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licy adopted of holding both Insular and local elections on
the same date.
Election Precincts.-A precinct is the unit of territory set apart for the purpose of voting, and each municipality is required to have at least one precinct. 27 The municipal council fixes the limits of each precinct which shall
comprise, whenever possible, contiguous and compact territory. No one precinct can have more than 300 voters.
Maps or plans of precincts are to be posted at the pollingplaces. 258
Polling-Places.-In each election precinct, a pollingplace is designated by the municipal council, which sees to
it that the place is of sufficient size to accommodate twenty electors. Not more than one polling-place shall be in
the same room, and not more than two polling-places shall
be in the same building. No building owned or inhabited by a candidate can be used as a polling-place. The
polling place shall have in front a sign showing the precinct
to which it belongs; and on the days of the meetings of the
board of inspectors, the place shall display the flags of the
Government.259
Voting-Booths.-In each polling-place, there shall be
a sufficient number of voting-booths, not less than one for
every fifty voters. The booth is to be constructed in
accordance with the official specifications given. 260
Ballot-Boxes.-Ballot-boxes are furnished by the Executive Bureau in accordance with official requirements and
are solidly constructed. Each inspector is provided with
one key, and all the keys are to be turned over to the municipal treasurers, who deliver the keys thus: one to the pro257 Section 409, Administrative Code of 1917.
258 Section 410, Ibid.
259 Section 414, Ibid.
260 Section 415, Ibid.