The Somerset County star. (Salisbury [i.e. Elk Lick], Pa.) 1891-1929, March 24, 1892, Image 5

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TIENEN BALLOT LAY
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© PLAN
PULL TEXT OF THE BILL
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Many Radical Changes for the
Voters to Study Up on,
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the sen-
ate and house of representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ingens
_eral assembly met, and it is hereby en-
_ acted by the authority of the same,
that from and after March 1, 1892, all
© ballots cast in elections for public of-
~ ficets within this Commonwealth shall
' be printed and distributed at public
expense as hereinafter provided. The
- printing of the ballots and of the cards
_ of instruction for the elections in each
county, and the delivery of the same to
. the election officers, as hereinafter pro-
~ wyided, and all other expenses incurred
under the provisions of this act shall
be a county charge unless herein oth-
~ © erwise provided, the payment of which
~ ‘shall be provided for in the same man-
“ner as the payment.of other election ex-
ses. It shall be the duty of the sec:
retary of the Commonwealth to prepare
forms for all the blanks made necessary
or advisable by this act, and to fur-
nish copies of the same to the county
eommissioners of each county, who
shall procure further copies of the
same at the cost of the county and
. .fmnish them to the election officers or
any other persons by whom they are to
. be used in such quantities as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions
of this act. oh
i THE NOMINATIONS.
Bection 2. Any convention of dele-
. gates or primary meeting of electors, or
~eaucus held under the rules of a polit-
ical party, or any board authorized to
certify nominations representing a po-
litical party, which at the election
next preceding polled at least 8 per
-centum of the largest entire vote for
any office cast in the State, or in the
‘electoral distriet or division- thereof
for which such primary meeting, cau-
cus. convention or board desires to
make or certify nominations, may nom-
inate one candidate for each office
‘which is to be filled in the State, or in
the said district or division at the
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 the
‘entire vote in the State at the election:
next preceding at which a State officer
was voted for mwy make and certify
nominations according to the provis-
ions of this section for any electoral di-
vision or district of the State, not-
withstanding that such political party
may have polled less than 8 per cen-
tum of the entire vote at the last pre-
ceding election in said electoral dis-
trict or division. Every such certifi-
cate of nomination shall be signed by
the presiding officer and the secretary
or secretaries of the convention or pri-
mary meeting or caucus or board, who
shall add thereto their places of resi:
“dence, and shall be sworn or affirmed
to by them before an officer qualified
to administer oaths to be true to the
‘best of their knowledge und belief, and
‘a certificate of the oath shall be annex-
ed to the certificate of nomination.
' ANOTHER PLAN OF NOMINATION.
Nominations of candi-
“the electoral district or division there-
of for which the nomination is made,
and filed in the proper office as pro-
yided in section five of this act.
Where the nomination is for eny 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 be at least one-half of 1 per
‘centum of the largest vote for 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
papers shall be at least 3 per cent cen-
tum of the largest entire vote for any
officer elected at the last preceding
election in the ‘said electoral district
or division , for which said nomina.
®on papers are designed to: be made
Each elector signing & nomination pa<
per shall add to his signaturehis place
of residence snd occupation, and no
person may subscribe to more than one
‘nomination for each office to be filled.
The. signatures to each nomination
: and the qualification of the sign-
yall be yonched for by the affida-
least five of the signers there
it shall accompany
yroyided that
specify : (1)
| Sec. 8. Al cert
“AI certificates
nation and nomimation papers shall
The 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 the candidates for president
and vice president may be added to
the party or political appellation. (2)
The name of each candidate nominated
therein, his profession, business, or oe¢-
cupation, if any, and his place of resi-
dence with street and number thereon,
if any. (8) The office for which such
candidate is nominated, provided that
no words shall be used in any nomina-
tion papers io describe or designate
the party or policy or pulitical appel-
lation represented by the candidate
named in such nomination papers as
aforesaid, identical with or similar to
the words used for the like purpose in
certificates of nomination made by a
convention of delegates of a political
party which at the last preceding elec
tion polled 8 per centum of the largest
vote cast.
