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FOR VOTERS
THEHEW BALLOT LAW
THE AMENDED BAKER
PLAN.
FULL TEXT OF THE BILL.
Many Radical Cbange3 for the
Voters to Study Up on.
The New Ballot Law readg as fol
lows: Section. 1. Be It enacted by the sen
ate and house of representatives of the
' Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in gen
eral assembly met, and it is hereby en
acted by tho authority of the same,
thiit from and after March 1, 1992, all
ballots cast in elections for public of
ficers within this Commonwealth shall
bo printed and distributed at public
expense as hereinafter provided. The
priuting of tho ballots and of the cards
of instruction for tho elections in each
county, nud the delivery of tho same to
the election officers, as hereinafter pro
vided, and all other expenses incurred
under tho provisions of this act shall
be a county charge unless herein oth
erwise provided, tho payment of which
shall bo provided for in the same man
ner as tho payment of other election ex
penses. It shall bo tho duty of tho sec
retary of the Commonwealth to prepare
forms for all tho blanks made necessary
or advisablo by this act, and to fur
nish copies of the same to tho county
commissioners of each county, who
ihall procure further copies of tho
eatno at tho cost of tho county and
furnish them to tho election officer or
any other persons by whom they are to
bo used in such quantities as may be
necessary to carry out tho provisions
of this act.
TIIE NOMINATIONS.
Section 2. Any convention of dele
gates or primary meeting of electors, or
caucus held under tho rules of a polit
ical party, or any board authorized to
certify nomiuations representing a po
litical party, which at tho election
next preceding polled at least 8 per
centum of tho largest cntiro voto for
" tiny office cast iu the State, or in tho
electoral district or division thereof
for which such primary meeting, cau
cus, convention or board desires to
mako or certify nominations, may nom
inate one Candida to for each office
which ij to be tilled in tho State, or in
tho said district or division at tho
next ensuing election, by causing a
certificate of nomination to be drawn
up and filed as hereinafter provided,
provided that any political party
which polled three per centum of tho
cntiro voto in tho State at tho election
next preceding at which a Stato officer
was voted for nihy make and certify
nominations according to the provis
ions of this section for any electoral di
vision or district of tho State, not
withstanding that such political party
may have polled less than 3 per cen
tum of the entire voto at the last pro
ceding election in said electoral dis
trict or division. Every such certifi
cate of nomination shall bo signed by
tho presiding officer and tho secretary
or secretaries of tho convention or pri
mary meeting or caucus or board, who
shall add thereto their places of resi
dence, and shall bo sworn or affirmed
to by them before an officer qualified
to administer oaths to be, truo to tho
best of their knowledge and belief, and
a certificate of the oath Bliall be annex
ed to tho certificate of nomination.
ANOTIIEU FLAN OF NOMINATION.
Section 3. Nominations of Candi
dates for any public office may also be
made by nomination papers signed by
qualified electors of tho State, or of
the electoral district or divisiou there
of for which the nomination is made,
and filed iu the proper office as pro
vided in section five of this act.
A Via1 re the nomination is for any office
to be filled by the voters of the State at
large the number of qualified electors
of the State signing such nomination
paper shall bo at least one-half of 1 pp r
centum of the largest vote fur any of
ficer elected in the State at the last
preceeding election at which a State
officer was voted for. In the case of all
other nominations, the number of qual
ified electors of the elactoral district
or division signing such nomination
paper shall bo at least 3 per cent cen
tum of the largest cntiro vote for any
officer olected at (die last preceding
election in the said doctoral district
or division for which said nomina
tion papers nro designed to bo made.
Each elector signing a nomination pa
per shall add to his signature his place
of residenco and occupation, and no
person may subscribe to more than one
nomination for each office to be filled.
Tho signatures to each nomination
paper and the qualification of the siirn
crs shall bo vouched for by the affida
vit of at least five of tho signers there
of, which rffidavit shall accompany
tho nomination paper, provided that
nomination papers which are not sign
ed and niado out in strict compliance
with all the requirements of this act
shall bo invalid.
WnAT MUST EE STATED.
