EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That each ballot cast at any
such primary election shall be handed by the voter to one of
the judges of the election, folded, so that the contents thereof
cannot be seen; and the judge of election so receiving such
ballot shall place the same in a plain white opaque envelope,
to be therefor provided, and seal the same and deposit such
envelope so sealed in the ballot box, in the presence of the
voter and the other judges of election, after a majority of the
judges are satisfied that he is qualified to vote at such pri-
mary election; all envelopes so used at any such primary
election shall be of uniform size, and shall be furnished in
sufficient numbers by the governing body of the party hold-
ing such election.
SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the return judge of such
election immediately upon the deposit of any ballot in the

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Vote to be
placed in
envelope and
deposited in
ballot box.

ballot box, as herein provided, shall with an indelible pencil
make the letter "V" in the appropriate column in said
primary election registration book opposite the name of the
party casting such ballot, and simultaneously therewith the
clerk of such election shall enter the name of the person so
voting in a poll book to be provided each of them by the
governing body of the party holding such election.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That as soon as the polls shall
be closed the judges in their several districts, with the aid of

Letter V
placed in
appropriate
column
opposite
voter's
name.

the clerks, shall immediately and at the place of polling
proceed to canvass the votes cast, and the canvass shall not
be adjourned until it shall have been fully completed and the
ballot box shall have been sealed, as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That upon the closing of the

Vote
canvassed.

polls each of the election clerks shall write his name in the
poll books immediately under the name of the last voter
recorded therein; the judge keeping the primary election
register shall write in ink, opposite to and against the name
of each person entered in the register who is not shown
thereby to have voted and in the appropriate column headed
" Voted " the word " No," so that the column may be wholly
filled up, and the judges shall then compare the primary
election register with the poll books as kept by the clerks,
and make them agree and ascertain the number of persons,
who by said primary election register and poll books are
shown to have voted at that polling place on that day; and
when they have made such comparison and ascertained such
facts they shall announce the same in a loud voice.

Clerks to
write their
name under
the name of
the last
voter.