Sec. 5. Certificates. of nominatiom
for candidates for the 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, senators and rep-
resentatives, shall be filed with the
secretary. of the Commonwealth at
least §6 days before the election for
which the candidates are nominated,
and nomination papers for candidates
for the said offices shall be filed with
‘the said secretary at least 40 days be-
fore the day of such election.
* WHERE PAPERS ARE FILED.
Certificates of nomination and nomi-
nation papers for candidates for all
other offices, except township and
borough offices, shall be filed with the
county commissioners of the respec-
tive counties 'at least 42 and 85 days
Sespegrively before the day of the elec-
on.
nomination papers for candidates for
township and borough offices and elec-
tion officers and school directors in the
same shall be filed with the auditors
of the respective. townships and bor-
oughs atleast 10 and 7 days respectively
before the day of the election.
‘Bec. 6. The certificates of nomina-
tion and nomination papers, being so
filed and being in conformity with the
provisions of this act, shall be deemed
to be valid unless objections thereto
are duly made in writing. (1.) In the
case of certificates and papers designed
for the State at large within 80 days
after the last day for the filing of such
certificates and papers. (2.) In the
case of other certificates and papers
except, those designed for borough and
township officers within 20 days after
the last day for the filing of such cer-
tificates and papers. (8.) In the case
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
State at large shall be filed with the
secretary of the commonwealth, and
shall be considered by him conjointly
with the auditor general and attorney
general, and shall be decidcd finally by.
a majority of these officers.
TO BETTLE OBJECTIONS,
Objections of the same kind to other
certificates and papers, except those
for borough and township offices, shall
be filed with the county commission-
ers, and shall be decided finally by a
majority of them. Objections of the
same kind to’ certificates and papers
designed for borough and township
offices shall be filed with the auditors,
and shall be decided by a majority of
them. All objections as to the 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 the State at. large, be filed
in the court of common pleas of Dau-
phin county, and in the case of all
other certificates and papers such obli-
gations shall be filed in any court of
common pleas within the judieial 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 the court is ip
session one or more judges of the court
shall immediately proceed to hear such
objections without unnecessary ad.
journment or delay, and shall give suck
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 the certificate of the :prithonotary
that such objections have been filed as
‘aforesaid, shall'immediately procced te
‘hear such objections as aforesaid
Where there is more than one court o;
common pleas In any election district
or division, such objections may be re-
ferred by the court with which they
are filed to any other court in such dis-
trict, if such reference is necessary to
secure a more convenient and speedy
hearing, and all cases of dispute as to
which of several conrts in such district
shall have jurisdiction shall be immedi-
ately decided by the judge being old-
est in commission in such district.
PROVISION FOR WITHDRAWAL.
Sec. 7. Any person whose name has
been presented ns a candidate may
cansy his name to be withdrawn from:
nomination: by. request in writing,
signed by him and acknowledged be-
fore an officer qualified to take acknowl-
edgements of deeds, and filed with the
secretary of the commonwealth 156 days,
or with the county commissioners of the
proper county 12 days as the case may
be; previous to the day of election, and
no name so withdrawn shall be. printe
upon the ballots.
Certificates of nomination and |
monwenithsha
ious tothe day:
to the county commissioners and the
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
all candidates whose nomination cer-
tificates or papers have been filed with
him as herein provided for such election,
and have not been found and declared
to be invalid as provided in section
six, and to be voted for at each voting
place in each such county respectively
substantially in the form of the ballots
to be used therein. The county com-
missioners of each county shall also
send to the sheriff of their county at
least 10 days prior to the day of any
election an official list containing the
names, residences and party or political
appellations of all candidates except
those for election officers and school
directors whose nomination certificates
or papers have been filed with the said
commissioner as herein provided for
such election, and to be voted for at
each voting place in the county sub-
stantially in the form of the ballots to
be used therein. :
PROCLAIMING THE ELV.CTIONS.
Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the
sheriff of every county at least 10 days
before any election to be held therein,
except for township and borough offi
cers, to give notice of the same by
proclamations posted up in the most
public places in every election district,
and by advertisements in at least two
newspapers, if there be so many pub-
lished in the county, representing so
far as practicable the political parties
‘which at the preceding election cast
the largest and next largest number of
votes; and in every such proclamation
or advertisement he shall: (1) Enu-
merate the officers to be elected and
give a list of all the nominations, ex-
cept for election officers and assessors,
made as provided for in this act and
to be voted for in such county as far as
may be in the form in which they shall
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. (8) He shall give notice
that every person excepting justices of
the peace, who shall hold any office or
appointment of profit or trust under
the government of the United States,
or of this State, or of any city or incor-
vorated QIStrict, wneiner a Commis-
‘sioned cfficer, or otherwise a subordi-
nate officer or agent who is or shall be
employed under the legislative, execu-
tive or judiciary department cf this
State or of the United States, or of any
that every member of congress and of
the State Legislature and of the Select
or£emmon Council of any city or com-
missioners of any incorporated district,
is by law incapable of holding or exer-
cising at the same time the office or
appointment of judge, inspector or
wealth, and that no inspector, judge or
other offizer of any such election shall
be eligible to any office to be then
voted for except that of an election
officer. ; :
sat IN CASE OF DEATH,
8Ec. 11, It case of the death or
withdrawal of any candidate nominat-
ed as herein provided the party, con:
vention, primary meeting, caucus or
board or the citizens who nominated
such candidate may nominate a sub-
stitutein his place Ly filling in the
proper office at any time before the
day of election a nomination certifi-
cate or paper which shall conform to
all the requirements of this act in. re-
gard to original certificates or papers,
provided that if the said convention or
citizens shall have authorized any
committee to make nominations in the
svent of the death or withdrawal oi
candidates, the said convention shal)
not be required to re-convene, nor the
said citizens to sign a new nomi-
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 and the powers of said committee.
(naming all its members) of the death
or withdrawal of the candidate, and of
the action of the committee thereon;
and the truth of these facts shall be
verified by the affidavit annexed to the
certificate or paper of two members of
the committee, and also of at least two
of the officers of the convention ‘whe
nal certificate, or two of the citizens
who meade affidavit to the original pa-
per; and provided also that in case of
| a substituted nomination paper not
filed by a committee but signed by
citizens, it shall only be necessary that
two-thirds of the signers of the said
paper shall have been signers of the
original paper.
OBJECTIONS TO SUBSTITUTES,
Sec. 12.. All substituted nomina-
tion certificates or papers may be ob-
ected to as provided in section seven
of this act, and if a substituted certi-
ficate or paper be filed after the last
day for filing the original certificate
or paper, objections must be made
within four days after the filing, and no
objections as to form or conformity to
law shall be received after the time
get for printing the" ballots. ?
As soon us any .substituted candi-
date shall have been duly nominated
proper officers in the place of that of
the candidate who has died or with-
drawn, so far as time may allow, or in
case a substituted nomination be filed
with or transmitted to the county
commissoners or township or borough
auditors after the ballots have been
printed, the said commissioners or
‘ited States or State officers; transmit to
city or incorporated district, and also’
clerk of any election of this Common-
made affidavit in supportiof the origi- |
hisname shall be. substituted by the |
‘auditors shall prupare and distribute |
11] with the ballots suitable slips of paper.
; the. substitat ame, toge
yoter with the regular ballot, 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 the same,
the ballots for which shall be printed
and distributed by the auditors, who
shall certify the cost of such printing
and distribution to the county com-
missioners for payment as part of a
county election expenses. The said
commisioners and auditors shall as-
certain the offices to be filled and
shall be responsible for the 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
agents.
HOW BALLOTS ARE PRINTED.
