Year: 1871

the Board of Judges of Elections TO be at the
place where the polls of his precinct are to be
opened, from eight o'clock in the morning until
sunset on the day when any election is to be
held by authority of law; and the place of any
such member not appearing at eight o'clock in
the morning of said day may be temporarily sup
piled by any qualified voter of the precinct, to
be appointed by the member or members then in
attendance; the appointee to act until the arri-
val of the absent member whose place he sup
plies. The Board of Registration before the
opening of the polls, and the Board of Judges of
Elections afterwards shall have power to ap-
point the necessary clerks, not exceeding two, to
aid them in the discharge of their duties which
clerks shall be sworn by some member of the
Board faithfully to discharge their duties accord
ing to law. The Clerk OF Elections shall be
Chairman of the Board of Judges of Elections,
and shall have power to appoint for the day a
qualified elector to fill any vacancy occurring in
the Board by the absence of any member after
the polls are opened. And if the Clerk of Eec-
tons be himself absent, his place may be tempo
rarily supplied as aforesaid by the other men,
ber or members present All persons appointed
to fill vacancies shall before entering upon their
duties take the proper oath of office. Act of
March 81. 1866, S2.]


l4s. In order to provide more fully for filling
vacancies which may occur either in the Board
of Registration or the Board of Judges of Eec-
tons by temporary disability or absence of the
Clerk or either of the Judges of Elections, the
Board of Supervisors of each county, by an or
der to be duly entered on the records, shall ap-
point for each precinct therein, from among the
qualified electors of the election district, land to
hold Office for two years, unless sooner removed
or superseded by said Board y not less than three
nor more than FIVE alternates, to be designated
in such appointment as first, second, third,
fourth, and fifth alternate, according to the
number appointed each to have and take pre-
cedence accordingly in filling any such vacancy
as aforesaid. AT any stated meeting required
by law to be held by the Board of Registration,
and at the polls on election days, the place of
any member of the Board of Registration or
Board of Judges of Elections who shall be alb
sent may be filled by one of the said alternates,
each taking precedence, if more than one be
present, and offer to serve in any vacancy, ac-
cording to the aforesaid number and precedence
designated in their appointment. The mode of
filling vacancies prescribed in the preceding Sec
tion two, and that prescribed in the thirty
section of the Registry Act, shall apply only to
such vacancies may exist when there is no
alternate present and consenting to supply it..
Every alternate before officiating in place of a
member of the Board, shall take the same oath of
Office as is required of such member. The pro
visions of this section shall not be deemed to
modify or interfere with those of the fourteenth
seCtioH Vi tue heSlStIy hCt uoouL peTmdHeutly
filling vacancies in the cases therein mentioned.
[Act Of March 81 1886, S3.]


Sec. 20. No person shall be allowed to vote
except at the polls held in the election district
where he resides nor unless his name is en-
rolled on the poll list where he offers his vote in
such district, nor for local or representative of
fcers, unless he shall have had his residence for
thirty days next preceding within the territorial
limits prescribed for the election of such officers.
If any person enrolled on the poll list whose
vote shall be objected to on the day of election
by any qualified elector, shall be proved to the
satisfaction Of the Board of Judges, either by his
own oath or by the oath of any other qualified
eector and householder of the district, or by
other clear and competent evidence, not to be le-
gally qualified and entitled to be enrolled on said
poll list, or if it be proved aforesaid that he
is enrolled on more than one poll list when he
offers to vote, or otherwise not legally qualified
to vote at such election, his vote shall be reject
ed. The Board Of Judges and Board of Regis
tration, and each member and officer thereof,
shall cause to be carefully taken down and pre-
served in the office of the Clerk of Elections, all
the afidavits and brief statement or record of
the substance of the oral testimony taken before
them or either of them, either in relation to the
right and qualification of any person to vote, or
to have his name enrolled on the poll list.


l49. At all elections the polls shall be open
ed at eight o'clock in the morning, and shall
continue open until sunset, at which time the
Judges shall close the polls ; provided, that the
Judges of the Election may take recess of one
hour at any time they may think proper during
the day before three o'clock in the afternoon.


amendment, April 26, 1851. 90, p. 1901


40. The Board of Judges, before they CON-
mence receiving ballots shall cause it to be pro-
claimed aloud at the place of voting that the
polls are opened. Act March 23d, 1850, S23, p.
lOl.l


l5l. The voting shall be by ballot. The bal
lot shall be paper ticket containing the names
of the persons for whom the elector intends to
vote, and designating the Office to which each
person named is intended by him to be chosen


Act March 23d, 1910, S24.


1872. Whenever any person presents himself
at the polls and offers to vote any Election
thorized by law, the Clerk of Elections or one of
the Judges shall pronounce his name in an audi
BILE voice, so that it may be distinctly heard by
the other Judges and the Clerks present. and if
his name be found enrolled on the poll list, and
his vote be not rejected on objection made and
proofs taken for one or more of the causes pre-
scribed in section twenty-nine of the Registry
Act, shall receive his ballot and in the presence
of the other Judges, put the same, without be-


ing opened or examined, into the ballot box.


Act March 81, 1866, S4.l


l53 The Board of Judges of Elections, and
each officer and member thereof shall have
power in the discharge of their or his functions,
to administer oaths and take and certify aiida-
Wits, and to examine on oath any person touch


ing such right or qualifications of any other per-
son; and the vote of every person shall be re-


ected who shall refuse to be sworn or to answer
any pertinent questions touching his own right
and qualifications to vote as aforesaid and any
person refusing to be sworn to answer any
pertinent questions affecting the right and quail
fcatons of any other person to vote, when law
fully required by said Board of Judges, shall be
deemed guilty of a msdemeanor. Act March
81, 1866, S5.]


154. At every election, and at each precinct,
the Board of Judges of Elections shall cause to
be kept separately and distinct from the poll list