Custodian of ballots &c. to report loss to Clerk of the Pence and make affidavit as to same or means of OF THE GENERAL ELECTION. fidavit of the circumstances of the loss whereupon such Clerk of the Peace shall at once re-supply such person. In case such person having in custody said packages fails or refuses to report and make proof of the loss, any qualified elector may do so, and thereupon such Clerk of the Peace shall at once send a new supply by some trusty person as provided in other cases. In case, for any reason, there should be found no ballots or other necessary Where ballots means or contrivances for voting, at the opening of the election it shall be the duty of the election officers at tion officers to such election place to secure the same as speedily as replace same possible, and, if necessary, such election officers shall have ballots printed or written and envelopes procured; provided, however, that such ballots and envelopes shall conform as nearly as possible to the official ballots and envelopes and the printing and the preparation and the care of the same shall be under the same provisions and penalties as the printing and the care of the other ballots and envelopes prescribed in this Act. voting are lacking, elec act speedily to or devise a means of vot ing Section 13. At the opening of the election after the qualification of the several officers and in the presence of the others the Inspector or the Chairman of the Board of Inspectors shall open the packages of ballots and envelopes. He shall place in each box provided in each booth, at least ten ballots, and at all times during the election it shall be his duty to see that at least ten ballots ten ballots to are kept in said boxes in said booths. He shall then de Inspector to deliver at least each box in booths and twenty-five envelopos to clerk of opposite political party liver to the Clerk of the Election, of the opposite political party from his own, twenty-five of the envelopes. The Clerks of the Election shall at once proceed to write their full names in ink in the places designated on the Clerks of Elec- envelopes in their ordinary handwriting and without any distinguishing mark of any kind. As each successive elector calls for a ballot and envelope, the Clerks of the Election having custody of the ballots and envelopes shall deliver to him the first signed of the twenty-five tion to write full names on envelopes OF THE GENERAL ELECTION. envelopes, and one ballot, and the Inspector shall immediately deliver to the said Clerk of the Election another envelope which the Clerks of the Election shall at once sign as before, and add to the envelopes already signed so that it shall be delivered for voting after all of those theretofore signed. on cards extracts of the and such other necessary Deliver cards them Section 14. The Clerk of the Peace of each county Clerk of the shall cause to be printed in large type on cards, in Eng-Peace to print lish and such other language as he may deem necessary, law in English instructions for the guidance of electors in preparing languages as he their ballots. He shall furnish twelve of such cards in may deem each of the languages determined upon by him to each of the Election Inspectors at the same time he delivers to him the ballots and envelopes for his hundred or Election to Inspector District. Each Inspector shall cause to be posted one of who shall post each of said cards in each place or compartment provided for the preparation of ballots, and one of each kind of such cards at or near to the outer end of the enclosure leading to the polling place, and not nearer than thirty feet of the polling place, and not less than three of each of such cards and three samples of each of the ballots in and about the polling place at the opening of the polls. on the day of election, which sample ballots shall be printed on different colored paper than the genuine ballots. Said cards shall contain full instructions to the voters as to what must be done: First, to obtain ballots and envelopes for voting; Third, for depositing the ballot in the envelope; Fourth, to obtain either a new ballot or an envelope or both in place of either or both accidently defaced, mutilated or spoiled, also copies of Sections 30, 31, 32 and 33. Form of cards of instructions One challenger of each political party to stand at en but no other person to be within thirty except when voting OF THE GENERAL ELECTION. Section 15. One challenger appointed and designated by each political party as hereinbefore provided shall trance of room be entitled to stand at the side of the passage and near the entrance to the room. No other person shall remain feet of entrance within thirty feet of said entrance except for the purpose of offering his vote, except as hereinafter provided for, and voters shall approach and enter the passage in the order in which they appear, for the purpose of voting. If any person offering to vote shall be challenged lenged election by one of such challengers, or by one of the Election oftermine right ficers, his right shall be at once determined by the proper officers, and if his vote is refused he shall immediately stand aside and give place to the person next in line, and retire without delay from within the thirty foot space around