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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
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Charter oj the City of Lake City
the elector to prepare his ballot, or any card
provided for the instruction of electors, shall be 83/257
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not less than ten nor more
than five hundred dollars.
Sec. 21. Except as electors are admitted, one
at a time to vote, and except the police, the in­
spectors and clerk of election and as many electors
as there may be booths or compartments, no per­
son shall be permitted within fifteen feet of the
polling place. No Sheriff, deputy sheriff or city
policeman shall enter the polling place without
permission from a majority of the inspectors of the
election except to cast his own ballot.

Sec. 22. When the right to vote of any person
who demands to be permitted to vote is questioned
by an elector, the said challenge shall be com­
municated to the inspectors before the person is
permitted to vote by the police officer or other
person in attendance and in charge of the admis­
sion to the polling place, when his right to vote must
be determined as required by law.

Sec. 23. No elector while receiving, preparing
and casting his ballot, shall occupy a booth or
compartment for a longer time than five minutes.
No elector shall be allowed to occupy a booth or
compartment already occupied by another nor
to speak or converse with any one except as herein
provided, while in the polling place.

Sec. 24. After having voted or declined or
failed to vote within five minutes, the elector shall
immediately withdraw from the place and go
beyond the prohibited distance, and shall not enter
the polling place again.

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