Section 4. All certificates of nomi
nation and nomination papers shall
specify: (1) Tho party, or policy,
which such candidate represents ex
pressed in not more than three words ;
in the case of electors of president and
vice president of the United States the
names of tho candidates for president
and vice president may be added to
tho party or political appellation. (2)
The namo of each candidate nominated
therein, his profession, business, or oc
cupation, if any, and his place of resi
dence with street and number thereon,
if any. (3) The office for which such
candidate is nominated, provided that
no words shall bo used in any nomina
tion papers to describe or designate
the party or policy or political appel
lation represented by tho candidate
named in such nomination papers as
aforesaid, identical with or similar to
tho word3 used for tho liko purpose in
certificates of nomination mado by a
convention of delegates of a political
party which at tho last preceding elec
tion polled 3 pel1 centum of the largest
voto cast.
Sec. 5. Certificates of nomination
for candidates for tho offices of presi
dential electors and members of the
house of representatives of the United
States, and for all State officers includ
ing those of judges, senntors and rep
resentatives, shall bo filed with tho
secretary of tho Commonwealth at
least GO days before the election for
which tho candidates are nominated,
and nomination papers for candidates
for the said offices shall be filed with
tho said secretary at least 40 days be
fore the day of such election.
WIIEUE PAl'EKS ARE FILED.
Certificates of nomination and nomi
nation papers for candidates for all
other offices, except township and
borough offices, shall be filed with tho
county commissioners of tho respec
tive counties at least 42 and 85 days
respectively before tho day of tho elec
tion. Certificates of nomination and
nomination papers for candidates for
township and borough offices and elec
tion officers and school directors in the
same shall bo filed with tho auditors
of the respective townships and bor
oughs at least 10 and 7 days respectively
before the day of the elccfion.
Sec. 0. Tho certificates of nomina
tion and nomination papers, being so
filed ond being in conformity with the
provisions of this act. shall bo deemed
to bo valid unless objections thereto
ore duly made in writing. (1.) In tho
case of certificates and papers designed
for the Stato at large within 30 days
after the last day for tho filing of such
certificates and papers. (2.) In tho
caso of other certificates and papers
except those designed for borough and
township officers within 20 days after
tho last day for tho filing of sach cer
tificates and papers. (3.) In tho c,ase
of certificates and papers desigued for
borough ard township officers within
three days after the last day for the
filing of such certificates and papers.
Objections as to form or apparent con
formity or non-conformity to law of
certificates or papers designed for the
Stato at largo shall bo filed with the
secretary of the commonwealth, and
shall be considered by him conjointly
with the auditor general and attorney
general, and shall bo decide X fiually by
a majority of these officers.
TO SETTLE OBJECTIONS.
Objections of the same kind to other
certificates and papers, except thoso
for borouiih and township offices, shall
be filed with tho county commission
ers, and shall bo decided finally Uy a
majority of them. Objections of the
same kind to certificates and papers
designed for borough and township
offices shill bo filed with tho auditors,
a:id shull bo decided by a majority of
them. All objections as to tho validity
of certificates or papers, other than ob
jections as to form or apparent con
formity as heretofore described shall,
in the case of certificates or papers de
signed for tho Stato at largo, be filed
in tho court of common plea of Dau
phin county, and in the caso of all
other certificates and papers such obli
gations shall be filed in any court of
common pleas within tho judicial dis
trict of which such election district or
division or part thereof for which such
certificates or papers are designed may
be situated. In case tho court is in
session one or nioro judges of the court
shall immediately proceed to hear such
objections without unnecessary ad
journment or delay, and shall give such
hearing precedence over all other busi
ness before him or them. In case the
court is not in session any judge of
such court, on the presentation to him
of tho certificate of tho prithonotary
that such objections have been filed as
aforesaid, Bhall immediately proceed to
hear such objections as aforesaid.
Where there U more than one court of
common pleas in any election district
or division, such objections may be re
ferred by tho court with which they
are tilca to any other court iu such dis
trict, il such reference is necessary to
secure a mrro convenient and speedy
hearing, and all cafles of dispute as to
which of several courts in such district
shall have jurisdiction shull be immedl
ately decided by tho judgo being old
est in commission in such district.
rnovisioN ron withdrawal.