the entrance to the room. When chal officers to de to vote No more than one voter for each booth al lowed in room taining envelope go Section 16. When a voter shall have been passed by the challengers, he shall be admitted to the election room; provided, however, there shall not be in the room at any time more than one voter for each booth therein. On entering the room the voter shall announce his name to the Clerks of Election, who shall register it, and one of said Clerks shall deliver to him an envelope and ballot furnished to the Election officers by the Clerk of the Voter on ob- Peace. The voter shall then, and without leaving the into both and room, go alone into any of the booths which may be undeposit ballot occupied and deposit the ballot which he desires to vote in the envelope handed him by the Clerk, and on leaving Voter to deliv- the booth, or compartment, he shall deliver the envelope with ballot containing the ballot to the Inspector or the Judge who may temporarily be authorized to act for the Inspector, who shall forthwith in the presence of the voter and of the other election officers place a rubber band about the said envelope in such a manner as to keep the ballot placed therein from slipping out of the said envelope and shall deposit the said envelope in the ballot box, and the Clerks of the election shall write the word "voted" in envelope er envelope therein to election officer OF THE GENERAL ELECTION. room immed after the name of the voter on the poll list. The voter voting er who shall attempt to leave the room with the envelope No envelope in his possession shall be at once arrested on demand of taken from an election officer. election room of obtaining marking the Section 17. It shall be lawful for any voter to secure Other methods a ballot at any time from the Chairmen of the various ballots and political parties or from any other source whatsoever, same and to mark the same at any time and at any place before voting the same, and to carry the ballot which he has marked to the designated polling place in the hundred or election district of which he is a registered and qualified voter and there to vote the said ballot in the manner heretofore prescribed. one person in a time Section 18. Not more than one person shall be per- No more than mitted to occupy any booth at one time, and no person shall remain in, or occupy a booth longer than may be necessary to prepare his ballot and to deposit the same in his envelope, and in no event longer than three minutes. No more than one person for each booth in the room, other than the election officers shall be permitted to enter or be in the election room at any one time except as hereinafter provided and no voter or person offering to vote shall hold any conversation or communicate with any other person than an election officer while in the election room except as hereinafter provided. are spoiled or Section 19. Any person who shall by accident or mis- When ballots take spoil or deface or mutilate his ballot or envelope, to receive on returning the spoiled ballot or envelope to the Clerks another of the Election and satisfying them that such spoiling, 1 1 OF THE GENERAL ELECTION. defacing or mutilation was not intentional, shall receive another ballot or envelope or both in place thereof, and such Clerk shall make a minute of the fact on the poll Spoiled ballot lists at the time, and the mutilated ballot and envelope ed after voting shall then be destroyed by the elector in the presence of the election officers. to be destroy the same Assistance in marking ballot certain con ditions Section 20. Any person who shall be physically unaallowed under ble to prepare or fold his ballot or deposit his ballot in his envelope by reason of defective eyesight or the loss of the use of one or both hands, or inability to walk with safety without assistance as manifestly renders him unable to prepare or fold his ballot, or to deposit his ballot in his envelope, or to reach the polling place alone with safety shall be permitted to bring with him into the election room and booth any elector or two electors if the nature of the disability manifestly requires more than one, such as a total disability to walk to the polling district, for the purpose of rendering him the necessary assistance, and no voter shall receive any other assistance in Voter's assist Voting than that herein provided for and the office of the so called voter's assistant is hereby expressly abolished. ant expressly abolished Penalty when need of assist In case any elector shall feign any of such physical deance is feigned fects, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof by indictment shall be fined one hundred dollars and shall be imprisoned for not more than two years. Section 21. No Inspector of election or Judge acting for the Inspector shall deposit any envelope upon which No envelope the names of the Clerks of the election as hereinbefore bearing distinguishing provided for, does not appear or any envelope on which posited in bal appears any distinguishing mark, defacement or mutilation; provided, however, that no mark shall be considered distinguishing, and no envelope shall be considered defaced or mutilated unless it plainly appears that it was mark or defaced to be de lot box |