received by the judge of election or inspector and deposited in the ballot-box named by such voter, and in no other, in the presence of the voter; provided, that no ballot shall be deposited in any box unless it is printed on paper of the color, or combination of colors, designated for the particular party in whose box it is to be placed.

SEC. 15. There shall be at least one polling place for the purpose of a primary election for each three polling places provided for at a general election; that is, a polling place for at least each three precincts; and each political party may file with the board of election commissioners a list of the precincts and number and name of street or locality in town, or township, where they desire such polling places, and it shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners to examine said lists and decide which polling places will be most convenient for the voters of the precincts, all of which matters shall be determined by the board of election commissioners. The polls shall be kept open from seven o'clock A. M. to sunset on the day of holding said primary election, and shall be at all times kept open to the public during the reception of ballots, and until the same are counted and the results declared. There must be furnished by the board of election commissioners to the election officers in each precinct, for use at such primary election, a register, together with any supplements thereto, containing the names of each person entitled to vote in such precinct at the last preceding general election, as shown by the great or precinct register, or both, and the supplements thereto.

SEC. 16. All registers and supplements thereto, used by the officers conducting any primary election, must be forthwith returned to the county clerk, and by him kept for such use thereafter as the board of election commissioners may make of them.

SEC. 17. Any person voting at any primary election, on behalf of any party or for delegates to any convention of a political party or organization

thereby by such act declares, as a test of the right to so vote, a bona fide present intention of supporting the nominees of such political party or organization at the next ensuing election; and any voter may be challenged, and his right to so vote may be withheld, unless he will make oath as to the bona fide present intention to support the nominees of the convention to which delegates are so elected for such political party or organization. No elector who votes at any primary election for the election of delegates to any convention shall sign any petition in favor of or recommending for nomination any person as an independent candidate for any office for which candidates were to be, or shall have been nominated at such convention. No elector shall sign any petition for any independent candidate, or candidates, prior to the date set for the holding of any primary election for the election of delegates to any convention for the nomination of candidates for any office for which such petition is circulated or signed. The clerk or officer with whom any petition of any independent candidate is filed, is authorized and directed to strike out or disregard the name or names of any electors who, upon examination of the voting registers, or otherwise, may be found to have signed such petition in violation of the provisions herein. Any elector or person violating the provisions of this section shall be and hereby is declared guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 18. Before receiving any ballots the election officers must, in the presence of any persons assembled at each polling place, open and see that the ballot-boxes are empty, and exhibit, and close the ballot-boxes, and thereafter none of them must be removed from the polling place or presence of the bystanders until all the ballots are counted, nor must any box be opened until after the polls are finally closed. Before the election officers receive any ballots they must cause to be proclaimed aloud at the place of such primary election that the polls are open, and when the polls are closed that fact must be proclaimed aloud at the place of such elec

tion; and after such last-named proclamation no ballots must be received. Voting may commence as soon as the polls are opened, and may be continued during all the time the polls remain open. The ballots to be used at every primary election shall be of the uniform width of six inches, and before being deposited in the ballot-box each ballot must be folded at right angles to its length, and must be so folded when deposited that no person can see any name printed or written thereon. As soon as the polls are finally closed, the top or opening of each ballot-box, in which ballots were deposited, must be securely covered and sealed by the inspector, and the covering and seal must not be permitted to be broken until the election board is ready to open the box to take out and count the ballots. Only one box shall be opened at a time, and after the covering and sealing of the ballot-boxes, the election officers must immediately proceed to count and canvass the votes given at such primary election. The canvass must be public, in the presence of the bystanders, and every political party shall be entitled to have at least two representatives present during the time the votes of its box are being counted. canvass must be continued without adjournment until completed and the result thereof declared; but one box shall be opened and canvassed at the same time, and no other box shall be opened until such box being canvassed is completed and the result written out and certified to and declared. Except as herein otherwise provided, said votes shall be counted, canvassed, listed, strung, numbered, and tallied, in the same manner required by law for the counting, canvassing, listing, stringing, numbering, and tallying of votes at a general election for public officers, and the tally lists, ballots, and registers and supplements must be signed, certified, made up, sealed, delivered, preserved, and kept in the same manner as required by law at a general election for public officers. The tally lists must be by the county clerk kept open to the public inspection for at least twenty days after any primary

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election, and as long thereafter as ordered by the board of election commissioners.

SEC. 19. When the counting of ballots is com pleted, the election officers shall forthwith for ward their tally lists and ballots to the county clerk or the secretary of the board of election commissioners, and such board shall meet thereafter, and within three days from the date of any primary election canvass the returns and declare the result of said primary election, and issue certificates of election to the delegates elected to the various party conventions. The ballots and tally lists shall be, by the precinct officers, placed in a sealed envelope, and on the outside of the envelope or envelopes so sealed the election officers of each precinct shall write and sign a certificate to the effect that it contains all the ballots cast in such precinct and the tally lists kept by the clerks, which envelope and envelopes, together with the contents, must be delivered to the custody of the county clerk or the board of election commissioners.

SEC. 20. The governing body in the county, or city and county of each political party taking part in such primary election, may furnish to the board of election commissioners, prior to or at the time of the selection by the said board of the election offi cers, the name of an elector in each precinct whom such party is desirous to have appointed as general challenger for such party. It shall be the duty of such board of election commissioners, if they find that the person named is a resident of such precinct, and that his name appears on the last precinct register of said precinct, to appoint such person as such challenger, and cause a certificate to that effect, under its seal, to issue to such person, which the said clerk shall transmit to such person, in the same manner as provided in this act for transmitting the certificates to the election officers. At any time after that, and not later than the third day before the election, any body of resident voters of any precinct, not less than the number of dele, gates of said party to be elected in such precinct

may file a petition with the board of election commissioners, setting forth that it is their intention to run as candidates at such primary election, and requesting the appointment of some person as a special challenger to act on their behalf, and naming such person. It shall thereupon be the duty of said board to ascertain if such person has the qualifications herein before provided, and if so, to appoint such person, and cause a like certificate to be issued to him. Such challengers shall act without compensation when so appointed, and shall be sworn the same as an election officer, and shall have power to challenge the vote of any person by him believed to be voting unlawfully, upon any ground mentioned in the general election law, or upon any ground mentioned herein; and such challengers, during the progress of any such primary election, shall be vested with all the powers of a peace officer; he shall have free access to such polling place during the election and the counting of the ballots.

SEC. 21. Immediately upon the passage of this act it shall be the duty of the county clerks of the several counties, or any city and county, to peremptorily withdraw from distribution a sufficient number of the copies of the ward, or precinct, or township registers and the supplements thereto, in their possession for use at the primary elections, and to carefully preserve such copies for such use. The secretary of state shall notify the several county clerks of the duty imposed upon them in this respect. In printing registers for use in the general elections that shall occur after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of the several counties to print such additional copies as may be required for use in the primary elections. Such additional copies shall be securely preserved in sealed packages, marked in such manner as to show the purpose for which their contents are to be used. Electors removing from one residence to another in the same primary precinct shall not thereby lose the right to vote, but