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as aforesaid, in another column, shall be deemed erased, unless
the voter has, by erasure, indicated some other name in the
said marked group that is to be omitted in its stead. The said
judges shall count the votes in the following manner: ] £They
shall open the ballots, and all of these shall be canvassed sep-
arately, by one of the judges sitting between two other judges,
which judge shall call out each name and the office for
which it is designated, the other judges looking at the ballot at
the same time, and the clerks making tally of the same, or the
said judges may first canvass and count the "straight" or full
tickets, laying aside, whilst so doing, the "split" or "scratched"
tickets, and after they have so canvassed and counted the straight
or full tickets they shall, if such there are, proceed to call off,
canvass and count each name and the office for which it is desig-
nated on the split or scratched tickets so previously laid aside,
the several judges looking at each ballot and the clerks making
tally of the same. When all the ballots have been canvassed in
this manner, the election clerks shall compare their tallies together
and ascertain the total number of votes received by each candi-
date, and when they agree upon the numbers one of them shall
announce in a loud voice to the judges the aggregate number of
votes received by each candidate. If requested by any watcher
or challenger present at any canvass, it shall be the duty of the
judges, and each of them, to exhibit to such watcher or challen-
ger any ballot cast, fully opened or in such condition and manner
that he may fully read and examine the same, but the judge shall
not allow any ballot to be taken from their hands. As the bal-
lots are counted they shall be strung upon a strong twine.

1896, ch. 202.

67. When the canvass of the ballots shall have been completed
and the clerks shall have announced to the judges the total num-
ber of votes received by each candidate, each of the judges of
election, in turn, shall then proclaim in a loud voice the total
number of votes received by each person voted for in such pre-
cinct and the office for which he is designated, and the number
of votes for and the number of votes against any proposition
which shall have been submitted to the vote of the people; such
proclamation shall be prima facie evidence of the result of the