EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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for an entire group may make a cross, as above described, in

the appropriate space after the emblem or name of the political

organization above such group. Not more than one voter shall

be permitted to occupy any one booth or compartment at one

time, and no voter shall remain in or occupy a booth longer than

may be necessary to prepare his ballot, and in no event longer

than five minutes in case all such booths or compartments are

in use and other voters are waiting to occupy the same. Before

leaving the voting booth or compartment, the voter shall fold

his ballot without displaying the marks thereon, and in the same

To keep the
ballot folded.

way it was folded when received by him, and he shall keep the

same so folded until he has voted, and so that the signature

or initials of the judge from whom he received it and the name

and number written on the coupon thereof, but nothing else

thereon may be seen. He shall forthwith hand his said ballot

to the judge at the ballot box, and shall give his name and resi-

dence, and upon his being identified as the person who received

said ballot, the judge shall deposit his ballot in the box, having

first detached therefrom its coupon, which he shall then string

upon a cord or wire to be provided for the purpose, and the

said voter shall forthwith leave the inclosed space. The judge

having charge of the register shall then, in the column therein

headed "Voted," in the same line with the name of the voter,

mark the word "Voted," or the letter "V." No ballot without

Name or ini-

the endorsement of the name or initials of the judge thereon,

tials.

as herein provided, shall be deposited in said ballot box; but

if deposited, shall be counted at the close of the election, and the

judges shall, In ink, mark on the back thereof the word

"Counted," and sign their names below.

270DDD. Any voter who declares, under oath, to the judges

of election, that he cannot read or write, or that, by reason of

Illiterate or

physical disability, he is unable to mark his ballot, and who shall

disabled
voters.

have stated such inability at the time of registering, and is so

entered in the register, shall receive the assistance of the clerks

in preparing the same in the manner following: Such voter,

after making such oath, may require one of the clerks to read to

him the contents of the ballot so that the voter can ascertain

the position of the names of the candidates on each ballot.

The clerk so requested shall read said ballot to such voter in

the presence of the other clerk, whereupon the voter shall retire

to one of the booths or compartments and prepare his ballot,

in the manner hereinbefore provided ; or such voter may request

one of said clerks, in the presence of the other, to mark the

names of the candidates for whom he shall desire to vote, or