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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 residence, 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 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
"Y. " No ballot without the indorsement of the name or initials
of the judge thereon, as hereinbefore 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.

1896, ch. 202.

62. Any voter who declares under oath to the judges of
election that he can not read or write, or that by reason of phys-
ical disability he is unable to mark his ballot, and who shall have
stated such inability at the time of registering, and is so entered
in the registers, shall receive the assistance of the clerks in pre-
paring 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 mark a group
should said voter desire to vote for an entire group. Affidavits
of such voters shall contain a statement of the name, and
registered address of the voter and of the special reason why he
is unable to mark his ballots, and how long such disability has