Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-05-27
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Second Ward, Johnson's shop on
George street.
Third Ward, Hedges Show Room,
on George street.
Fourth Ward, Court House.
(5) The system commonly known
as the Australian Ballot System shall
be used, and said election shall con-
form, as nearly as possible, to the pro
visions of law governing states and CO.
unity elections.
(6) Any candidate in order to
have his name printed on the official
ballot shall make public announce
ment of his candidacy in some news
paper published in Charles Town on
/ or before May 23rd, 1925.
Cd No one shall be allowed in
the voting 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 one, of the commissioners
who shall deposit it in the ballot box
in the presence of the voter announc-
ing 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 gu
Allied voter, however, may enter the
poll-room for the purpose of calleng-
ing voter but for such purpose not
more than two shall enter or be in the
same room at the same time. The
commissioners may summon such wit
nesses as they may desire to appear
before them to testify as to the qua
LITIGATION or disqualification of any,
one offering to vote.
(8) 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; or by pla-
cling cross mark in the square op-
poslte the name of the candidate for
whom he desires to vote or in any OF
her manner that he may desire. and
that shall indicate with reasonable Ger
talnty the candidate or candidates for
whom he desires to vote. Nothing
herein contained shall be construed
so as to prevent any voter from writ
ing on the ballot the name of any per
son or persons for whom he may des-
ire to vote, although the name of such
be not printed on the ballot; and in
such case, the ballot shall be counted
for the person whose name is so writ
ten thereon even although the name
or names of other candidates for the
same office are not marked therefrom
and if only one name be printed as a
candidate for particular office and
no mark be placed in the square opp
osite his name and his name be not
scratched such ballot shall be counted
for such candidate.
(9) All tickets at the respective
poll-rooms shall be kept in full view
OF the commissioners, and shall be
given out only to prospective voters
only at the time they shall offer to
vote and when so given out, it shall
be signed on the back by at least two
of the commissioners and no ballot un-
less so signed shall be counted by the
commissioners; nor shall any ballot
given to voter by a commissioner be
taken from the room by such voter.
Only one ballot shall be given a voter.
provived however that should voter
mis-mark, deface or spoil a ballot, he
may be given another ballot, upon the
return of the defaced ballot to the CO.
mmissioners.
(10) Should the prospective voter
need the assistance of the commissio-
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