Absent voter's for offenses relating thereto. MISCELLANEOUS. made or kept at an election, or in or upon a book or paper SECTION 13350-1. Whoever impersonates another or ballonpenly makes a false representation in order to obtain an absent voter's ballot, or knowingly connives to help a person to vote an absent voter's ballot illegally, or being a member or officer of any board of deputy state supervisors of elections opens, destroys, steals, marks or mutilates any absent voter's ballot or aids or abets another to do so after the same has been voted, or delays in delivering such ballots to the proper officers of elections with a view to prevent said ballots arriving in time to be counted or in any manner aids or attempts to aid any person to vote an absent voter's ballot unlawfully, or hinders or attempts to hinder a duly qualified elector from voting an absent voter's ballot, or hinders or attempts to hinder any official from delivering or countiny any absent voter's ballot, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years. (107 O. L. 52.) Destroying ballot box, ballots or poll books. Unlawfully obtaining or at tain ballot box or ballots. SECTION 13351. Whoever, from the time ballots are cast or voted until the time has expired for using them as evidence in a contest of election, unlawfully destroys or attempts to destroy a ballot box or poll-book used at an election, or destroys, falsifies, marks or writes on a ballot cast or voted or changed, alters, erases or tampers with a name on a ballot cast or voted, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than five years. (R. S. Sec. 7060.) SECTION 13352. Whoever, at an election, unlawfully, tempting to ob- either by force, fraud or other improper means, obtains or attempts to obtain possession of a ballot box or ballots therein deposited, while the voting at such election is going on or before the ballots therein are lawfully taken out and enumerated by the judges of election, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than three years. (R. S. Sec. 7059.) Possession of SECTION 13353. Whoever has in his possession a forged or altered falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited poll-book, tally-sheet, list or election return of an election, knowing it to be such with intent to hinder, defeat or prevent a fair expression of the popular will at such election, shall be im poll-books, etc. હો.. thaz impris more SEC relatin MISCELLANEOUS. prisoned in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than three years. (R. S. Sec. 7062.) SECTION 13354. Whoever, being one of two or more persons congregating in or about a voting place, during the receiving of ballots, so as to hinder or delay an elector in casting his ballot, having been ordered by the judges of election to disperse, refuses so to do, shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned in jail not more than six months, or both. The judges of election, upon complaint being made that such persons are so hindering or delaying an elector, and being satisfied that there are substantial grounds for such complaint, shall order such persons to disperse. (R. S. Sec. 2951.) SECTION 13355. Whoever, being a deputy state supervisor of elections, or clerk of such deputy supervisors, upon whom a duty is imposed by law, wilfully or negligently violates or neglects to perform such duty, or wilfully performs it in such a way as to hinder the objects of the law, or wilfully disobeys any law incumbent on him, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both. (89 v. 460 § 9.) Judges may order persons disperse. at precinct to Violation or neglect in perduty by deputy their clerk. supervisors or officer. SECTION 13356. Whoever, being an official upon whom Same by publie a duty is imposed by an election law, wilfully or negligently violates or neglects to perform such duty, or wilfully performs it in such a way as to hinder the object thereof, or wilfully disobeys such election laws, for which no specific penalty has otherwise been provided, shall be find not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned in jail not more than one year, or both. (89 v. 450 § 31.) SECTION 13357. Whoever, being a sheriff, constable, policeman, officer of the peace, or by-stander at an election, fails to forthwith obey and aid in enforcing a lawful order of the judges at an election in relation to persons who congregate or loiter within one hundred feet of a polling place of an election or place of registration of electors, or in relation to the hindering or delaying of an elector in reaching or leaving such place, or in relation to the giving, tendering or exhibiting of a ballot or ticket to a person other than a judge of election within one hundred feet of a polling place, or in relation to the soliciting or attempting to influence an elector as to the casting of his vote, within one hundred feet of a polling place, shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than one year or both. (R. S. Secs. 2926f, 2938.) Failure of sheriff, etc., to obey order of judges at election. Delegate or SECTION 13358. Whoever, being a delegate or committeeman chosen at an election provided for by the laws committeeman relating to primary elections, gives or issues a proxy or giving proxy. Acting or vot- When prosecutions must begin. MISCELLANEOUS. authority to another person to act or vote in his stead, shall SECTION 13359. Whoever acts or votes in place of a SECTION 13360. All prosecutions under this chapter must be commenced within two years after the commission of the act complained of. (98 v. 227 § 35; R. S. Sec. 7066.) D State, judicial and county officers, representatives in congress and members of the general assembly- 145-147 United States Senator--. 146 Printing, posting, etc., against candidate or questions submitted, 292 Constitutional; manner of submission----- Constitutional; return of votes cast for or against; abstract and can- vass of votes, etc--- Form of ballot---- Return of constitutional, certified within 10 days-. ANNEXATION— Municipal corporation, one to another; election on question of------- Form and preparation of.. 113, 114 Arrangement of tickets on----- 111 Assistance in marking.... 131 Bonds for enlarging, improving or extending natural gas works, in 228 *11-E. L. BALLOT-Continued. Bonds for township and municipal purposes, in submission of question Custody or delivery of, offense pertaining to; penalty. Deceiving an elector who cannot read; penalty- Delivery of, to election officers--. Deposited and counted___ Destroying; penalty Destroying, defacing, removing, hindering delivery, etc.; penalty- Destruction of excess-. Device to designate party candidate--- Disputed, preservation of---. Distributing or having in polling room, prohibited.. Elections, shall be by- Extra and unofficial__. PAGE 203, 229 -75, 76, 139–140 130 130 130 128 75 194 282 281, 292 117 130 280, 281 281 -75, 138, 140 109 140 74 24 118 111-116 139 231 112, 116 281, 292 Loitering near polls, during receiving and counting of, etc---- Marking or printing, distributing or voting unlawfuly written or Percent of, written on required to nominate at primary. Preparation and casting of‒‒‒‒‒ Preparation of— Marking, rules for- Assistance of judges--. Black lead pencil, all marks to be by- Mixed ticket Voting shelves; as to occupancy of-- When two or more persons to be elected to same office-- Printing of, publication of notice of bids; contracts for- Sealing, indorsement and delivery. Secondary stubs; detaching, examination and destruction of____ Substitution when no nomination made or name of nominee omitted; |