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the judges, and shall not again be opened until the closing of
the polls; and until such closing each ballot box shall be kept
constantly in sight of all persons entitled to be present, and
shall be so placed that the voter offering his ballot and the
judges and clerks and all persons entitled to be present may
conveniently see every ballot deposited therein. The sealed
package of ballots shall not be opened until after the ballot
box shall have been so examined, closed and locked by the
judges.
270 CCC . At every election each qualified voter shall be en-
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titled to receive one official ballot. The person applying
therefor to the judge of election holding the ballots shall give
his name and residence, and the said judge, shall repeat the
same in a loud and distinct voice, and if such name be found
upon the registers by the judges having the custody thereof,
they shall repeat the said name and the voter shall be allowed
to enter the space inclosed by the guard-rail, and the judge
holding the ballots, having first written in ink the voter's
name and number upon the coupon attached to one of them,
shall deliver said ballot to the voter after having likewise
written in ink his own name or initials upon the back thereof,
and the two clerks of election shall at the same time enter the
number and name of the voter upon their poll books. Upon
receipt of his ballot the voter shall forthwith, and without
leaving the inclosed space, retire alone to one of the booths or
compartments and prepare his ballot by marking with an,
indelible pencil after the name of the person or persons for
whom he intends to vote, and to the right thereof in the blank
space provided therefor a cross, for example X ; and in case
of a question submitted to a vote of the people by marking
likewise in the appropriate space a cross against the answer
which he desires to give. This provision shall be directory as
far as the instrument for marking the ballot is concerned.
Any voter who desires to vote for an entire group may make
a cross as above described, in the appropriate space after
the emblem or name of the political organization above
such group. "Not more than one voter shall be permitted to
occupy any one booth or compartment at one time, and no
voter shall remain in or occupy a booth longer than may be
necessary to prepare his ballot, and in no event longer than five
minutes in case all such booths or coin part ments are in use and
other voters are waiting to occupy the same. Before leaving
the voting booth or compartment the voter shall fold his ballot
without displaying the marks thereon, and in, the same way it
was folded when received by him, and he shall keep the same
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