The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-10-06
From the Ohio State Journal,)
who May Vote. and With What
Kind of Ticket.

Kind Of TiCket.
II you are citizen ard not idiotic,in-
sane, q convict or a woman, you are en-
titled to vote to-day--if you are 8
Twenty -one years old and upward;
Have been & citizen Of Ohio for~the
last one year;
OF the county thirty days;
Of the ward OF township twenty days,
if unmarried no restriction as to ward
or township if married 4-....
The ballot must be-on plain white
paper; written with pencil or ink, or
printed with black ink; not less than
one fifth of an inch between names
."wi,hout any device or mark of any de.
scription to distinguish one ticket from
another, or bv which one ticket may be
distinguished from another by its appear
ance, except the words at the head of
the ticket; and whenever any ballot with
a certain designated heading shall con.
tain printed thereon in place Of another,
any name not found on the regular bal
lot having such heading, such name so
found shall be regarded by the judges of
election as having been placed there for
the purpose of fraud, and said ballot
shall not count for the same so found,
and it shall be unlawful for any person
to print for distribution at the polls, or
distribute to any elector, or knowingly
to vote any ballot, printed or written,
contrary to the provisions of this act;
prov ded that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prohibit the era
sure, correction or insertion of any name
by pencil mark, or with ink upon the
face of the printed ballot"
The above paragraph, recently amend
ed, as above, has been construed by the
Attorney General as follows: a {-c
The evident object of the space re.
quired to be left below each name on the
ballot is to enable the elector to write in
any name he may desire to in place Of
the printed one. tae -. p. .
You may then scrite the name Of an
"independent" candidate upon either or
any of the Irregular" tickets, i'm the place
of that Of the regular candidate for the
same office. If you prefer, you may
lawfully print the independents name
upon ticket, all the other candidates
names thereon being regular" but, in
such case, the heading Of your ticket
must be different from thst of the regu-
lar one, and it should be 80 different
that one would not be liable to mistake
the one for the other. 3D. 1f.'
TO illustrate: Suppose one should de
sire the election Of the regularly nomi-
mated Republican ticket, except two can
didates thereon, and as to the Offices for
which they stand he should desire the
election of the Democratic candidates.
He may lawfully proceed in one or all Of
several ways, as respects the ballots, to
accomplish his purpose. .
/. He may prite the names of the
Democratic candidates upon the regular
Republican tickets ia the proper places,
erasing the two Republican names. '+ y
Q He may .cfite the names Of the Re-
publican candidates, except the twe,upon
the regular Democratic tickets. 45i
8 He may print his ticket through
out, but be cannot give Il the heading Of
either the Republican or Democratic
ticket He may designate it ss "Mix-,
ed Ticket" or "John Smiths Ticket"
or the like; and he may leave it without
any heading at all.
1t is competent under the act to
change regular ticket by the substi
tuition of names of persons not nomina-
ted, etc, and to print, circulate and vote
the changed ticket, out rot under the
"certain designated heading of the reg
ular ticket. AS / have said,the heading
of the changed ticket should be entirely
different from that of the regular, so as
not to mislead. .....,.
You ask further, whether an Alder
man is, by virtue of his position, judge
of election at the polls" He is not. In
cities, the "two Councilmen Of each
ward, and the eleGtor receiving at the
previous April election therein the high
est number OF votes for the office of
Councilman of those not elected thereto,
are the Judges of election of such ward.
[See laws 1870, p 4S