262 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

1896, ch. 202.

65. Immediately after the closing of the polls, before the
ballot-box is opened, all the coupons taken from the ballots cast
shall be destroyed, and each of the election clerks shall write his
name in each of the poll-books, immediately under the name of
the last voter, and the judges shall write in ink, opposite to and
against the name of each person entered in their registers who is
Dot shown by said registers to have voted, and in the appropriate
column headed "Voted" the word "No, " so that the said column
may be wholly filled up, and the judges shall then compare the
registers, make them agree, and ascertain the number of persons,
who, by said registers, are shown to have voted at that polling
place on that day; and when they have made comparison and
ascertained such facts, they shall announce the same in a loud
voice.

Ibid.

66. The judges shall then open the ballot-box and count and
announce the whole number of ballots in the box. They shall
reject any ballots which are deceitfully folded together, and any
ballots which do not have endorsed thereon the name or initials
of the judge who held the ballots. If the voter has marked more
names than there are persons to be elected to an office, or if for
any reason it is impossible to determine the voter's choice for
any office to be filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such
office. Ballots not counted for such defects shall be marked
"Defective" on the back thereof, and shall be wrapped in a
separate package and returned in the ballot-box as hereinafter
directed. Where the voter makes the cross-marks opposite the
party emblem, his vote shall be counted as cast for all the candi-
dates in such party group, whose names are not erased, and the
effect of such marking, shall not be altered by his also making
the cross-mark opposite one or more names of candidates in the
said group; but if a voter shall have made the cross-mark oppo-
site a party name or emblem, and also opposite one or more
names of candidates in another column, his vote shall be counted
for each candidate so marked in another column and also for all
the candidates under the marked party name or emblem whose
names are not erased, and each name in the said marked
party group opposite the name of any candidate marked;