Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1944-10-27
How To Obtain Either A New Ballot Or An
Envelope Or Both In Place Of Either Or
Both Accidentally Defaced, Mutilated
Or Spoiled

take spoil, deface or mutllate ballot or en-
velope, on returning the spoiled ballot or
envelope to the Clerks of the Election and
satisfying them that such spelling, defacing
OF mutilation 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 ballots, or
deposit the ballots in the envelope, by rea-
son of defective eyesight, or the loss of the
use of one or both hands, or inability to
walk with safety without assistance, as man.
ifestly renders him or her unable to pre-
pare, fold his or her ballots, or deposit the
ballots in the envelope, or to reach the poll
ing place alone with safety. shall be per-
mitted to bring with him or her into the
election room and booth any elector or two
electors, if the nature of the disability man.
ifestly 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 per-
son 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 chal-
lengers, OF by any one of the election Off
GERS, 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 imme-
diately stand aside, give place to the person
next in line and retire without delay from
within the thirty feet space around the en-
trance to the room. Whoever, not in this
Chapter authorized so to do, shall enter or
attempt to enter the election room or with
in the railing leading to the entrance of the
election room, or shall remain within thirty
feet of the polling place, contrary to the pro-
visions of this Chapter, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof
shall be fined not more than two hundred
dollars.
Section 49, Whoever shall, during the
election, remove OF destroy any of the sup
plies OF OlIleE COHN6IllSuCGS pldCSQ III Tic
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 instruction of the vot-
ers, OF shall, during an election, destroy or
remove any booth, railing OF other conven-
fence provided for such election, or shall in
duce 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 OH conviction shall be punished by I'M
priSonment for not less than six months nor
more than one year.
Section IL. Whoever shall induce or at
tempt to induce any elector to write, paste
OF otherwise place on the ballot the name
of any person. or any sign or device of any
kind, as a distinguishing mark by which to
indicate to any other person how such electOr
has voted, OF shall enter into or attempt to
form any agreement or conspiracy with any /
other person to induce or attempt to induce
any eector 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 misdemeanor /
and on conviction shall be imprisoned for
not exceeding two years.
Section 43. Whoever shall induce or at /
empt to induce any election officer to vio-
ate any of the provisions of this Chapter,
whether or not such election officers shall
,iolate. or attempt to violate any of the pro-
,isions of this Chapter, shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be
imprisoned for a term not exceeding five
vears. 1t shall be the duty of each inspector
o distinctly read this and the preceding sec
ion to the election officers at the opening of
he polls The observance of the provisions
If said two sections by election officers shall
,e held and construed to be included in the
luties. of the office of said election officers,
md the violation of said provisions by cleo
ion officers shall be held and construed to