Clerks poli books.

open until seven o'clock in the evening of said day,
at which hour the poll will be closed. Dated at
in the year of our lord

this

day of

A. B. Judges of
C. D.
E. Ftion.

the elec

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That if any person appointed to act as judge of the election as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to be sworn or affirmed to act in such capacity, the place of such person shall be filled by any justice of the peace residing within the precinct, to be nominated by the other judge or judges of the clection, and if there is no justice present to act as judge, the other judge or judges shall nominate one or more capable and discreet elector or electors, residing within the precinct, to fill such vacancy or vacancies; and if there shall be no judge of the election present to fill such vacancy by nomination, then such vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by the votes of such qualified electors residing within the precinct, as may then be present at the place of election; and the justice or justices, person or persons so nominated or elected to fill such vacancy or vacancies shall be, and are hereby vested with the same powers as if appointed by the county commissioners' court as aforesaid.

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That at all elections to be held under this act, the poll of the election shall be opened at the hour of eight in the morning and continue open until the hour of seven in the afternoon of the same day, at which hour the poll shall be closed: Provided, however, that if no judge shall attend at the hour of eight in the morning, and it should be necessary for the electors present to appoint judges to conduct the election as hereinbefore prescribed; the election may that case commence at any hour before the time for closing the poll shall arrive, as the case may require.

in

Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That at all electo furnish tions to be held in pursuance of this act, each of the clerks of election shall furnish himself with a poll book as near as may be in the following form, "A poll book of an election held at the

Form thereof.

to wit:

house of

the county of

in the

precinct, in

and state of Illinois, on

the

day of

in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

Names of Voters. 1 Names of Voters." Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That previous to any votes being taken, the judges and clerks of election shall severally take an oath or affirmation

clerks.

in the following form, to wit. "I, A. B. do solemn- Form of oath to he ly swear, (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I taken by judges & will perform the duties of judge or clerk, (as the case may be,) of the election, according to law, and to the best of my abilities; and that I will studiously endeavour to prevent fraud, deceit, and abuse, in conducting the same."

Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That in case there shall be no justice of the peace nor judge present, at the opening of the election, or in case No justice being such judge or justice shall be appointed a judge present,the judges or clerk of the election, it shall be lawful for the judges of the election, and they are hereby empowered, to administer the oaths or affirmations to each other and to the clerks.

Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That the persons administering such oaths or affirmations, shall cause an entry thereof, subscribed by him or them, to be prefixed to each of the poll books, in words to the following effect: "I certify that A. B. C. D.

to administer the oaths.

and E. F. judges, and G. H. and I. K. clerks of Form of certificate the election, were severally sworn before me as to be prefixed to the law directs, previous to entering upon the du- poll books.

ties of their respective offices, dated at

day of

- this

one thousand eight hundred and L. M. justice of the peace; and the said certificate shall be considered as a part of the record of the election.

Sec. 14. Be it further enacted That at all elec

tions hereafter to be held in this state by the peo- Ballots to be wit ple, the electors shall vote by ballot. They shall ten or printed. bring their votes legibly written or printed on a single piece of paper, with the names at full length, and the offices designated for which such votes are given; each ballot shall be folded in such a manner as to conceal from view the names written thereon, (except in cases provided for in the third section of this act,) and shall be delivered, by the person offering to vote, to one of the judges of the election, who shall put the same into the ballot boxunless rejected as hereinafter provided for..

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Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That when any person shall present himself to give his vote, and either of the judges shall suspect that such person does not possess the requisite qualifications of an elector, or if his vote shall be challenged by any elector, who has previously given in his vote at such election, the judges of the election shall tender to such person an oath or affirmation in the following form: "I, A. B. do solemnly swear, or Form of oath to be affirm, (as the case may be,) that I am a resident tendered to per of the county of sons whose right that I have resided in this to vote shall be state for the period of six months immediately prechallenged. ceding this election; that I have, to the best of my knowledge and belief attained to the age of twentyone years, and that I have not voted at this election." And if the person so offering his vote, shall take such oath or affirmation, his vote shall be received, unless it shall be proved by evidence satisfactory to a majority of the judges, that the said oath or affirmation is false. But if such person refuses to take such oath or affirmation, his vote shall be rejected: And if any person shall take the said oath or affirmation, knowing it to be false, he shall be deemed guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury, and shall on conviction, suffer such punishment as is now, or shall hereafter be prescribed by law for persons guilty of perjury.