Sec. 7. Any person whose name has
been presented hs a candidate may
causo his namo to bo withdrawn from
nomination by request in writing,
signed by him and acknowledged be
fore an officer qualified to take acknowl
edgemcntsof deeds, and filed with tho
secretary of the commonwealth 15 days,
or with the county commissioners of tfie
proper county 12 days, as the case may
bo, previous to the day of election, and
no namo so withdrawn shall bo printed
upon tiro ballots.
Sec. 8. All certificates of nomination
and nomination papers when filed shall
be open under proper regulations to
public inspection, and shall be pre
scrvod not less than two years in tho
olnces where they have been filed.
Sec. 9. Tho secretory of tho com
monwealth shall, 10 days ht least prey
ions to tho day of any election ol Un
ited States or Stato officers, transmit to
to tho county commissioners and tho
sheriff in each county in which such
election is to be held duplicate official
lists stating the names and residences of
and parties or policies represented by
a,u candidates whoso nomination cer
tificates or papers have been filed with
him as heroin provided for such election,
and nave not been iound and declared
to be invalid as provided in section
six, and to bo voted for at each voting
place in each such county respectively
substantially in the form of the balTbts
to be used therein. The county com
missioners of each county Bhall also
send to the sherift' of their county at
least 10 days prior to tho day of any
election an official list containing tho
names, residences and party or political
appellations of all candidates except
thoso for election ollicers and school
directors whose nomination certificates
or papers havo been filed with the said
commissioner as herein provided for
such election, and to be voted for at
each voting place in tho county sub
stantially in the form of tho ballots to
bo used therein.
PROCLAIMINO TIIE ELECTIONS.
Sec. 10. It shall be tho duty of tho
sheriff of every county at least 10 days
before any election to te held therein,
except for township and borough offi
cers, to give notice of tho same by
proclamations posted up in tho most
public places in every election district,
and by advertisements in at least two
newspapers, if there bo so many pub
lished in the county, representing so
far as practicable tho political parties
which at tho preceding clc.ction cast
tho largest ond next largest number of
votes; and in every such proclamation
or advertisement ho shall: (1) Enu
merate the officers to bo elected and
give a list of all the nominations, ex
cept for election officers and assessors,
mado as provided for in this act and
to be voted for in such county as far as
may bo in the form in which they 6hall
appear upon -the ballots, but the proc
lamations posted in each election dis
trict need not contain the names of
any candidates but those to be voted
for in such district. (2) Designate
the place at which the election is to
be held. (3) He shall give notice
that every person excepting justices of
the peace, who shall hold any office or
appointment of profit or trust under
tho government of tho United States,
or of this State, or of any city or incor
porated district, whether a commis
sioned officer, or otherwise a subordi
nate officer or agent who is or shall bo
employed under tho legislative, execu
tive or judiciary department of this
Stato or of the United States, or of any
city or incorporated district, and also
that every member of congress and of
the State Legislature and of the Select
or Common Council of any city or com
missioners of any incorporated district,
is by law incapablo of holding or exer
cising at the same time the office or
appointment of judge, inspector or
clerk of any election of this Common
wealth, and that no inspector, judge or
other otlicer of any such election shall
bo eligible to any office to be then
voted lor except that of an election
officer.
IN CASE OP DEATn.
Sec 11, It case of tho death or
withdrawal of any candidato nominat
ed as herein provided the party, con
vention, primary meeting, caucus or
board or the citizens who nominated
such candidate may nomim.to a sub
stitute in his place by tilling in tho
proper office ut any time before the
day of election a nomination certifi
cate or paper which shall conform to
all tho requirements of this act in re-
gard to origiual certificates or papers,
nrovided that if tho laid convention or
citizens shall havo authorized any I
committee to make nominations in thi
;j(
event of the deuth or withdrawal d
candidates, the said convention bIi II
not be required to re-convcuo, nor tie
said citizens to sign a new norii
nation paper, but the said committee
shall have power to file the requisite
nomination certificate or paper, which
shall recite the facts of the appoint
ment aud the powers of said committee,
(naming all its members) of tho death
or withdrawal of tho candidate, and of
the action of tho committee therein;
and the truth of theso facts shall be
verified by tho affidavit annexed to the
certificate or paper of two members of
the committee, and also of at least two
of the officers of tho convention who
made affidavit in support of the origi
nal certificate, or two of the citizens
who made affidavit to the original pa
per; and provided also that in caso of
a substituted nomination paper not
filed by a committee but signed by
citizens, it shall only be necessary that
two-thirds of tho siirners of the said
paper shafll havo been signers of the
original paper.
