PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1033

the coupon attached to one of them, shall deliver said ballot
to the voter, after having likewise written in ink his own name
or initials on the back thereof and the two clerks of election,
shall at the same time, enter the number and name of the
voter upon their poll books. Upon receipt of his ballot, the
voter shall forthwith, and without leaving the enclosed space,
retire alone to one of the booths or compartments and prepare
his ballot by marking, with an indelible pencil, after the name
of the person or persons for whom he intends to vote, land to the
right thereof in the blank space provided therefor, a cross (for
example X); and in case of a question submitted to a vote of
the people by marking likewise in the appropriate space a cross
opposite the answer he desires to give. This provision shall
be directory, as far as the instrument for marking the ballot
is concerned, 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 with-
out displaying the marks thereon, and in the same 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 num-
ber 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 residence and
upon his being identified as the person who received the 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 that purpose, and the
said voter shall forthwith leave the enclosed space. The judges
having charge of the registers 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
the endorsement of the name or initials of the judge thereon,
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.

SEC. 270DDD. Any voter who declares under oath, to the
judges of election, that he cannot read or write, or that by
reason of physical disability, he is unable to mark his ballot,
shall receive the assistance of the clerks in preparing the same