The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-06-22
Proposed New Charter
For City OF Key West
(Tenth InstaIIment)

should be done. First, to obtain
: ballots for voting; Second, to pre-
mare the ballots for deposit in the
ballot box; Third, to obtain a new
: ballot in place of one accidentally
spoiled.
ANY person who wilfully during
e or before an election removes,
1 tears down or destroys or defaces
2 any booth or compartment or any
: convenience provided for the pur-
{ pose of enabling the elector to
: prepare his ballot, or any card
printed for instruction of electors,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined in a sum not less than
ten dollars, nor more than five
hundred dollars.
Section 81. Except as cleo
tors are admitted, one at time,
to vote and except one city po-
i liceman by permission of the in
spectors, and the inspectors and
clerks of election, and as many
electors as there may be booths or
compartments, no person shall be
permitted within fifteen feet of
the polling room during the time
for voting.
When the right to vote of any
person who demands to be per-
mitted to vote be questioned by
any elector, the said challenge
shall be communicated to the in
spectors before the person is per-
mitted to vote, by the officer or
person in attendance and in
charge of the admission to the
polling place, when his right to
vote must be determined as pro-
vided by law.
Section 81. No elector, while
receiving, preparing and casting
his ballot, shall occupy booth or
/ compartment for a longer time
than five minutes. No such cleo
tor shall be allowed to occupy a
booth or compartment already oc-
cupied by another, nor to speak
or converse with any one except
as herein provided, while in the
polling place.
After having voted or declined
or failed to vote within five min
utes, the elector shall immediate
! ly withdraw from the polling
place and go beyond the prohibit
ed distance and shall not enter the
polling place again.
| Section 83. Each elector upon
,entering the polling room shall be
given one ballot by the inspector.
Before delivering the ballot to the
eIector, at least one of the in
spectors shall write his initials or
name on the stub attached to the
ballot. On receiving the ballot
i the elector shall forthwith and
without leaving the polling room,
retire alone to one of the booths
or compartments provided for
that purpose, and there prepare
his ballot by marking with pen
and ink or pencil, in the appro-
pirate margin, or place a cross
mark (X) before the name of
i the candidate of his choice for
each office to be filled, or by
4 filling in the name of the candi-
! date of his choice in the blank
! space provided therefor and
marking cross mark (X) in the
appropriate margin, and likewise
/ by marking q cross mark (Xl be-
fore the answer he desires in case
any public measure is submitted
to vote of the people.
| Section 81. Any elector APP
plying to vote who by reason of
blindness or the loss of the use of
his hand or hands, is unable to
prepare his ballot, may have the
assistance of the inspectors as
| provided in the preceding section
in the preparation of his ballot,
who shall retire to a booth or
compartment and there prepare
the electors ballot so as to indi-
cate the electors choice of can
didates as to each office to be
filled, without suggestion or in
reference from the inspectors.
But in all cases any elector before
retiring to the booth may have the
clerk of election to read over to
him the titles of the office to be
filled and the candidates therefor.
Before any elector applying
for assistance in the preparation
of his ballot shall be required or
permitted to declare his choice of
candidates. all electors, including
those in the booths or compart-
ments. after voting shall be re-
quired to withdraw from the vot-
ing place. Any person making
a false declaration under provi-
sions of this section, shall be
guilty of a felony and on eonvie-
ton thereof. shall be imprisoned
in the penitentiary for a term not
to exceed one year.
Amy Inspector who shall wilful-
/ ~ deceive any elector in the prep