OBJECTIONS TO SUBSTITUTES.
Sec. 12. All substituted nomina
tion certificates or papers may bo ob
jected to as provided in section seven
ot this act, and if a substituted ccrti
ficato or paper bo filed after the lat-t
day for filing tho original certificate
or paper, objections must be mad
within four days after the filing, and :jo
objections as to form or conforrait;po
law shall be received after the tine
As soon us any substituted candi
date shall have been duly nominated
his namo shall bo substituted bvthe
proper officers in tho place of thit of
the candidato who has died or with
drawn, so far as time may allovJor in
caso a substituted nomination Vf filed
with or transmitted to tho bounty
commi3Soncrs or township or 1 Krough
auditors after tho ballots base been
printed, the said commissitners or
auditors shall prepare and d.stributo
with tho ballots suitable slips of paper
bearing tho substituted nam.', toget
her with tho title of the olhceand hav
ing adhesive paste upon tie revcrso
side, which shall bo offerel to each
voter with tho regular ballo;, and may
be affixed thereto.
Sec. 13. The county commissioners
of each county, shall cause all the bal
lots to be used therein to be printed,
except for elections of officers of town
ships and boroughs, and (election offi
cers and school directors in tho same,
the ballots for which shull bo printed
and distributed by the auditors, who
shall certify tho cost of such printing
and distribution to the county com
missioners for payment as part of a
county election expenses. Tho said
commisioncru and auditors shall as
certain tho offices to bo filled and
shall be responsible lor tho accurate
printing of the ballots, in accordance
with this act, and for the safe keeping
of the same while in' their possession
or that of their subordinates or
;ents.
HOW BALLOTS ARE PRINTED.
Sec. 14. Tho face of every ballot
which shall bo printed in accordance
with the provisions of this act shall
contain tho names and residences of all
candidates whoso nomination for any
office specified in the ballot shall havo
been duly made, except such as may
have died or withdrawn. Tho names
of candidates shall bo presented in tho
following manner and order:
In the case of certmcaU-s of nomina
tions mado by a convention of dele
gates, or otherwise as described in sec
tion two, representing a political
party which at the election next pre
ceding polled at least 3 per centum of
the highest entire vote cast in the
Stato or electoral district or division
thereof for which such nominations
aro made, as described in section two,
the names of all the candidates so
nominated by such political party shall
be arranged iu groups as presented iu
the several certificates of nomination
under the designation of tho office with
tho party descriptive words or politi
cal appellation at tho head of each
group. Such groups shall be printed
in the order ot tho vote polled by each
political party at the last preceding
election, beginning with tho purty
which secured tho highest vote. Iuall
other cases of nomination by nomina
tion papers the names of the candi
dates fur each otlice shall be arranged
under the designation (if the office in
elphabetical order according to tho
surnames, there shall bo lett at the
end of the list of candidates for each
different otlice (or under the title of the
offico itself for which an election is to
be held case there be no candidates
legally nomiuated therefor) as many
blank (pace as there aro persons to be
elected to such office in which tho
roter may insert tho name of any per
son whose namo is Hot printed on the
ballo: for whom ho desires to vote as
candidate for such offico, and such in
sertion shall count as a vote without
the cross mark (x) hereinafter men
tioned. Whenever tho approval of a
constitutional amendment or other
ouestion is submitted to the voto ot
the peoplo such questions shall be
printed upon the billot alter tho list
of candidates.
THE USE OF THE PENCIL.
Tho ballot shall oo so printed to as
give to each voter a clear opportunity
to designate his choice of caudi-
lates by a crossmark (x) iu a sufficient
uargin at the right ot the uumu oi cacti
candidate, and in like manner his ans
wer to the questions submitted, and on
the ballot may be printed instructions
how to murk, and such words us will
aid tho voter to do this as "vote for
one.
vote for three," "yes," "no," and
the like, provided that a voter may
designate his choice of all tho candi
date of a political party or group by
one croesmsrk in the margin to tho
right of the party namo or political
designation tf such group, and such
mark shall be equivalent to a mark
against every name in the group.