Oath being false.

examined.

Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That previous to Ballot boxes to be receiving any votes, the judges shall publicly examine the ballot box, and see that there is nothing therein; and they shall then lock the same, and give the key to one of the clerks, who shall keep the same until the election is closed.

Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, That the clerks Clerks to take the shall, as often as any ballot is put into the ballot box, set down in each of the poll books, the name of the elector giving such vote.

electors names.

to proclaim the opening of the poll

Names of the vc ters to be counted

Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, That upon opening the poll one of the clerks under the direction of the judges, shall make proclamation of the same; and thirty minutes before the closing of the poll, proclamation shall be made in like manner, that the poll will be closed in half an hour.

Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That at the close of the poll, the names of the electors who have voted shall be counted by the clerks, and their number set down in writing at the foot of the col

umns in which they are contained. The judges

the votes.

Clerks to take the names of persons voted for, &c.

Two ballots being folded together

shall then unlock the ballot box, and publicly Judges to count count the ballots; and the clerks shall make an entry of the number of the ballots in the poll books: they shall then proceed publicly to canvass the votes in the following manner; one of the judges shall open each ballot, read the same and deliver it to another of the judges, who shall examine it and deliver it to the other judge, who shall also examine it to see that no mistake has been made in reading and recording the same. Each of the clerks shall write down at full length, in a schedule which he shall prepare for the purpose, the name of every person voted for, designating the office for which he received such vote or votes, and opposite to the same he shall set down the number of votes given to said person for such office. If two separate ballots, containing two votes for any office, shall be found folded together in such a manner as to leave no doubt in the minds of the judges, that both ballots were presented by one elector; in such case both ballots shall be rejected, and an entry thereof shall be made in the poll books. If any ballot shall be found to contain more names for one office, than there are persons required to be chosen for such office, the names first written shall be set down, and the superfluous names rejected. In case no office is designated in the ballot, it shall not be counted, but the clerks shall set down in the poll books the name or names of the person or persons thus voted for, and shall add to them the words, " Office not designated:" Provided, that this rule is not to be enforced at special elections, when only one office, or one description of offices, is to be filled. No vote shall be divert- Misspelling or ed from the person for whom it was evidently in- omitting part of tended on account of any misspelling, abreviation, or omission of a part of his name; but if a majority of the judges shall entertain doubts of the real intentions of the elector who gave such vote, it shall be set down exactly as it stands on the ballot.

Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, That when the votes shall have been examined and counted, each of the clerks shall set down in his poll book the name of every person voted for, written at full length, the office for which such person received such vote or votes, and the number of votes he has

Names first write ten on the ballot

Office not designa ted.

a name.

Clerks to take down names, &c.

Polt book to be sealed and convey ed to county clerk

Poll books subject

to inspection.

received, the numbers being expressed in words at
full length, such entry to be made, as nearly as
circumstances will admit, in the following form:
"At an election held at the house of
precinct, in the county of

on the

in

and state of Illinois, day of in the year of our Lord

one thousand eight hundred and

the following named persons received the number of votes annexed to their respective names, for the following described offices to wit:

A. B. had (fifty-three) votes for governor.
C. D. had (thirty-seven) votes for governor.
E. F. had (forty-one) votes. for lieutenant gov

ernor.

G. H. had (thirty-nine) votes for lieutenant gov

ernor.

I. K. had (eighty) votes for representative to congress.

L. M. had (seventy-three) votes for senator.
N. O, had (sixty-five) votes for representative.
P. Q. had (fifty-nine) votes for representative.
R. S. had (fifty-seven) votes for sheriff.
T. U. had (twenty-three) votes for coroner.
V. W. had (thirty) votes for county commis

sioner.

[And in the same manner for any other persons or officers voted for.]

Attest, G. H.

J. K.

Clerks of the election

Certified by us, A. B.

C. D.

E. F..

Judges of the election.

The judges of the election shall then enclose and seal one of the poll books, under cover, directed to the clerk of the county commissioners court of the county in which such election is held; and the packet thus sealed shall be conveyed by one of the judge or clerks of the election, to be determined by lot if they cannot otherwise agree, and delivered to the said clerk of the county com missioners' court, at his office, within four days from the close of the polls: and the other poll book, together with the ballot box, shall be de posited with one of the judges of the election, to be determined as aforesaid; and the poll book shall be subject to the inspection of any elector who may desire to examine it; and if any judge or clerk of the election, who may engage, or to whom