LtOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

"rejected," or if for any other reason a person who has re-
ceived 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 imme-
diately strung by him upon a cord or wire, provided for the
purpose, still folded, and with the coupon still attached, and
each endorsed upon the back thereof with the words "spoiled"
or "rejected," or "not voted," as the case may be, and all such
ballots shall be returned to the Supervisors of Elections as
hereinafter provided.

COUNT OF THE BALLOTS.

270 F F F. 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 unusued
ballots remaining of the package last broken by them, and
endorsed the same with their signatures as "unusued
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 officers 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 present inside the guard-rail, and so near that
they can see that the judges and clerks are faithfully perform-
ing their duties.

Canvass of
votes.

270 G G G. Immediately after the closing of the polls, before
the ballot box is opened, all the coupons taken from the ballots
cast shall be destroyed, and each of the election clerks shall
write his name in each of the poll books, immediately nnder
the name of the last voter, and the judges shall write in ink,
opposite to and against the name of each person entered in
their registers who is not shown by said registers to
have voted, and in the appropriate column headed "voted,"
the word . "no," so that the said column may be wholly
filled up, and the judges shall then compare the registers,
make them agree, and ascertain the number of persons
who by said registers, are shown to have voted at that
polling place on that day ; and when they have made compari-
son and ascertained such fact, they shall announce the same in
a loud voice.

Coupons to
be destroyed;