Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-20
NOTICE OF ELECTION
State of South Carolina-County of
York

York.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
~ General Election for State and
County Officers will be held at the vot-
ing precincts prescribed by law in said
county, on Tuesday, November Z, 1922,
said day being Tuesday following the
first Monday in November as prescrib-
ed by the State Constitution.
The qualification for suffrage:
Managers of election require Of
every elector Offering to vote at any
election. before allowing him to vote,
the production of his registration certi-
ficate and proof of the payment of all
taxes, including poll tax, assessed
against him and collectible during the
previous year. The production of a
ficer authorized to collect such taxes,
shall be conclusive proof of the pay
ment thereof.
Section 237, Code of 1912, as amend
ed by Act. No. 6, special session of
1914.
Section 237. There shall be three
separate and distinct ballots, as fol-
lows: One ballot for Representatives
in Congress; and one ballot for Cover
nor, Lieutenant Governor, State Of
ficers, Circuit Solicitors, members Of
the House of Representatives, State
Senator, county officers, and one bal
lot for all Constitutional amendments
and special questions, each OF three
said boxes to be appropriately Ia
belled; which ballots shall be Of plain
white paper and Of such width and
length as to contain the names Of the
officer or officers and question or ques-
tions to be voted for or upon, clear and
even cut, without ornament. designa-
ton, mutilation, symbol or mark OF
any kind whatsoever, except the name
or names of the person or persons
voted for and the office to which such
person or persons are intended to be
chosen, and all special questions which
name or names, office or offices, ques-
ton or questions shall be written or
printed or partly written or partly
printed thereon in black ink and such
ballot shall be so folded as to conceal
the name or names, question or ques-
tions thereon, and so shall be deposit
ed in a box to be constructed, kept
and disposed of as herein provided by
law, and no ballot OF any other des-
cription found in either Of said boxes
shall be counted.
On all special questions the ballot
and shall thereafter have the. words
YES" and NO. inserted so that the
voter may indicate his vote by strik-
ing out one or the other Of such words
on said ballot, the word not so stricken
out to be counted.
Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls, Managers and Clerks must
take and. subscribe the Constitutional
oath. The Chairman Of the Board of
Managers can administer the oath to
the other members and to the Clerk;
a Notary Public must administer the
oath to the Chairman. The Managers
elect their Chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at o'clock a. m. and closed at
4 o'clock p. m. except in the city OF
Charleston, where they shall be opened
at 7 a. m. and closed at p. m.
The Managers have the power to fill
a vacancy, and If none Of the Managers
attend, the citizens can appoint from
among the qualified voters, the Mana
gers, who, after being sworn, can con-
duct the election.
At the close of the election, the
Managers and Clerk must proceed
publicly to open the ballot boxes ana
count the ballots therein, and continue
without adjournment until the same is
completed, and make statement OF
the result for each office and sign the
same. Within three days thereafter,
the Chairman Of the Board, or some
one designated by the Board, must de-
liver to the Commissioners of Elec-
ton the poll list, the boxes containing
the ballot and written statements of
the results of the election.
At the said election qualified electors
will vote upon the adoption or rejec-
ton of amendments to the State Con-
stitution, as provided in the following
JOINT RESOLUTIONS: