|
Where voter
spoils ballot.
|
may, on returning said spoiled ballot to the judge holding
the ballots, receive another in place of it, with his name and
the same number written on the coupon thereof, as on the
ballot so returned, but no voter shall receive more than three
ballots from said judge for the reason aforesaid. The ballots
thus returned shall be immediately cancelled by endorsing
thereon the word " spoiled," and, together with those not dis-
tributed to the voters, shall be preserved and returned to the
Supervisors of Elections, as hereinafter provided. Every
voter who does not vote any ballot delivered to him, shall,
before leaving the polling place, return such ballot to the
judge, from whom he received it, and said returned ballot
|
|
Challenge of
voter.
|
shall be retained as if said ballot had been spoiled. When any
one claiming to be a person whose name appears upon the
registers, shall make application for a ballot, his right to vote
at that election may be challenged, but shall not be deter-
mined until after he has marked his ballot and delivered it to
the judge at the ballot box. The person challenging shall
assign his reason therefor, and one of the judges shall there:
upon administer to the person offering to vote an oath to make
true answers to questions, and if he shall take said oath, he
shall be questioned by the judge or judges touching said cause
of challenge, and he may also be questioned by the person
challenging him in regard thereto, and if a majority of the
judges are of opinion that he is the person so registered, his
vote shall be received accordingly. No one who is not regis-
tered as a qualified voter of the precinct shall be entitled to
vote or to receive a ballot, but no vote shall be rejected 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,
provided a majority of the judges are satisfied that the person
offering 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
|
