Milford chronicle., 1942-10-23
INSTRUCTIONS
TO VOTERS

or mutiIation was not intentional, shall re-
ceive another ballot or envelope or both in
place thereof.
Any person who shall be physically un-
able to prepare or fold his or her ballot, or
deposit the ballot in the envelope, by reason
of defective eyesight, or the loss of the use
of one or both hands, or inability to walk
with safety without assistance, as mani
festly renders him or her unable to prepare
fold his or her ballot, or deposit the ballot in
the envelope, or to reach the polling place
alone with safety, shall be permitted to
bring with him or her into the election room
and booth any elector or two electors, if the
nature of the disability manifestly requires
more than one, such as a total disability to
walk to the polling district for the purpose of
rendering the necessary assistance to vote.
Section 81. One challenger appointed
and designated by each political party, as
hereinbefore provided, shall be entitled to
stand at the side of the passage and near the
entrance to the ROOM No other person shall
remain within thirty feet of said entrance
except for the purpose of offering to vote,
except as provided in this Chapter; voters
shall approach and enter the passage in the
order in which they appear for the purpose of
voting. If any person offering to vote shall
be challenged by one of the challengers, or
by any one of the election officers, his or her
right to vote shall be at once determined by
the proper officer, and, if his or her vote is
refused, he or she shall Immediately stand
aside, give place to the person next in line
and retire without delay from within the
thirty feet space around the entrance to the
room. Whoever, not in this Chapter author
lied so to do, shall enter or attempt to enter
the election room or within the railing lead
ing to the entrance of the election room, or
shall remain within thirty feet of the polling
place, contrary to the provisions of this Chap
ter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof shall ebe fined not more
than two hundred dollars.
Section 80. Whoever shall, during the
election, remove or destroy any of the sup
plies or other conveniences placed in the
booths as aforesaid or delivered to the voter
for the purpose of enabling him or her to
prepare his or her ballot, or SHALL during an
election, remove, tear down or deface the
cards printed for the instructions of the
voters, or shall, during an election, destroy
OF remove any booth, railing or other con-
venience provided for such election, or shall
induce or attempt to induce any person to
commit any of such acts, whether or not any
such acts are committed or attempted to be
committed, shall be guilty of misdemeanor,
and on conviction shall be punished by i'm
prisonment for not less than six months nor
more than one year.
Section 49, Whoever shall induce or
attempt to induce any elector to write, paste
or otherwise place on the ballot the name
of any person, or any sign or device of any
kind, as distinguishing mark by which to
indicate to any other person how such elector
has voted, or shall enter into or attempt to
form any agreement of conspiracy with any
other person to induce or attempt to induce
any elector to so place any distinguishing
mark or name on the ballot, whether or not
such act be committed, or attempted to be
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction shall be imprisoned for not
two years.
Section 43. Whoever shall induce or
attempt to induce any election officers to
yiolate any of the provisions of this Chapter,
whether or not such election officers shall
7iolate or attempt to violate any of the pro-
,isions of this Chapter, shall be guilty of
and on conviction shall be i'm
,risoned for term not exceeding five years.
t shall be the duty of each inspector to dis
inctly read this and the preceding section
o the election officers at the opening of the
'olls. The observance of the provisions of
aid two sections by election officers shall be
eld and construed to be included in the
uties of the Office of said election officers,
nd the violation of said provisions by cleo