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A candidate who has qualified may have a single watcher in the polling place, to be appointed by him in writing over his own signature, and the appointment shall be presented to and filed with the inspectors. A returning officer shall not be a watcher. A watcher shall not act as or be an election officer and shall not render assistance to anyone in preparing a ballot. The watcher may remain in the voting place from the opening of the polls until the box is sealed and delivered to the returning officer and shall have the right to see and inspect the ballots as they are called off and to see the tally as it is being made and generally to watch the conduct of the election. Any watcher who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter, any person who shall pretend to be a watcher when he has not been appointed, any person who shall impersonate a watcher and any watcher who shall on election day, either directly or indirectly, electioneer or campaign with any of the electors or suggest how he shall vote shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00.

(Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §24.)