6 Steel Pens.

As many blue lead pencils as there are voting booths in the voting

place.

As the law requires that any voter, whose name is not found on the registration book of the precinct in which he offers to vote, shall be entitled to vote if he shall make affidavit that he is a qualified voter of such precinct, the Board of Primary Election Commissioners should provide a larger supply of such affidavits, particularly in those precincts the boundary lines of which have been changed since the last preceding general election, or in which registration books have been lost.

4. Ballot-boxes, Chutes, etc.-It is the duty of the Board of County Commissioners of each county to provide for each voting precinct a separate ballot box for each political party, the color of the ballot box for each party to be the same color as the color of the ballots to be used by such party in such county. Each ballot box should be provided with an opening in the top for the reception of a single ballot at a time, and with a lock and two keys. The boxes used at the general election may be used at the primary; Provided they be of ample size to hold the votes. (Sec. 348.)

It is also the duty of the Board of County Commissioners to provide election booths for each precinct.

In counties which have been divided into small voting precincts for the purpose of voting by the Australian ballot, three voting booths should be provided for each precinct (and but three voters other than election officers should be allowed in the voting room on election day at any one time).

The use of voting machines at primary elections is impracticable.

In those counties which have been divided into voting precincts, containing a larger number of voters in contemplation of using voting machines at elections, the County Commissioners should provide a larger number of voting booths (in no instance, however, exceeding nine) for each such precinct containing such large number of voters. In such precincts the members of the Precinct Election Boards may permit as many voters (other than themselves) for the purpose of voting to be in the voting room at any one time as there are voting booths.

The County Commissioners should also provide material necessary for the construction of a fifty-foot chute in each precinct.

The Board of County Commissioners must deliver all the ballot boxes, voting booths, material for chutes, and all election

paraphernalia to be provided by said County Commissioners for each precinct to the voting place of such precinct prior to the day of the primary.

5. Registration Books.-It is the duty of the County Auditor of each county to furnish to the Inspector of each precinct of said county one of the duplicate registration books made in such precinct just prior to the last preceding general election. (Sec. 339.)

6. Preparations to be made by Inspectors. It is the duty of the Inspector of each precinct, or the Judge of his precinct authorized by him, to call at the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court not later than the Saturday before the primary and get the ballots, sample ballots and election supplies for his precinct. If the Inspector does not get such supplies on the Saturday before the primary, he must serve as Inspector without compensation, and is subject to a fine of from ten to one hundred dollars.

The ballots for each precinct for each political party should be counted, wrapped in separate packages, and sealed in the presence of the Inspector of that precinct. He should also procure from the Clerk of the Circuit Court, sample ballots, tally sheets, and all other election supplies, stationery, etc., for use in his precinct. All these he must carefully guard and preserve. The sealed packages of ballots are not to be opened until the day of election, and then in the presence of the Election Board. If, by accident, the ballots or supplies be lost or destroyed, the Inspector must report at once to the Board of Primary Election Commissioners at the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, make affidavit of such loss or destruction, and obtain a new supply.

At the time the ballots and election supplies are received by the Inspector from the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, the Inspector should call at the office of the County Auditor and procure from him one of the duplicate registration books prepared for his precinct just prior to and for use at the last general election. This registration book he should have at the voting place of his precinct on the day of the primary, and should return to the County Auditor within three days after the primary.

The Inspector should see that the voting booths and chutes are set up at the voting place of his precinct, that sample ballots and cards of instructions to voters are posted, that the room in which the primary is to be held is furnished with fuel, lights, chairs, a table and stove, and made comfortable.

The Inspector should also see that the Election Board of his precinct is furnished with good, plain, substantial meals at the

regular hours for meals during the day of the primary, and until the count is finished; but no spirituous, vinous, or malted liquors shall be furnished. Those entitled to receive meals are the Inspector, two Judges, two Clerks, two Election Sheriffs and no others.

Expenses of Supplies.

All ballots, blanks and other supplies to be used at such primary, and all expenses necessarily incurred in the preparation for and conducting of such primary shall be paid out of the County Treasury in the same manner and by the same officers as in the case of general elections. (Sec. 366.)

PART VIII.

CONDUCT OF PRIMARY-ORGANIZATION OF BOARDOATHS OF OFFICERS-RULES GOVERNING PRIMARY-QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS-CHAL

LENGES-AFFIDAVITS.

Preliminary Preparations.—All members of each precinct Board should be at the polling place not later than 5:30 A.M. of the day of the primary.

The Inspector should see that the room is ready, the election booths in place, chute erected, sample ballots-three for each party posted about the polls beyond the fifty-foot limit and cards of instruction posted, one in each election booth and three at the outer end of the chute, and that the registration book, ballots and supplies are at hand.

Organization of Precinct Board.—The law requires the Inspectors and Judges to be qualified on the morning of election. If no person is present at the polling place authorized to administer oaths, the Inspector administers the oaths to the two judges, and one of the Judges then administers the oath to the Inspector. The Inspector administers the oath to the polling Clerks. If the Sheriffs have not been sworn in by the Sheriff of the County, the Inspector shall administer the oath. In the event any person appointed to serve on the precinct board fails to appear, or any vacancy occurs among the officers of such primary during the day of the primary, such vacancy shall be filled by the voters assembled at the precinct polling place belonging to the political party which originally nominated the officer whose place has become vacant. (Sec. 336.)

Opening Ballot Packages.-After the organization of the Election Board and in its presence the Inspector shall open the packages of the ballots in such a manner as to preserve the seals intact. He shall then deliver to the poll Clerk of the party other than his own twenty-five (25) of the ballots of each party, and to the other clerk the blue pencils for the marking of the ballots. The poll Clerks shall at once proceed to write their initials in ink in the lower lefthand corner on the back of each of said ballots in their ordinary handwriting, and without any distinguishing marks of any kind. As each successive elector calls for a ballot, the poll

Clerks shall deliver to him the first signed of the twenty-five (25) ballots belonging to the party whose ticket the voter calls for, and the Inspector shall immediately deliver to the Clerk another ballot of such party, which the Clerk shall at once countersign as before, and add to the ballots already countersigned, so that it shall be delivered for voting after all those theretofore countersigned.

Ballot Boxes.-The ballot boxes, one for each party participating in the primary, must be opened, examined, closed and locked before announcement is made that the polls are open. One key for each box must be retained by the Inspector, and one duplicate key for each box given to one of the Judges whose party politics is different from the Inspector's.

Opening the Polls.-When the foregoing duties have been performed, and the poll clerks have marked their initials on twentyfive (25) each of the different party ballots, the Inspector must announce that the polls are open, provided the time fixed for opening the polls has arrived. No ballot can be received before this announcement is made.

Hour of Opening.-Six o'clock A.M. is the hour fixed by law for opening the polls, and this provision is mandatory. The failure of the Clerks to have their initials marked on the full number of twenty-five ballots for each party should not delay the opening of the polls. As soon as the Clerks have some ballots marked for each party—a like number for each the polls should be opened and the full quota of twenty-five (25) ballots for each party be marked ahead as quickly as possible without delaying the vote. (Sec. 350.)

Conduct of the Election.

Election Officers.-Primary election officials should at all times remember that they are not as such officials representative of political parties and paid by political parties, but that they are public officials and draw their pay from the public treasury.

They should not forget that the primary law, for the purpose of protecting the members of the political parties participating in the primary in their rights to cast their votes and have them counted as cast, has not only provided that the acts forbidden and defined as offenses under the general election law and Corrupt Practices Acts are forbidden at primary elections, but has also