Watchers

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  • (a) Each candidate for nomination or election at a primary may appoint two watchers in each polling place in which such candidate is to be voted for.

  • (b) Each political party or political body which has nominated candidates in accordance with this title, and each nominated independent candidate, may appoint three watchers at any general election for each polling place in which the candidates of such party or body, or such independent candidate, are to be voted for. Such watchers shall serve without expense to the territory.

  • (c) All watchers appointed under this section shall be qualified registered voters of the legislative district in which they are authorized to act. Only one watcher for each candidate at primaries, or for each political party or body or independent candidate at general elections, shall be allowed to remain in the polling place at any one time prior to the close of the polls, and all watchers in the room shall remain outside the enclosed space. After the close of the polls and while the ballots are being counted, all the watchers shall be permitted to be in the polling place outside the enclosed space. Each watcher shall be provided with a certificate from the district board of elections, stating his name and the name of the candidate, political party or body or independent nominee he represents. Watchers shall be required to show their certificates when requested to do so.

  • (d) Watchers allowed in the polling place under this section may keep a list of voters for use only in connection with the challenging of any person making application to vote. A watcher may be permanently ejected from the polling place or the polling grounds upon the determination by the judge of elections or, in his absence, by both of the election inspectors, that such watchers have violated any proscription under this title or is otherwise disrupting the election procedures.


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