Sec. 14. The face of every ballot
which shall be printed in accordance
with the provisions of this act shall
contain the names and residences of all
candidates whose nomination for any
office specified in the ballot shall have
been duly made, except such as may
have died or withdrawn, The names
of candidates shall be presented in the
following manner and order:
In the casé of certificates of nomina-
tions made 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 8 per centum of
the highest entire vote cast in the
State or electoral district or division
thereof for which such nominations
are made, as described in section two,
the names of all the candidates so
nominated by such political party shall
be arranged in groups as presented in
the several certificates of nomination
ander the designation of the office with
the party descriptive words or peliti-
cal “appellation” at the head of éach
group. Such groups shall be printed
in the order of the vote polled by each
political party at the last preceding
election, beginning with the party
which secured the highest vote. Inall
other cases of nomination by nomina-
tion papers the names of the candi-
dates for each office shall be arranged
under the designation of the office in
glphabetical order according to the
surnames. There shall be left at the
end of ths list of candidates for each
different office (or under the title of the
office itself for which an election is to
be held in case there be no candidates
legally nominated therefor) as many
blank space as there are persons to be
elected to such office in which the
voter may insertthe name of any per-
gon whose name is not printed on the
ballot for whom he desires to vote as
candidate for such office, and such in-
gertion shall count as a vote without
the cross mark (x) hereinafter men-
tioned. Whenever the approval of a
constitutional amendment or other
question is submitted to the vote of
the people such questions shall be
printed upon the ballot after the list:
of candidates.
THE USE OF THE PENCIL.
The ballot shall be so printed to as
give to each voter a clear opportunity
to designate his choice of candi
dates by a crossmark (x) in a sufficient
margin at the right of the name of each
candidate, and in like manner his ans-
wer to the questions submitted, and on
the ballot may be printed instructions
how to mark, and such words as will
aid the voter to do this as “vote foi
one,” “vote for three,” “yes,” “no,” and
the like, provided that a voter may
designate his choice of all the candi.
dates of a political party or group bj
one crossmark in the margin to the
right of the party name or political
‘designation of such group, and such
mark shall be equivalent te a mark
against every name in the group.
Sec, 15. All the L'allots used at the
same voting place at any election shall
be alike and shall be at least six inches
long and four inches wide; they shall
be printed with the same kind or
kinds of type (which shall not be
smaller than the size known as ‘bre:
vier” or “eight-point body”) upon
white paper without any impression
or mark te distinguish one from an,
other except as expressly authorized
herein or by the constitution of this
Commonwealth. Each ballot shall be
attached to a stub or counterfoil, and
all the ballots for the same voting
place shall be bound together in con-
venient numbers in books in such man- |
ner that each ballot may be detached
and removed separately.
A diagonal folding-line shall be
printed on the right hand upper cor-
ner of the back of each ballot, and the
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 be seen without unfasten-
ing or cutting open the part so fasten-
ed down. The top of each ballot shall
have a margin of equal size on both
amstrict or ¢o ‘Qrany Ju tuereor may,
upon the application pr Te iiRo electo
of the district or county, re the county
commissioners to correct the mistake or
omission or to show cause why they should
ot.
Sec. 16. The county commissioners of each
county shall provide for each election dis-
trict in which an‘election is to be held, ex-
cept in elections for township and borough
0! , two sets of such ballots each of not
less than 75-for every 50 and fraction of 50
voters therein as contained upon the assess-
or's list. They shall also prepare full in-
structions for the guidance of voters.as to ob-
taining ballots, as tothe manner of marking
them and the method of gaining assistance,
and as to obtaining new ballots in place of
those accidentally spoiled, and they shall re-
spectively cause the same, together with
copies of sections 31 to 38 inclusive of this
act, to be printed in large clear type on sep-
arate cards to be cdlled cards of instruction.
