Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1890 — GENERAL ELECTION LAW INCLUDING BRIBERY LAWS. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL ELECTION LAW INCLUDING BRIBERY LAWS.

An Act concerning elf etions, providing! enal ties I° r the violation of the sam„ j , and repealing all laws in conflict therewith. [Approved March 6, 188.9. J (Concluded.)

Sec. 59. Any oerson who shall, during the election,- remove or destroy any of the supplies or other conveniences placed in the booths as aforesaid or delivered to the voter for the purpose of enabling the voter to prepare his ballot, or shall, duriug an election, remove, tear down or deface the eards printed for the instruction of the voters, or shall, during an election, destroy or remove any booth, railirg or other convenience provided for such election or shall induce or attempt to induce aDy person to commit any of such acts, whether or not any of such acts are committed or attempted to be committed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on connviction shallbepu ishedby impiisonment for not jless than six months nor more than one year and be disfranchised for any determinate period not less than ten years.

Sec. 60. No officer of election shall disclose to any person the name of any candidate for whom any elector has voted. No officer of election shall do any electioneering on election day. No person wuatev-r shall do any electioneering on election day within any i oiling place, or within fifty feet of any polling place. No person shall apply for or receive any ballot in any polling place other than that in which he is entitled to vote. No person shall show his ballot after it is marked to any person in such a way as to reveal the contents thereof or the name of any candidate or candidates for whom he has marked his vote; nor shall any person examine|a ballot any elector has prepared for voting or solicit the elector to show the same. No person except the spector of election, or judge who may be temporarily acting for him, shall rec ive from any voter a ballot prepared by him tor voting. No voter shall receive a ballot from any person other than one of the poll clerks; nor shall any person otjuer than a poll clerk deliver a ballot to an inspector to be voted, except the one he receives from the poll clerk. No voter shall place any mark upon his ballot cr suffer or permit any other person to do so, by which it may afterward identified as the one voted by him. Whoever shall violate any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and on conviction shall be punished by impris onment for not less than six months nor more than one year, and by tine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and be disfranchised for any determinate period not less than ten years.

Sec. 61. Any public officer, upon whom any duty is imposed by this act, who shall wilfully neglect or omit to perform such duties, or do aDy act prohibited herein, for which punishment is not otherwise herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction, shal* be punished by imprisonment in the state’s prison for not Jess than six months nor more than three years, or by a fine of not more than dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment,and be disfranchis’d for any determinate period not less than ten ye a rs. Sec. 62. whenever any constitutional amendment or other question is required by law to be submitted to popular vote, it all the electors of the state are entitled to vote on such question, the state board ol election commissioners shalljeause a brief statement of the same to be printed on the state ballots, and the words “yes” and ‘ no” under the same, so that the

e ector may ihdicate his preference by stamping at the place designated in front of either word. If the question is i equired by law to be voted on by the electors of any district or division of the state the boaid or boards of election commissioners of the county or counties, including or included in such division or district, shall cause similar provision to bo made on the local ballots. In case any elector shall i ot indicate his preference by stamping in front of either word the ballot ns to such question shall be void and shall not be counted.

Sec. 63. All affidavits provided in this act be used on the day of election at the several polling places shall, at the close of the count, be placed in a strong paper bag, or envelope, by the Election Board and seourely sealed by them, each member indorsing his name on the baok of such bag or envelope. Such bag or envelope shall be delivered within three days of after the election, by the Inspector, to the Clerk orahe Circuit Court of the county, wfose duty it shall be s o carefully preserve the same, md deliver it, with the seal unbroken, 10 the foreman of the frand jury when next in session. t shall be the duty of such grand jun to inquirer into the truth or falsity of such affidavits. Sec. 64. When any township or county holds an election at a time other than the time of a general election, such election shall be held in conformity with the provisions of this act, and all county and local officers who are require! to perform any duties in connection with the general election shall perform the same duties m connection with such speeial or local eleotion, suf - ject to the same provisions and penaltias herein prescribed in case of general elections, Sec. 65. When any town or city shall hold an election at >ny lime other than a time of a general election, such election shall be in conformity with the Drovisions of this act, except the duties herein required of the County Clerk shall be performed by the Town or City Clerk, the duties herein required of the Board of County Commissioners shall be performed by the Town Trustees or City Council, tne duties of the County Sheriff shall be performed by the Town Marshal or Chief of Police, and the rights of nomination of election officers oy political parties shall be e ercised by the Chairman of the Town or City Committees of such parties, if any such there be. Town and city officers are hereby required to perform the various duties herein prescribed for the county officers in whose stead they act, subject to the same penalties and provisions herein prescribed as to such county officers

Sec. 66. All election days shall be legal holidays throughout the district or municipality in which the election is he.d.

Sec. 67. All laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, pro tanto: Provided, however, That nothing in this act contained shall impair the effect ot any suc)i act as ta any offense heretofore committed under existing laws: And, provided further, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to any election to be held prior to the first .Monday in June 1890, and all elections to be held prior to sa*d date of the first Momday of June, 1890, shall le held and conducted under the provisions of the laws now in force, and all elections to be held after the first Monday in June, 1890, shall be provided for and held under the pravisions of this act.