Year: 1866


81, 1866, IS


I54. Al every election, and at each precinct,
the Board of Judges of Elections shall cause to
be kept, separately and distinct from the poll
list list of all persons who shall have actually
voted at such election, which list shall be set
down the name of all voters successively as soon
as they shall have been admitted to vote and
their ballots have been received, the names be-
ing numbered with successive numbers placed
at the left hand, and pacing in column direct
ly opposite and to the right of each name the
proper number prefxed to such name as it stands
enrolled on the poll list. THIS list shall be known
as the = List of Voters" and shall be attached
to the duplicate poll list with the tallies and
other papers constituting and known in law as
the " Election Returns" TO be returned TO the
County Clerk of the county in which the election
is held, as now provided bv law; prorided, that
the State Board of Registry shall have power to
dispense with this list, if in the Judgment of
said Board it should be found unnecessary md
inconvenient in practice. Act March 81, 1866
z61


l5j. If the vote of any person be challenged
on the ground that he has been convicted of an
infamous crime, disfranc hsed by any Court
of competent jurisdiction, he shall not be requir-
ed 10 answer any questions respecting such al
legged conviction ; and in the absence of any au-
thenticated record of such facts, it may be com
petent for two diSinterested witnesses upon On h
to prove the same. Act March 23 1850 53l
r. l0l.


l56. When the polls are closed, proclamation
thereof shall be made at the place of voting,
and votes shall be afterwards received
Same Act, s32.


COUNTING. oAxv.sIye DECLARING THE RESULT MAKING


returns. AND GIVING RTIFIvAIEs


l57. As the polls are closed on the af
ternoon of the day of election the Judges shall
open the ballot box and commence counting the
votes and in shall the ballot box be
removed from the in which any election
may he held until all the ballots counted :;
the counting of ballots shall in all cases be
public. The ballots shall be taken out careful
ly, one by one, BY the Inspector of the
Judges, who shall open them, and read aloud
the name of each person contained therein, and
the Office for which every such person is voted
for. Each Clerk shall write down each Office to
be filled, and the name of each person voted for
for such office and shall keep he number of votes
by tallies, as they read aloud by the Inspec-
tor Judge. The counting of the votes shall
be continued without adjournment until all are
counted. Act March %, 1850, p. lOl S33.


1873. If two tickets are found folded together
they shall both be rejected and if more persons
are designated any ticket for any office than
are to be elected for such Office such part of the
ticket shall not he counted for any of them but
no ticket shall be lost for want of form, if the
Board of Judges determine to heir satist;,c-
tion the person voted for and the Office intended
[Same Act, S3+.


l59 As soon rs all the votes are read off and
counted, certificate shall be drawn up on each
of the papers containing the poll list and tales,
or attached thereto. stating the number of votes
each person voted for has received and deSignat-
ing the office to fill which he was voted for
which number shall be written in words at full
length. Each certificate shall he signed by the
Clerks. the Judges. and Inspector One of said
certificates, with the poll list, and tally paper to
which it is attached, shall be detained by the
Inspector and preserved by him at least six
months. The ballot shall be strung upon a cord
or thread by the inspector during the counting
of the ballots, in the order in which they are
entered upon the tally list by the clerks and
said ballots, together with the other of said
tfcates with the poll list and tally paper to
which il is attached shall he sealed up by the
inspector in the presence of the judges and clerks
aud indorsed " Election Returns ~ and be direct |
ed and delivered or sent by the inspector TO the
county Clerk of the county in which the election
is held, and the said ballots shall be kept for Mt
least six months by said Clerk and if any per-
be of opinion that the vote of any precinct
shall not have been correctly counted, he may
appear the day appointed for the Board of Su-
perviSors TO open the returns. and demand re-
count of the vote of said precinct and the Board
of Supervisors shall proceed to recount the vote
of the precinct that is claimed to have been
incorrectly counted. Amendment, April 20,
1868, Is, p. 1853.


100 The said package shall be delivered to
the county Clerk by one of the judges clerks
of election in person, or may be sent by private
hand or by mail If sent by private hand, the
person delivering it shall, before the county
Clerk, take and subscribe affidavit that the
package delivered to him by one of the judi
ges (naming hin, that it has not been out of his
possession since it was received and has under
gone no alteration while in his possession. The
affidavit shall be ndorsed on the package. If
sent by mail. it shall be mailed by of the judi
ges. and the Postmaster shall make on it an in
dorsement that he received it from one of the
Judges, (naming him. Act, March 23 1850, S36.


l6l. No tally paper, poll list certificate
turned from any election, shall be set aside or
rejected for want of form, nor on account of not
being strictly in accordance with the directions
OF this Act, if the same can be satisfactorily
derstood. [Same Act z37.]


l62. The Board of Supervisors of each county
shall meet al their usual place of meeting on the
first Monday after each election to canvass the
election returns and if the returns from each
precinct of The county township where polls
were opened at such election shall not have been
received by the county Clerk at that time, then
said Board shall adjourn from time to time until
said returns shall be received, but not beyond
the second Monday after such election, and the
said Board shall then proceed. in public to open
the returns and estimate the vote of such county
or township for each person voted for and for
and against each proposition voted upon at such
election, aud declare the result thereof The
clerk of said Board shall at such meeting enter
on the records of such Board statement of th.
result of such election, containing the names of
/ he persons voted for and the propositions voted
npon the Office to fill which each person was
voted for the number of votes given at each
precinct to each OF such persons, and for and a.
gainst each Of such propositions the number of
votes given in the county TO each OF such per-
sons and for and against each of such PROPOSE
tions and the whole number of votes cast in said
county. [Amendment. May Is, 1861, Clip. 529.
prynrtss FOR Mscoxpucr FREEDOM


RIrY ELECTIONS.


1884, If any person shall, directly or Indirect
w. use any threats, menace, or force. or any cor
rupt means or device, AT or previous TO any cleo
tiou held pursuant to this Act, towards any cleo
tor. TO hinder or deter him from voting at such
election, or shall attempt by any means whatev-
er 10 awe. restrain, hinder, or disturb any cleo
tor in the free exercise of the right OF suffrage,
he shall upon conviction thereof be fined IN any
sum not exceeding FIVE hundred dollars. Act
March % 1850 S9S