Sec. 13. All tho ballots used at tho
snme voting place at any election shall
be alike and shall be at least six inches
long and four inches wide; they shull
be printed with tho same kind or
kinds of tvpe (which shall not be
smaller than the size known as 'bre
vier" or "eight-point body") upon
white paper without any impression
or mark to distinguish one from an-
lotlier except as expressly authorized
herein or by tho conrtitution of this
Commonwealth. Each ballot shall be
attached to a stub or counterfoil, and
all tho ballots for the same voting
place shall bo bound together in con
venient numbers in books in such man
ner that each ballot may bo detached
and removed separately.
A diagonal folding-lino shall bo
printed on the right hand npper cor
ner of the back of each ballot, and tho
said corner shall be edged with adhes
ive paste so that the corner, when fold
ed at the folding-line, can be securely
fastened down over the number now
required by the constitution of this
Commonwealth so that the said num
ber cannot bo seen without unfasten
ing or cutting open tho jiart so fasten
ed down. The top of each ballot shall
have a margin of equal size on both
back and face and the said folding
lino shall be upon this margin, but
nothing else shall bo printed thereon
except instructions how to mark, pro'
vided, that if at any time tho slid con
stitution shall cease to require bullots
to bo numbered tho foregoing require
ments as to tho folding-line, tho mar
gin and the adhesive pusto shall bo
void.
WHAT TIIR BALLOT COTAIXS.
On tho back of each ballot, or on tho
right hand side of the back if the ballot is
printed in two columns, there shall he printed
as a caption "official ballot for," followed by
the designation of the voting place for which
the ballot is prepared, the dute of the elec
tion and a fuc simile of the signatures of the
county commissioners of the respectivo
counties who have caused the ballots to be
rinted, unless they havo been printed
v townshin or borough auditors. A
record of the number of ballots printed and
furnished to each voting place shall be kept
and preserved by tho county commissioner
oi toe several counties, wuen u is snown oy
affidavit thut mistake or omission has oc
curred in tho publication of names or des
cription of candidates or In the printing of
the ballots, the court of common pleas of the
district or county or any judge thereof may,
upon the application oi uny planned elector
of the district or county, require the county
commissioners to correct tho mistake or
tmussiou or to show causa why they should
not.
t-ec. 16T The county commissioners of each
county shall provide for each election dis
trict iu which an election is to be lielJ, ex
cept in elections for township and borough
offices, two sets of such bulb its each of not
less than 75 for every 60 and fraction of 50
voters therein as contuined upon the assess
or's list. They shall also prepare full in
structions for the guidance of voters as to ol
taining bullots, en to the manner of marking
them uud the method ol gaining assistance,
and as to obtaining new ballots in place of
ttiose accidentally spoiled, and tliev shall re
spectively cause the same, together with
copies or sections 31 to 30 inclusive of this
act, to be printed in large clear typenn sep
arate cards to bu called cards of instruction.
TIIE SI'ECIMEN BALLOTS.
They shall also cause to be printed on
tinted paier and without tho fne-n:;oile in-
uorsements an equui numuer oi copies oi tun
form of the ballot provided f r each voting
place at each election therein, which shall be.
called specimen ballots, una at eucn election
they shall furnish to each voting place, to
gether with the ballots to be used t here.a suf
ficient number of cards of instruction and
specimen ballots for use, as re pored in sec
tion 21 of this uet. They suall also provide
for each election district ut every election
therein two copies uf the assessor's lists of
voters, and shull deliver the same as such
lists aro now delivered, one copv to be called
the "ballot cheek list" for the Inspectors in
charge of the bullou, and the other copy to
be called the voting "check list" to bo used
in marking the numee of those who huve
voted and the numbers of their ballots us
now required by law.
Sec. 17. The two sets of ballots together
with the specimen ballot and cards of in
struction printed bv the county commission
ers as herein provided, shall lie packed by
them in sparate sealed packages with murks
on the outside clearly designating the elect
ion districts for which they are intended
and the number of bullots of each kind en
closed. They shall then be sent bv the county
commlsioners of the respective counties sep.
arotely and at different times, or by differ
ent methods, to the judges of election ut the
several voting places so us to bo received by
them, one set on tho (Saturday before the
day of election and the other set on
the Monday before the day of elec
tion. RECEIPTS FOR TIIE BALLOTS.