3 THE SPECIMEN BALLOTS.
They shall also canse to be printed on
tinted paper and without the fac-simile in-
dorsements an equal number of copies of the
form of the ballot provided f.r each voting
place at each election therein, which shall be
called specimen ballots, antl at each election
they shall furnish to each voting place, to-
gether with the ballotsto be: there, a suf-
ficient number of cards of instruction and
specimen ballots for use, as required in sec-
tion 21 of this act. They shall also provide
for each election district at every election
therein two copies of the assessor's lists of
voters, and shall deliver the same as such
lists are now delivered,one sopy to be called
the ‘‘ballot check list” for the inspectors in
charge of the ballots, and the other copy to
be called the voting '‘check list” to be used
in marking the names of those who have
voted and the numbers of their ballots as
now required by law.
Sec. 17. The two sets of ballots, together
with the specimen ballots and cards of in-
struction printed by the county commission-
ers as herein provided, shall be packed by
them in sparate sealed | packages with marks
on the outside clearly eeignaung the elect-
jon districts for which t are intended
and the number of ballots of each kind en-
losed.
They shall then be sent by the "county
sioners of the ti ties sep-
ye Pp
arately and at differant times, or by differ-
ent methods, to the judges of election at the
several voting places so as to bt received by
them, one set on the Saturday before the
day of election and the other sel on
the Monday before the day of elec
tion.
RECEIPTS FOR THE BALLOTS.
The respective :udges of election shall, on
delivery to them of such pack , returc
receipts therefore to the commissioners, who
shall keep a record of the time when and the
manner in which the several packages are
sent and shall preserve for the period of one
year the receipts of the said judges of elec-
tion. For elections of officers of townships
and boroughs and of election officers and
school directors in the same the anditor
shall provide foreach election district 75 bal-
lots for every 50 and fraction of 50 voters on
the assessor's list and an equal number of
specimen ots, and shall obtain from the
county commissioners the requisite cards of,
instruction, which shall be delivered with
the ballotsto the judges of election the day
before the day of election. :
Reation 18. In case ths ballots to be fur-
nished to any voting place "in accordance
with the provisions of this act shall fail for
any reason to be aay delivered, or in case
after delivery they shall be destroyed or
stolen, it shall be the duty of the judge of
election of such voting place to cause other
ballots to be prepared substantially
in the form of the ots so wants
ing, and npon receipt of such
oh ballots from him, accompanied
by a statement under oath that the same
have been so prepared and furnished by him,
and that the original ballots have so failec
to be received or have been so destroyed 1.
stolen, the election officers shall cause the
‘ballots so substitited to be used in lieu oi
the ballots wanting as above. It shall be
theduty of the county commissioners of
each county to mail complete specimens of
the ballots and other necessary papers by
registered letter to the judge of elections of
sach election district at least four days be-
tore the election to ¢mable him to comply
with the directions of this section.
THE VOTING ROOMS.
Sec. 19. The county commissioners of each
county shall provide for each election dis-
irict therein at each. election a room large
enough to be fitted up with voting shelves
and a guard rail, as hereinafteprovided. If
in any district no such room be ren
or otherwise obtained, the said cpmmission-
ers shall cause to be constructed fbr such dis-
trict a temporary room of adegu bo size 0
used as a voting room : they shall also cause
all the said rooms to be suitally provided
with heat and light and with/a sufficient
number of voting shelves or opmpuartments
at or in which voters may Jeonveniently
i t ig the marking
thereof they may be screened from the ob-
servation of others, and a gyard-rail shall be
so constructed and placed//that only such
: Ail can approach
within six feet of the ballgl box and of such
voting shelves or compagftr :
rangement shall be such that neither
ballot box nor the voting/booths shall be hid-
den from view of those just outside the said
guard-rail. The number of such voting
shelves or compartments shall not be less
than one for every 50 names on the assessor's
lists, but shall not in any case be less than
three for the voters qualified to vote at such
voting place. No persons other than elec
tion officers and voters admitted, as herein-
after provided, shall be pe: mitted within the
said rail except by authority of the election
officers for the pu e of keeping order and
enforcing the law. h voting shelf or com-
partment shall be kept provided with proper
fubplics and conveniences for marking the
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‘WHO PAYS THE BILL.
