1904.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 1901

fac simile signature and so that the same may plainly
appear when the ballot shall have been folded; besides
the election officers not more than four voters in excess
of the number of voting shelves or compartments pro-
vided shall be allowed in said enclosed space at one
time. On receipt of his ballot the voter shall forth-
with and without leaving the enclosed space, retire to
one of the voting shelves or compartments and shall
prepare "his ballot in accordance with the rules or
regulations furnished by the governing body of each
of said political parties to the election supervisors and
by them transmitted to the judges of election; said
rules or regulations shall be furnished the election
supervisors at least fifteen days prior to the date of
said primary election, and shall be published at least
once in two or more newspapers published in said
county prior to the day of said primary election, one
of which newspapers, if possible, shall be of the politi-
cal faith opposed to that of a majority of the board of
election supervisors. After so preparing his ballot the
voter shall fold the same without displaying for whom
he has voted, and in such manner that the fac simile
signature and the initials of the ballot judge shall be
easily seen, he shall hand the same to one of the
judges of election who shall forthwith deposit it
in the proper ballot box and the said voter shall
immediately retire from the room; but no ballot
shall be so received or deposited which does not bear
the fac simile signature and initials of the ballot
judge as aforesaid. No ballot without the fac simile
signature and the initials of the ballot judge shall be
counted.

"Sec. 33. No person shall take or remove any bailor
from the polling place before the close of the polls ;
if any voter spoil a ballot he may successively obtain
others, one at a time, not exceeding three in all upon
returning each spoiltd one. Any voter who is blind
or who by reason of physical disability is unable to
mark his ballot, or for any reason, may apply to any
one of said ballot judges to assist him in the marking
thereof. A voter who shall except as herein otherwise
provided, allow his ballot to be seen by any person
with an apparent intention of letting it be known how