The respective judges of election shall, on
delivery to them of such package, return
receipts therefore to the commissioners, w ho
shall keep a record of the time when and the
manner in which the several packages are
sunt uud shull preserve for the wriod of one
year the receipts of the said judges of elec
tion, r'or elections of officers of townships
and boroughs uud of election officers and
school directors in the same the autho r
bull provide toreach election district 75 bal
lots for everv 50 uud fruetiou of 50 voters on
the assessor s Iwt uud un eonul number of
specimen ballots, uud shall obtain from the
county commissioners the requisite cards of
instruction, which shall be delivered with
the ballots to the judges of election the day
before the day of election.
Section 1. Iu case the ballots to he fur
nished to anv voting place iu accordance
with the provisions of this art shall fail for
any reaou to be duly delivered, or in case
after delivery they shall he destroyed or
stolen, it shall be the duty of ihe judge uf
election ol such voting pluce to cause other
ballots to be prepared substantially
in the form of the hallois so want
ing, and upon receipt of such
other ballots from him, uccompuuied
by a statement under oath thut the same
have been so ieparl and furnished byhim,
and that the original bullots have so failed
to be received or have been so destroyed or
stolen, the election officers shall cause the
ballots so substituted to be Used in lieu of
the ballon wanting as above. It shall be
the duty of the county commissioner o
each county in mail enmpMo spcc1m"n td
the ballots and other necessary p.ipers by
registered letter to the judge of elections ol
each election (Sstrict at least four day' h
lore the election to liable Mm to cbuiply
with the directions of tiis section.
TnU TOTIXO ROOTIS.
fee. to. The county enramiwinner of eicS
CT'tinty shall provide fir each election dis
trict therein nt faiti election a uoom large
cnouyu to be tittdl up with voting sb"lve
and a guard rail, as hereinafter provided. If
in any district no surh rinn ran bo rented
or otfierwwe obtained, the said commission
ers shall ennse to Ih constructed for such dis
trict a temporary room of adequate size io he
ucd as a voting' room : tliev hand also cause
all the stud rooms to lie suitably provided
with heat nnd light and with a' sufficient
number of voting shelves or compartments
at or in which voters may conveniently"
mark their ballots, so that, in the marking
thereof they may be scretned from the ob
servation of others, and a guard-rail shall be
so constructed and placed that only such
persons as are inside said rail can approach
within six feet of the hullo box and of such
voting shelve or compartments. The ar
rangement shall be such that neither the
ballot box nor thevoting booths shall be hid
den from view of those just outside the said
guard-rail. The number of such votinir
shelves or compartments shull not be le
than one for every ') names on the assessor's
lists, hut shall not in any case be less tnan
three for the voters qualified to vote ut such
voting ilace. No peruons other .than ele
tion ollicers and voters admitted, is herein
after provided, shall be peimitted within the
said rail except bv authority of the election
(Officers for the purpose of keeping order and
enforcing the law. ICach voting shelf or com
partment snait De Kept provided witn proper
supplies and conveniences for marking th
ballots.
wno pa ys'tfie bill.
Pec. 20. To provide for the cost of said
shelves or eompartrcents and guard-rails in
the vear IS'.".' the secretary of the common,
wealth, the Secretary of internal affairs and
the auditor general" shall be and they are
hereby constitute I a board to decide upon a
pattern of the said shelves or compartments
and a pattern of the said gnurd-riuls and
npon the material to be used for them and
such other furniture and apparatus is may
bo necessary, and to tlx a limit of cost
of tho same per shelf or com
partment and per lineal foot of rail,
and the said hoard shall, within two month
after the passage of this act, notify the com
missioners of the resHKtive counties ot the
pattern adopted and of the limit of cost, and
the said commissioners, otter they have pro
vided the said shelves or compartments and
guard-rails, shall send to the auditor general
of the commonwealth a statement of the
voting places in the county, naming them,
and if the number of shelves or compart
ments provided for each according to the
pattern adopted, and of the cost of the same,
not exceeding the limit to be fixed as afore
said, which stutement shull be signed by the
said commissioners, verified by the affidavit
of one of them, and approved by the county
controller or auditors. On receipt of the
said statement the auditor general shull draw
warrants upon the treasury of the Common
wealth in favor of the treasurers of the coun
ties from which the said statements shall
have been rec-'ived for the sun s therein stated
to lie due, uud the Stute treasurer is hereby
directed to pay the said warrants. The said
shelves or compartments and guard-rails
shull therealter be the pro-rty of the re
spective counties, and no further ullowunca
shall be made to the counties by the auditor
geuerul for providing the same.