‘Sec. 20. To provide for the cost of said
shelves or compartn.ents and guard-rails in
the year 1892 the secretary of the common-
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the auditor general shall be and they are
hereby constituted a board to decide upon a
pattern of the said shelves or compartments
and a pattern of the said guard-rails and
upon the material to be used for them and
such other furniture and apparatus as may
be necessary, and to fix a limit of cost
of the "same per shelf cr com-
partmient” and lineal foot of rail,
and the said Board hall, within two months
after the passage of this act, notify the com-
missioners of the respective counties ot the
pattern adopted and of the limit of cost, and
the said commissioners, after 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
back and face and the said folding
line shall be upon this margin, but
nothing else shall be printed thereon
except instructions how to mark, pro-
vided, that if at any time the said con-
stitution shall cease to require ballots
to be numberel the foregoing require-
ments as to the folding-line, the mar-
gin and the adhesive paste shall be
void. '
WHAT THE BALLOT CONTAINS.
On the back of each ballot, or on the
right hand side of the back if the ballot is
printed in two columns. there shall be printed
as a caption “official ballot for,” followed b
the designation of the voting place for whi
the ballot is. , the date of the elec-
tion and a fac Smile of the signaures of the
co commissioners: o! :
bn! who have caused the ballots to be
rinted, unless they have been printed
iy wnehip or borough auditors.’
of the number of ballots printed
furnished to each voting plate shall
and ved unty
voting places in the county, naming them,
and if the nmnber 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 a3 afore-
said, which statement shall be signed by the
said commissioners, verified by the affidavit
of one of them, and approved by the connty
controller or auditors. On receipt of the
said statement the auditor general shall 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:ivad forthe sun stherein stated
to be due, aud the S:ate treasurer is hereby
directed to pay the said warrants. The said
shelves or ‘compartments and guard-rails.
shall theréatter be ‘the property of the re-
spective connties, and no further allowance’
hal
be made to the counties by the auditor
general for providing the same. :
| TO ENLIGHTEN THE VOTER.
! Bec. 21. At the openin
of the pools in
voting place, 1s
of one
th, the secretary of internal affairs and |
Vi
be immediately poste in or about the vob-
ing room is the rail, and such
cards and specimen ballots shall be given to
any voter, ut Sis Toque .. The d setof
ballots shall be retained unopen: brihere ”
spective judges of election until are
needed for the p of voting, Se
Sec. 22. Any person desiring to vote shall
give his nameand residence to one of
election officers in charge ofthe baliots, who
shall thereupon announce the samein aloud
and district tone of voice, and if such name
is found upon the ballot check-list by the in=
tor or clerks in charge thereof he she
likewise repeat the said name, and the vo
shall be allowed to enter the space en
by the guard-rail, unless his right to vote be
challen No person whos2 name is not
on the said list, or whose right to vote shall ©
be challenged by a qualified citizen shall be
admitted within said gnard-rail until he
established his right to vote in the mannex
now provided by law, and his name, if nob
on the check-lists, shall then be adi
both lists. As soon as a voter is admi
within the rail, the election officer havi
charge of the ballots shall detach a ballos
from the stub and give it to the said vot
but shall first fold it so that words printed
on the back and outside as provoded in sec-
tion 15 of this act, shall bethe only word-
ing visible, and no ballot shall be voted unless
folded in the same manner. Not more than
one ballot shall be given to a voter except as
provided in section 26 of this act. :
NO RECORDS OF NUMBERS. oy
As soon as a voter received a ballot the let-
ter *'B’’ shall be marked against his name:
on the margin of the ballot-check-list, bi
no record of the number of the ballots shall
or overseers a
Commonweal n
in excess of the number of voting shelves or
compartments provided shall be allowed is
said enclosed space at one time. TEE
Sec. 23. On receipt of his ballot the voter
shall forthwith and without leaving th
space enclosed by the guard-rail retire to one
of the voting shelves or compartments, and
shall prepare his ballot by marking inthe
appropriate margin or place a cross (x)
opposite the party, name or political
pation of a group of candidates, or ol
the name of the candidate of his choice for
each office to be filled, grby inserting in th
blank space provided therefor any name n
already on the ballot, and in case ofa
tion submitted to the vote of the
marking in the appropriate margin or p
a cross (x) against the answer which hee
piresto give. Before leaving the votingshelf
or compartment the voter shall fold his ba
lot without displayingthe marks thereon
the same way it was folded when receiv
by him, and he shall keep the same
folded until he has voted.
