Manual of Election Laws: For the Use of Moderators, Wardens, Clerks and SupervisorsE.L. Freeman & sons, state printers, 1901 |
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Popular passages
Page 21 - ... or who shall make a false statement as to his inability to mark his ballot, or any person who shall interfere, or attempt to interfere with any voter when inside said enclosed space or when marking his ballot, or who shall endeavor to induce any voter before voting to show how he marks or has marked his ballot, shall be punished by a fine...
Page 27 - It shall be the duty of the sheriffs of the several counties to...
Page 2 - Any person who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this section, or of any order or proclamation of the President promulgated, or of any permit, rule, or regulation issued thereunder, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than...
Page 9 - ... municipal tickets"; and shall also provide a sufficient number of places, booths, or compartments, at or in which voters may conveniently mark their ballots, so that in the marking thereof they may be screened from the observation of others, and a...
Page 67 - June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and be Imprisoned not less than six months nor more than one year.
Page 31 - ... or specimen ballot printed or posted for the instruction of voters, or who shall during an election wilfully remove or destroy any of the supplies or conveniences furnished to enable a voter to prepare his ballot, or shall wilfully hinder the voting of others, shall be punished by fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.
Page 7 - The device or emblem chosen as aforesaid may be a star, an animal, an anchor, or any other appropriate symbol, but neither the coat of arms or seal of any state or of the United States...
Page 12 - Before leaving the voting shelf or compartment, the voter shall fold his ballot, without displaying the marks thereon, in the same way it was folded when received by him, and he shall keep the same so folded until he has voted. He shall vote in the manner now provided by law before leaving the enclosed space, and shall deposit his ballot in the box with the official endorsement uppermost.
Page 16 - ... any certificate of nomination, knowing the same or any part thereof to be falsely made ; or suppress any certificate of nomination which has been duly filed, or any part thereof, or forge or falsely make the official endorsement on any ballot.
Page 41 - If any person shall conduct himself in a disorderly manner, and after notice from the moderator shall persist therein, the moderator may order him to withdraw from the meeting, and on his refusal...