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407. One accredited representative of each and every can-
didate or group of candidates, to be voted for at each primary
election, to be designated in writing, by such candidates or
group of candidates, and in case of his necessary absence a sub-
stitute similarly selected, shall be entitled to be, and remain in
full view of the ballot box from the opening to the close of the
election, and during the count of the ballots, shall be entitled
to take such position as will enable him to scrutinize the ballots
as they are counted by the proper officers of the primary elec-
tion, and a refusal to permit any such duly accredited repre-
sentative to exercise such rights, shall be a misdemeanor, pun-
ishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or by im-
prisonment not exceeding three months, or by both fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

408. If at the place appointed for holding any such election,
and when ten minutes after the time fixed for beginning the
same have expired, any one or more of the judges so elected
shall fail to appear, or appearing, shall not have qualified, the
other judges or judge present and qualified shall appoint from
among the friends of the candidate in whose interest said judge
or judges who failed to appear was or were appointed, some
other person or persons having the requisite qualification to
act as judge or judges of said election, and administer to him
or them the oath or affirmation required in the preceding sec-
tion, so that there shall always be three judges at such election;
and if any or b.oth of said clerks shall fail to appear or qualify
within the time aforesaid, the judges of election of said ward
shall appoint from among the friends of the candidate in whose
interest said clerk was appointed, one or both clerks, as the
case may be, having the requisite qualifications, and qualify
them to act as such; no votes shall be received by said judge or
judges until the number of judges and clerks shall have been
completed and qualified as provided under the provisions of
this sub-division of this Article.

409. No person shall vote at any such election who is not a

duly qualified and registered voter in the ward where he offers

to vote, and has not also the qualifications prescribed and pub-

lished as hereinbefore required by the managing convention of

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