Year: 1865

The following is a synopsis of the princi-
pal sections of the Election Law of idaho
Territory.


If the Judges of election do not serve, the
voters of the precinct may elect Judges to
fill the vacancy on the morning of the eec-
ton. The Judges shall appoint two persons
having similar qualifications with themselves
to act as Clerks. Previous to votes being
taken the Judges and Clerks shall severally
take the following oath:


al, A do solemnly swear for affirm as
the case may bel that W i'll perform the du-
ties of Judge OF election Tor Clerk as the
case, may bel according to law and the best
of my ability: that viii stpdiously endea-
vor TO prevent fraud, deceit and abuse, in
conducting the same"


In case there shall be no Judge or Justice
of the Peace present at the opening of the
election, the judges of election are empow-
cred to administer the oath TO each other and
to the clerks: and the person administering
the oath shall cause an entry thereof to be
made aud subscribed by him and prefxed to
the poll book.


The polls shall be open at 8 So'clock in the
morning, and continue open until O'Clock
in the evening, al which times the polls shall
be closed. On opening the polls one of the
clerks shall make proclamation of the same
and thirty inmates before closing, proclama-
tion shall be made in like manner, and the
polls shall be closed in half an hour: but
the Board may in their discretion, adjourn
the polls at noon for one hour-procamation
being made Of the same


Every elector shall iG full view deliver to
one of the Judges Of election single ballot
.orPieee OF paper, on " hich shall appear the
names of the persons voted for with peril
nent designation of the office which he or
they may be intended to i'll. The Judge on
receiving the ticket slall pronounce the name
of the eector, and if no objection be made
to him, if the Judge be satisfied he is legally
entitledto vote. he shall put the ballot into the
box: and the Clerks shall enter the name of
the elector, and number, in the poll books
An elector qualified to vote for part of the
officers to be elected, shall. vote an open
ticket that the Judges may determine the
legality OF such vote.


If any person offering to vote shall be
challenged by the Judges or any person en-
titled to vote at the same POLL the Judges
shall declare the qualifications of an elector !;
it such person shall then declare himself
qualified, and the challenge be not withdrawn
one of the Judges shall tender to him the
following oath:


You do solemnly swear Tor AFFIRM that
you are citizen of the United States of the
age of twenty-one years that you have re-
sided in the Territory for four months and in
this county for thirty dayslast past and have
net previously voted at this election"


Provided, that when the person is enti-
tied to vote for part of the officers voted for
,St such election the oath shall be varied ac-
cordingly, and the Clerks shall enter the
names of all persons on the poll list. so
challenged and sworn, in brackets, and such
recordsshall be presumptive evidence of such
votes. If any person shall refnse to take the
oath so rendered, his vote shall be rejected
and provided further that no volunteer in
the service of the United States shall be al.
lowed to vote unless, at the time of volnn-
teering, he was a resident of this Territory"
There shall be provided and kept by the Judges
tat the expense of the County, q suitable
ballot box, with lock and key. The open
ing in the lid of such box shall be of no
larger size than shall be sufficient to admit
single folded ballot Before opening the
polls, the box shall be carefully examined by
the Judges. that nothing shall remain there
In. It shall be then locked and the KEY de.
li7ered to one of the Judges to be designa-
ted by the Board, and the box shall not be
opened during the election.


AT each adjournment of the polls the
Clerks shall, in the presence of tue Judges.
compare their respective poll lists, compute
a3d set down the number of votes, and cor
rect all mistakes according to the decision OF
the Board, until the lists correspond. The
The ballot box shall then be opened and the
poll books placed therein, the box then
locked and covering, with seal, placed on
the opening in the lid, SO aste entirely cover
the same, and the key delivered to one Of
she Judges and the box to another, to be
designated by the Beard. The Judge shall
keep the key in bis own possession, and the
person having the box shall carefully keep it
without suffering the seal to be broken and
shall publicly deliver it to the Board at the
next opening of the polls, when the lists
shall be taken out and the box again locked


At the closing of the election the vote
shall be Immediately canvassed and continue
without adjournment until completed. The
lists shall be compared from the commence
ment, first, and any mistake made corrected,