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have authority to fill all vacancies in said committee caused by resignation or otherwise, and the county or city clerk shall at once be notified of all such changes by the chairman and secretary of the committee. The county or city committee shall be composed of a chairman, secretary and one member for each ward, town or village, and the member elected from each ward, town or village, shall be the chairman of such ward, town or village. The county or city committee may also provide for the election of a treasurer and assistant secretary, and for the appointment by the chairman, of an executive committee composed of five electors, who, together with the chairman, secretary and treasurer, shall constitute the executive committee. SECTION 5. There shall be appointed an- Inspectors of nually, on or before the first day of February of be appointed each year, by the county or city committee, three annually. electors of each town, village and ward, for each caucus district, who shall act as inspectors at every caucus held therein, of the political party for which he acts, and every elector so appointed shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, within ten days from the time of his appointment, make oath or affirmation that he is an elector of the town, village or ward for which he is appointed, that he will faithfully, honestly and correctly conduct the election to be held at such caucus, protect it against all fraud and unfairness, truly canvass all the votes cast thereat, and in every way comply with the carrying out of the provisions of this act. Such oath or affirmation shall be filed with the county or city clerk within the ten days above provided. Such inspectors shall thereafter have full authority to administer the oaths necessary to carry on said caucuses in the manner herein provided. Said county or city committee may, at any time, prior to the opening of the caucus, remove any inspector so appointed and appoint another in his place who shall qualify in like manner. In case any inspector shall fail to appear at the time fixed for opening such caucus,

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the inspector or inspectors present shall appoint some elector, resident of the cau cus district in which such caucus is held, in the place of such absent inspector, who shall administer to such person the oath provided for in this act. The chairman, secretary and three inspectors, shall be a canvass ing board, who shall faithfully, honestly, and correctly canvass all votes cast at the caucus, and in every way comply with the provisions of this act.

SECTION 6. The chairman of the county or liminary meet city committee shall call a preliminary meeting conduct; nom- of the electors of his party, of each ward, village and town, to be held four days prior to the time fixed for holding the caucus of his party, to propose delegates and candidates to be voted for at the caucus. The chairman of the ward, village or town, or in the absence of such chairman, a caucus inspector shall open the meeting. After the election of a chairman, and secretary of the meeting, who by virtue of such election, shall also act as chairman and secretary of the caucus, the chairman of said meeting shall declare nominations open for delegates, and candidates, in the order given in the call, and the names proposed shall be written on ballots by the secre tary and placed in a ballot box; such ballots shall be furnished by the county or city committee, and be of uniform color and size, and no other ballots shall be used at such preliminary meeting, and the chairman, before entertaining a motion, "that nominations may be closed," shall first put the question to the meeting, repeating the same twice: "Are there any further noninations?" Such action having been first taken and every opportunity given electors to propose names before motion, "to declare nominations closed" can be entertained or voted upon by the meeting. The nominations having been closed, the electors present shall elect two tellers, whose duty it shall be to withdraw the ballots placed in the ballot box, after the same has been thoroughly shaken, and after the same procedure for

each set of delegates, and candidates proposed for the same office, the chairman and secretary of the meeting shall immediately certify the names proposed, in the order in which the same have been withdrawn and announced by the tellers, to the secretary of the county or city committee of the political party represented by such preliminary meeting. The chairman of the preliminary meeting before adjournment, shall, if the ward, town or village, has been divided into caucus districts, declare nomination in order for the election of a chairman and secretary for each such additional caucus district, to serve as such at the caucus; the chairman of the preliminary meeting shall then read the call for the caucus, state the time and place of holding the caucus, also that the county or city committee of the party will have tickets printed for the caucus, containing all the names proposed, the voter at the caucus to place a (X) cross after the name of each delegate or candidate voted for; that no other but the official ticket will be received at the caucus, and that no tickets will be distributed prior to the caucus, and that all official tickets will be placed in the booths in which the caucus is held, whereupon the preliminary meeting shall stand adjourned.

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SECTION 7. The board of registry of each Regarding the election precinct shall, at least two days prior distribution of to the day fixed for the caucus to be held in registry lists. the ward, village or town, in which such precinct is situated, deliver to the chairman of the county or city committee, six copies of the printed registry list of electors of each registration entitled to vote in such precinct at the ensuing election, and the failure or refusal of any such board of registry to comply with the provisions of this section shall operate to forfeit all compensation provided by law to be made to every member of such board of registry, and they shall thereafter be ineligible to act as inspectors of election. The registry lists, giving the last registration of electors

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prior to the date of holding such caucuses, shall be delivered to the caucus officers by the chairman of the county or city committee, and only voters whose names appear on such registry list shall be allowed to cast their vote at said caucus, except in case it is shown by affidavit that the elector is a qualified voter and resident of the caucus district of the ward, town or village for which said caucus is held, each of which affidavits shall be substantiated by the affidavits of two freeholders, electors in such caucus district, corroborating all the material statements in his affidavit. No person whose name appears on the caucus ballot, except as a delegate to conventions, shall act as caucus officer or be permitted in the caucus booth, except to vote, until after the close of the caucus.

SECTION 8. The chairman selected at the preliminary meeting, or, in his absence, any caucus ing the result inspector, shall, upon the day fixed in the call, open the caucus at the time and place desig nated, and the electors present shall elect a new chairman, and in the absence of the secretary a new secretary; the chairman and secretary together with the caucus inspectors shall act as officers of the caucus. The secretary of the county or city committee shall have prepared and delivered to the caucus inspectors, a sufficient number of official caucus tickets in the original sealed package, and at the opening of the caucus the package shall be opened and the tickets conveniently placed for the use of the voters, but no distribution of such caucus tickets shall be allowed outside of the caucus booths. Such caucus tickets shall be placed in charge of the secretary of the caucus, who shall deliver to each elector entitled to vote, as he enters the booth, one ballot, and no more than one ballot shall be furnished to any one elector unless the elector returns the one first furnished as having been erroneously prepared, or spoiled by accident, or mistake, but no voter shall receive to exceed three ballots in all. The

official caucus ticket shall contain the official imprint of the county committee, the name of the party holding said caucus, the ward, town or village, in which said caucus is held, and shall contain the names of all delegates and candidates proposed at the preliminary meeting, and no other ballot shall be received or counted at the caucus. The names of delegates or electors proposed for office for which candidates are to be nominated, shall be arranged and placed upon the official ballot in the order in which they have been certified as having been withdrawn from the ballot box at the preliminary meeting. Each elector shall prepare his ballot by placing a cross (X) after the name of each delegate or candidate he desires to vote for. Ballots containing more names crossed for delegates or candidates than the ward, village or town is entitled to, shall be void, and shall not be counted; provided, however, that a ballot shall be void only so far as it may contain more names crossed for a particular set of delegates, or particular office containing more names than the ward, village or town, is entitled to as delegates or candidates. The caucus inspectors shall act as tellers of the caucus, receive the votes of all the electors of the party of the caucus district, ward, town or village in which said caucus is held, and the electors of the caucus district, ward, village or town in which the caucus is held, who voted the ticket of the political party for which said caucus was called at the last general election, shall be entitled to vote. An elector, whose right to vote shall be challenged by any of the caucus officers, shall not be permitted to vote unless he shall subscribe and file with such caucus officers an oath or affirmation that he is a resident of the ward, village or town, and is a qualified elector, and that he voted for the regular party candidates of the party for which said caucus is held, at the preceding general election, which affidavit shall be substantiated by the affidavit of two