Show ELECTION MATTERS it seems that there tire arc election cle clion judges 0 in ili tills this county who do not understand their duties accorn according to lo law and who have been worl world wor lg f partially under tinder the rules of the commission of 1882 which have since that time been made according to a decision of the supreme court of the united states slates so far its as countin counting the ballots at the various precincts is concerned the territorial election law in ili regard 0 to registration 0 covers the ilia a ground which relates to the duties of the judges who may act also as clerks cf election this law provides that after the polls have closed the box A shall ill then be opened and ballots therein taken taken out and counted by the ind judges a es and the judges acting as clerks clerics shall each make a list of nil all tho the perso persons as voted for alie presiding judge shall then proceed to tile ballots and call off the aarnes ann cs of the persons voted for and the offices they are arc intended to ii ill fill and the jud judges judes es acting ns as clerks shall take account of the same apoi their lists part of see sec IG of an ali act providing to for the registration of voters 1 etc there is no qualification li limiting the listin listing of names to those for odices specified on oil the notice posted re regarding the election hence hance it seems evident that the judges 0 at richmond should liac diac counted and reported the number of ballots for the candidate for treasurer there was an all error committed by sonic one in not havill having the T words county Coi treasurer prin printed t cc I 1 on the notices to be posted in this county As soon w as this error afta 3 discovered by ilia county cicik be took trica to rectify it A telegram sent to lle ilc secretary of tile commission toil and word was received from him to fill it ii i arrangements range ments were rankle tollace to have this done but through 0 some cause it yas was not attended to at richmond this does docs bot not justify tile the judges judg as however in in not conk counting all ballo tsiu accordance i ith illi law on that matter our correspondent writes from newton askin asking a pertinent question in in rc regard ard to the judges refusing 0 to let a person peron vote whose name does not appear upon the registry stry list strictly correct we lve tire arc informed that it 11 judge jude jud e of election wrote to the D commissioners in 1883 1882 rema rega 0 ding names which ic hero not written correctly the answer to him was to the effect that a person should not be denied the right to vote because isis his name had been written incorrectly 13 it certainly seems to b the proper thin thing 0 for judges judes to receive a vote under the arese prese present lit circumstances when they are arc clearly satisfied that the person presenting presentia himself at tho be polls was the one represented by the name on oil tile the lists in regard to tile the opening 0 and closing 1 of the polls we a are arc not aware that tile hie law makes W provisions for the closing 1 of the polls during dinner hour bu but t we tire ore inclined to the opinion that they should be kept open from sunrise until sunset |