~~ After leaving the voting shelf and be
leaving the enclosed space ‘he shall give
‘ballot to the election officer in charge of th
ballot box, who shall, without unfol :
ballot, number it as required by the cor
tution of this Commonwealth, placing the
said number in the right hand upper :
of the back of the ot immediately to th
left of the folding line printed thereon and
nowhere else, and shall then at once fo
the corner at the folding line and fasten
securely down with theadhesive paste 50 8
to cover the number on the ballot so that is
out undue delay, and shall quit the enclose
bis ballot has been
f this Commonweal 4
to require ballots to be numbered no
number shall be marked on the ballot and
it shall be Sepostied in the ballot-box by th
voter himsel ; ’
TIME OF MARKING LIMITED.
Sec. 24. : No voter shall be allowed to oc-
cnpy a voting shelf or compartment already
occupic(’ by another,except when giving the
help allowed by section 27 of this act, nor
romain within said compartment more than
three minutes in cassall of compart:
Tienis are In use and other voters are’ wait-
ing to occnpy the same. No voter ‘not am
election offic>r shall be allowed to reenter the
enclosed ‘space after he has once left it &
cept to give help ereinafter described.
Each voter's name shall be checked on ther
voting check-list by the officer having chs
thereof as soon as he has cast his vote in
manner now provided by law. It shall be
the duty of.the judge of “election to secure
than area!lowed by this act.
which has by its primary meeting,
convention or board sent to the proj
a certificate of nomination. and obi ni
of citizens which has sent to the proper
fice anomination paper as provided in 8
tions two and three of this act, shail be al
lowed to appoint three electors to act ay
watchers at each voting place, without ex
pense to the county, one of whom shall be
allowed to Toman ifle Toor outside = Ae
2) space. watcher s;
vided with a certificate from the coun!
commissioners, or if the election be held
a township or borough, from the auditors
the same, sta‘ing his nam. ¢
the persons who have appointed him =a
the party or policy he represents, and ni
party or policy shall be represented by 8
than one watcher in the same voting’ rooms
at any one time. Watchers shall be requir
ed to show their certificates when requested
to do so. Until the pools are closed no pers.
sons shall be allowed in the room outside of
the said enclosed space except these watch
ers, voters not exceeding 10 at any one ti
who are awaiting their turn to prepare their
ballots, and peace officers when necessary
for the preservation of the peace. No person
when with:n the voting room shall election-
eer or solicit votes for any party or candi-
date, nor shall any written or printed mat-
ter be posted up within the said room ex: ;
as required by law.
NO EXTRA LISTS ALLOWED.
Bec. 25. No list or memorandum of the
aames of voters except such lists as are exs
pressly authorized by law shall be made
within the voting room by any person or of+
ficer; nor shall any list oi memorandum of
the numbers marked upon the ballots be
made or kept except such lists as are express
ly authorized by law, provided that any
»f voters upon which the numbers of tha
ballots are recorded, as now required by law,
shall be i > Toes
properly marked, and and the stubs of all
‘he ballots together with ail unused
ballots and the ballot-check-list shall also be
snclosed in a sealed pac :
pating the voting place, w
be sent to the proper office as
law in the care of the ballots cast, and
pr the sald package nor the said lists
hall theteafes be opened e:
8 ord:r'of a court of competent
diction. :
Bec. 26. No]
in the case
e sea
shall publicly broken, and the | lection
shall be opened by the judge of
bos ool ip curds of instruction 8
mmediately posted
shelf or | partment provided in accord
er h this or he marking of th
less
at or in each voting |