LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

is not registered as a qualified voter of the precinct, shall be
entitled to vote or to receive a ballot, but no vote shall be re-
jected because of an error in the spelling of the voter's name
or because of the wrongful omission or addition of one or more
initials of his middle name or names, or because the voter gives
the initials, one or more of his Christian or given name, instead
of his full name, or one or more of his Christian or given name
or names, instead of the initial or initials thereof, or because of
an error in the number of his residence on the register, provi-
ded a majority of the judges are satisfied that the person offer-
ing to vote is the identical person who is registered, and that
he intended to register his true name and residence. Unless a
majority of the judges are of the opinion that the person so
challenged is entitled to vote, the judge at the ballot-box
shall endorse upon his ballot, the word "rejected," and return
the same still folded, and with its coupon attached, to the
judge holding the ballots, and the clerks of election shall draw
a line through the name and number of said person as entered
on their poll-books, and write thereafter the word "rejected,"
or if for any other reasons a person who has received a ballot
shall leave the polling place without voting, they shall likewise
draw a line through his name and number on the poll-books
and write thereafter the words "did not vote." All ballots
returned to the judge holding the ballots, shall be immediately
strung by him upon a cord or wire, provided for the purpose,
still folded, and with the coupons still attached, and each en-
dorsed upon the back thereof, with the words "spoiled" or
"rejected," or "not voted," as the case may be, and all such bal-
lots shall be returned to the supervisors of elections, as herein-
after provided.

COUNT OF THE BALLOTS.

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64. As soon as the election polls shall have been closed the
judges in their several precincts shall immediately, and at the
place of polling, proceed, as hereinbefore provided, to canvass
the votes cast, having first sealed up the unused ballots remain-
ing of the package last broken by .them and endorsed the
same with their signatures as "Unused Ballots." The canvass
shall not be adjourned or postponed until it shall have been
fully completed, nor until the several statements hereinafter
required to be made by the judges and clerks shall have been
made out, signed and sealed by them. The judges shall have
the right to station police officer or officers of the peace within
the room wherein such canvass is made, in order to keep the
peace. The challengers and watchers shall be allowed to be

Canvass of
votes.