TO ENLIGHTEN TIIE VOTE It.
Sec. 21. At the owning of the pools in
each voting place, the seals of one
package shall be publicly broken, and the
said package shall lie opened by the judge of
elections. The curds ot instruction shall be
immediately posted at or in each voting
shelf or coiiipurtiuent provided in accord
ance with this act for the marking of the
bullots, aud not less than three such cards
ami not less than live ciiueu ballots, shall
be immediately posted in or about the vot
ing room, otits'ide the guard rail, uud such
curds and specimen ballots shull be given to
anv voter, ut his request. The second set of
bullots shall be retained unowned by the re
spective judges of election until they are
ueetled for the purposes of voting,
.See. ii. Any person desiring to vote shall
give his nnmeaud residence to one of the
election officers in charge of the bullots, who
shull thereupon announce the same in a loud
and district tone of voice, anil if such name
is found upon the ballot check-list by the in
spector or clerks in charge thereof he shall
likewise re)eat the said name, and the voter
shall be allowed to enter the space enclosed
bv the guard-rail, unless his right to Vote be
challenged. No person w ind i name is not
on the said list, or whose right to voto shall
be challenged by a qualified citizen shall be
admitted within said guard-rail until he has
established his right to vole ill the manner
now provided by law. and his name, if not
on the check-lists, snail then bo added to
both lists. As soon as a voter is u lmited
within the rail, the election officer having
charge of the ballots shall detach a budol
from the stub ami give it to tho said voter,
but shall first fold it so that words printed
on Hie oacic and outside as pnnoueo m .
tioul5of this act, "hall be the only word
ing visible, and no ballot shall be voted unless
folded in the same maimer. Not more than
one bullot shall be gi veil to a voter except a
provided in section 2d of this act.
NO ItECOUUS OF NUMUKKS.
As sixm us a voter received a ballot the let
ter "U" shall be murked ugainst his name
on the margin of the ballot-check-list, but
no record ot the numlier of the ballots shall
be made on the said lists, besides the eleo
tion officers and such suiwrvisors as are
authorized bv the laws of the United states
or overseers upiiointed by the courts of tun
I'oiiiiiionweaUb. not more thun four voters
in excess of Ihe number of voting shelves or
compartments provided shall be allowed in
sui 1 enclosed space at one time.
.sec. L'l. tin receipt ot his ballot the voter
shall forthwith und without leaving the
space enclosed by the guurd-rail retire to one
of the voting shelves or compartments, and
shull prepare his bullot by marking in the
appropriate margin or pluce a cross ( x )
opposite the party, name or political desig
nation of a group of candidates, or opposite
the nuineof the candidate of his choice for
each office to be tilled, or by inserting in the
blank space provided therelor any name not
alreudy on the ballot, and in case ot a iiues
tion submitted to the vote of the imople b
marking in the appropriate margin or place
a cross ( x ) against the answer which he de
sires to give, before leaving the votingshelf
or conipurtnient the voter shall fold his bal
lot w iihoin displaying the murks thereou iu
the sume way it was folded when received
by him, and he shall keep the same so
folded until he has voted.
After leaving tho voiiug shelf and before
leaving the enclosed space be shall give bu
ballot to the election officer in eharne of the
ballot box, who shall, without unfolding the
ballot, nuinlwr it us required by the consti
tution of this I'omnioiiwealtb, placing the
kai I number in the right bund upper corner
ot the back of the ballot immediately to the
leftof the folding line urinud thereou and
nowhere else, and shall then at ouce fold
the corner at the folding line and losteu it
securely dowu with the adhesive paste so an