The Cairo daily bulletin., 1872-10-17
THE NEW ELECTION LAW.
INTERESTING FACTS FOR VOT.
ERS

INTERESTING FACTS FOR vOT.
ERS.
The new or consolidated election law OF
this state makes many important changes
in the manner Of conducting elections,
says the Chicago Tribune, and it is i'm.
portant that all concerned shall fully un.
derstand what must be done and what can
be done lawfully in the premises:
First, the persons to be voted for are
Twenty.one electors Of president and
vice-president, to be chosen BY general
ticket throughout the state; q governor,
secretary Of state,
auditor Of public accounts, treasurer, and
attorney general, 10 be elected by the
state at large, each officer to serve four
years, except the treasurer, whose term Of
office Is two years; n clerk of the supreme
court in each Of the three grand divisions
OF the state, to serve for six years; q
member OF the state senate and three rep.
resentatives 10 each of the 6fty-one sen.
atorial districts Of the state, twenty-five
OF the senator's TO serve four years each,
and twenty-six senators and all the rep
| resentatives TO serve two years each
member OF congress to be elected in each
OF the nineteen congressional districts; q
sherin and coroner in each county, to
serve two years each q clerk of the cir.
cult court in each county, 10 serve four
years; states attorney in each county,
| to serve four years Q member Of the state
board Of equalization in each OF the nine
teen congressional districts.
The judges and clerks Of election, be.
fore receiving any vote, shall take the
| oath prescribed by law, and, II no Justice
OF the peace be present, shall administer
the oath to each other, and the fact OF such
oath being taken shall be recorded in the
poll-book.
The polls shall be opened at 8 o'clock a.
M, and continue open until p. m, when
they shall be closed. Before receiving
votes, the box shall be opened and exam
ined, and shall then be locked and not
opened again until the close of the polls.
An important change in the law is thus
provided
The manner OF voting shall be by ballot.
The ballot shall be printed or written, or
partly printed aud partly written, upon
plain paper, with the name of each candi.
date voted for, and the title of the Offices.
When the ballot is print ed, the same shall!
be printed upon plain paper, In plain type,
in straight lines, with blank space below
each name, ofa width not less than equal
TO the width of the line in which the name is
| printed.
This puts an end to the great fraud of
the engraved tickets, and secures 10 voters,
Tor the first time in many years, the op.
portunity Of changing their ballots to suit
themselves. The law also provides that
the names Of candidates voted for aha he
printed or written upon the same ballot
with the title Of the office, and this seems
70 include the practice Of using pasters
The law provides that, "After the opening
OF the polls, no adjournment shall be had
nor shall any recess be taken, until all tn,
votes cast at such election shall have beer
counted, and the result publicly an
nounced'"
Tho mode Of counting the ballots il
also changed, and the following cours
must be adopted
The board shall proceed 10 count, and es
Innate and publish the votes and, when tn,
judges OF elections shall open and read IN,
tickets, each clerk shall carefully mari
down upon the taliy-list the votes each can
didate received, In separate column nre
pared Tor that purpose, with the name o.
such candidate ut the head OF such coI,,mn
and the ONCE designated by the votes suci
candidate shall dill. '"''
Tho tickets are 10 b. counted from III,