
said envelope as set forth in said
clause ley said official shall endorse
thereon the certificate provided for in
said clause (cl and affix his official
| close and seal the envelope with the
ballot in the envelope provided for in
clause (d) of section one hundred
thirtyfour. endorse thereon his name.
address and voting place, and mail
the same within the time prescribed
in the following section. by register
ed mail requesting return receipt
therefor. postage prepaid, at any post
! office. or may deliver same in person
as above provided.
/ Sec. 139. All ballots cast under the
provisions of the preceding section
shall he mailed on or prior to thc
day of election. or, if delivered in
person. shall be delivered at least
twenty-four hours before the open
ing of the polls ct the, voters poll
, ing place on tho day of the election.
, The postmark If leeible. shalt he
| conclusive evidence of the time and
place of mailing. Any clerk. il re-
( quested thereto, shall give to any
person delivering such ballot in per-
son a receipt therefor setting forth
/ the precise date, hour and minute of
the delivery. J." y
|! Sec: 14o, Upon receipt of AN en-
velops purporting to CONTAIN an an. ON
! the city or town shall attach thereto
the Applicant for an Official absent
| voting ballot executed by the voter
| whose name appears thereon and Ger
I tilted by the registration officials as
! hereinbefore provided. All such en-
velopes shall be preserved unopened.
! Upon election day before the hour
/ for closing the polls the said clerk
| shall deliver all envelopes received by
him to the election officials in the
several voting precincts in which the
/ to vote. together with list signed
! by him of the voters names and ad-
dresses as shown upon said envelopes.
! Sec. III. Immediately after the
| closing of the polls. and after the
ballots cast. have been removed from
the ballot box, the presiding officer
| in each polling place shall open all
| envelopes delivered to him under the
! and Shall compare the signatures on
| the envelopes therein enclosed with
! the SIGNATURES on the applications at
I tached thereto and shall examine the
! and properly executed in accordance
with the provisions of this act. and
! il the voters signatures on the affi-
! dayitS appear to be made by he
! same persons who signed the appli-
! cations. and to be the signatures Of
/ duly registered voters who have not
! voted at the election, he shall make
| public announcement of the names of
/ the absentee voters. open the en-
velopes in such manner as not <to
! destroy the afTidavits thereon. take
| them or permitting them to be OPEN
| ed or examined, and. after checking
| the names of the absentee voters on
| the voting list. shall deposit the bal
| lots in the ballot box. If he finds an
envelope to bear an affidavit rot
| duly and properly executed as afore-
| said or not signed by the same per-
| son who signed the accompanying
| application. or if the voter whose
| name appears thereon is NOT a regis
! tered voter. is not enrolled when en-
; the ballot, or has voted in person,
| the presiding officer shall not open
| the envelope but shall mark across
! the face thereof. Rejected as defec-
! tive" Projected as not voter"
| "Reiected as not enrolled" or. Voted
| in person" as the case may be. In
! event of its appearing from the
color of the ballot At primary cleo
! ton. when said ballot is taken from
its envelope by the said presiding
! officer that said ballot is for the
| other than that in which the absentee
voter is enrolled. said presiding Off
| GER without opening said ballot, shall
! endorse on the outside thereof and If