| Show ABOUT ELECTION BISECTION NATTERS MATTERS A utah county correspondent makes some inquiries about the election laws and requests the news to publish the replies one of the questions submitted 8 Is whether while the ballots are being counted at an election it is lawful to allow others than the judges of election and watchers for political parties to be present the general election law provides on the occasion of general elections for the judges and watchers to be present there is no provision excluding candidates and others that part being left in the discretion of the judges As a matter of custom judges of election extend to candidates and others the courtesy of being present so long as they cause no obstruction or interference and the extending T of this courtesy to is perfectly lawful and generally advisable to a reasonable extent since it does away with all suspicion of attempts at unfairness another question is whether at school elections for members of a board of education it is necessary for candidates to be certified toy by the officers of a nominating convention in order to get their names before the voters the certifying and publishing of nominations is not necessary in school elections it is not even that there be a formal nomination the voters may designate their choice ow on the ballots deposited and in no other way it if they select that method the school law says that it shall not be necessary to file certificates of nomination of candidates nor to publish a list of nominations that the board of education shall pay the necessary e bac benses of the election and furnish envelopes ve lopes that every voter shall designate on a st single gle ballot written or printed the name of the person or persons voted for with a pertinent designation of the office to be filled and that the ballot shall be placed in an envelope which shall be delivered to the presiding pres idine jude judge e of election who if all is regular with the voter deposits the ballot in the ballot box the method of voting is as simple as it can be all the complications of the australian ballot are omitted the voter designates his own nominee on his own ballot as he wishes but the board of education could not print the names of nominees on ballots as necessary expenses of the election unless the names were furnished it could only be require to furnish blank ballots to be written on or the voter could provide his own it if he chose to do so |
