HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1523

cincts shall be first equipped therewith; in the event of the
leasing, rental or other acquisition of such machines, they shall
be exempt from State, County or municipal taxation. In the
precincts in which voting machines are used, the conduct of
all elections, general, primary or special, shall be as here-
after provided in Sections 81 to 91 inclusive of this Article,
instead of as provided in Sections 66 to 76 inclusive, except as
specifically, therein stated; provided, however, that in the event
that the number of names or the number of questions sub-
mitted for vote at any election is too large for the practical
use of voting machines, the said Boards of Supervisors shall
supply paper ballots in the usual form for use in voting for
such excess offices and questions as they shall deem advisable.

81. Every voting machine acquired or used as above provided
shall:

(a) Provide facilities for voting for such candidates as may
be nominated and upon such questions as may be submitted;

(b) Permit each voter, in one operation, to vote for all the
candidates of one party for presidential electors;

(c) Permit each voter, at other than primary elections, to
vote a ticket selected from the nominees of any and all parties
and from independent nominations;

(d) Permit each voter to vote, at any election, for any per-
son and for any office for whom and for which he is lawfully
entitled to vote, and to vote for as many persons for an office
as he is entitled to vote for, including a substantial compli-
ance with the provisions of Section 53 of this Article, and to
vote for or against any question which appears upon a ballot-
label;

(e) Preclude each voter from voting for more persons for
any office than he is entitled to vote for, and from voting for
any candidate for the same office or upon any. question more
than once;

(f) Be capable of adjustment by election officers, so as to
permit each voter at a primary election to vote only for the
candidates seeking nomination by the political party with
which he is affiliated, if he is affiliated with a political party,
and so as to preclude him from voting for the candidates seek-
ing nomination by any political party with which is he is not
affiliated;

(g) Permit each voter to change his vote for any candidate,
or upon any question appearing upon the ballot-labels, up to
the time he begins the final operation to register his vote, or
indicates or expresses his intention to register his vote;

(h) Permit and require voting in absolute secrecy, and shall
be so constructed that no person can see or know for whom any
other voter has voted or is voting, save a voter whom he has
assisted or is assisting in voting as prescribed by law;