The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-06

Prospect Ave; 2o75 Clinton Ave; SIS
E. 140th St.; 558 Morris Ave.
JANIAICA-1E6-29 Liberty Ave.
LONG ISLAND CITY-42-06 9th
Street.
YONKERS- Hudson st.
For further information phone the
Communist Election Campaign Office
at 799 Broadway, Room 526, Gram
ercy 5-878o or STuyvesant. 9-5557.
Defend your Partys vote!"
NEW YORK. - The follow
ing list of instructions for
workers who will be watchers
at the election polls tomorrow
were issued by the Commu-
mist Election Campaign Committee:
Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 7,
the polls voting places open at a.
m. and close at p. m. sharp. Be
tween those hours all who have reg
istered may vote. Voters inside the
polling places before the doors close
| at p. m. are entitled to vote though
it is after 6 p. m.
2-Watchers should be at the poll
ing place (also called Election Dis
trict) an hour before the polls are
open for voting, that is a. m. and
certainly not later than $50 a. m.
3-In New York City, voting ma
chimes are installed in each polling
place. At the opening of the polls
(5:45 a. M each machine must reg
lister zero (0) alongside each party's
candidates. This is to be noted in the
back of the machine. Every watcher
has the right to test the plugs of the
Communist Party (fifth row alongside
letter "E'D before they are sealed at
5:45 a. m. to see that they have not
been tempered with. See that no one
hampers with the plugs Of the Com
munist Party candidates.
4-One watcher of each party has
the right to be inside the guard rail
of the polling place during the count
ing hours. Other watchers must stand
outside the rail.
5-WatcherS should see that voters,
particularly members Of the working
lass, Negro and white, are not in
Inundated into voting for the capital
ist parties and that they are not de-
priVed of their vote by fraud OF trick
cry.
6-In every polling place there is
an extra machine used as q model.
inexperienced voters can be shown
how to work the plugs on this model.
1t is your duty to show any worker
who wants to know how to use the
machine how to use it on this model.
when voter enters a polling
place to vote, he must sign his name
in the same book that he has previ-
ously registered in You have the
right to compare the signatures. If
you suspect any fraud, challenge the
persons right to vote. If your chal-
lenge is ignored, call up your election
headquarters and report at once.
S-No one has a right to advise a
voter what party to vote for.
9--No one is permitted to enter the
booth with the voter.
10-When voter enters the voting
machine, he pulls a lever and the
curtain will close. The plugs on the
voting machine cannot work and vot-
ing Is impossible unless the curtain
is closed. Each voter is entitled to 3
minutes voting time. Watch the cleo
ton officials carefully, who sometimes
open the curtain while the voter is
inside the booth by pulling rope out
side, thereby depriving the voter Of
his vote. Be on the lookout for these
tricks. Expose them promptly and de-
mand that every one be given a rea-
sOnable time to vote.
11-If worker, for some reason, Is
denied the right to vote, challenge
this. Have the worker swear to his
right to vote. His vote is then re-
corded on special ballot. DO not
allow the election officials to send
any worker away without voting.
12-When the polls close at p. m.
the voting machines must be locked.
The back Of the machine (the count
ing compartmentS) is then opened
and the number Of votes counted.
You have the right to be present dur
ing the counting. You should insist
upon this right. 1t Is important that
every watcher takes careful note nr