1268 ARTICLE 33.

dates or by the presiding officer of the chief managing committee of their
party in the city or county shall be sufficient evidence of the right of such
challenger and watcher to be present in the registration or polling-room.
In case any challenger 'or watcher does not produce such certificate, the
judges of election shall recognize a challenger or watcher vouched for by the
persons present belonging to such political party or by the judge represent-
ing such party. Such challenger and watcher shall have the right to remain
in the polling-room outside the rail hereinafter mentioned from the time
the polls are opened until they are closed, and after that time he shall be
permitted to remain within the rail until the returns are completed. The
refusal to permit any such challenger so to remain shall be a misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprison-
ment not exceeding one year, or by both fine and imprisonment, but it shall
be unlawful for any such challenger to inquire or ascertain for what candi-
date or candidates any voter may intend to vote or has voted, or to confer in
the polling-room with any voter or to assist him in the preparation of his
ballot, and any challenger offering or attempting to do so may lawfully be
ejected by the judges and shall also be subject to the punishment herein-
after provided. A challenger or watcher may be removed at any time by
the same person or committee or by the chairman of the committee which
appointed him. Citizens other than accredited challengers or watchers who
desire to challenge the vote of any person then inside the polling-room shall
be permitted to enter said room for that purpose, but a majority of the
judges may limit the number of persons to be allowed in the polling-room
at any one time for such purpose, and all such persons shall leave the
polling-room as soon as the right to vote of the person challenged by them
shall have been decided.

An. Code, sec. 65. 1904, sec. 63. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 58.

72. Each clerk of election shall keep a poll-book containing a column
headed " Number," and another headed " Name of Voter." All entries
therein shall be made in ink, and the number and name of each person to
whom a ballot is given shall be entered on each of the poll-books by the clerk
having charge thereof in regular succession under the proper heading, the
number of such voter being placed opposite his name in the column headed
" Number," but if the vote of any person whose name has thus been entered
on poll-books shall be afterwards rejected by the judges, the clerks shall
thereupon draw a line through his name and number as hereinafter
provided.

An. Code, sec. 66. 1904, sec. 64. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 59. 1922, ch. 225.

73. The Supervisors of Elections shall provide in each room designated
by them as polling places a sufficient number of voting booths or compart-
ments, in which voters may conveniently mark their ballots. Said booths
or compartments shall be constructed of plank not less than one inch in
thickness or of substantial metallic or other material and shall be of such
width, depth and height that the voter in marking his ballot therein, shall
be screened from the observations of others, and for this purpose a short