Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-26
NEW RULES FOR VOTERS.
Regulations Sent Out by the Secreta
ry OF state.

ry OF state.
The Secretary Of State. as required by
the Act of General Assembly of 1890, has
Issued series OF instructions to voters,
which will be posted at the different poll
Ing places as 3 guide. They are printed
on cardboard. and read as follows:
l. Any person desiring to vote must
enter the voting room and give his name,
and residence, it requested, to one of the
ballot clerks. II his name Is found upon
the list of registered voters he must enter
the space inside the rail. A ballot clerk
shall then give him one ticket. to be
marked with initial OF the clerk bsfore
being given TO the voter.
2. After receiving the ballot the voter
must retire alone to one OF the voting
compartments and prepare bis ballot by
making Ia the margin q cross-mark Ky
opposite the name or emblem of party,
as vote for all the group Of candidates
OF that party whose names he shall not
erase: or make such cross mark (A) oppo-
site the name of the candidates, of bis
choice for each Office TO be filled In q
blank space provided, and make a cross
mark (X) opposite thereto. If the cleo
ton be upon q question submitted to the
vote of the people, the voter shall indi-
cate his choice by making 10 the margin
q CROSS mark lX) opposite the answer or
vote he desires TO give. A stamp, with .
cross mark (X) thereon. will be provided
for the use of the voter. 10 making his
ballot voter can use or copy any unofn-
ciai ballot to assist him Ia preparing his
official ballot, but the sample ballot used
must not be Of the color or quality OF pa
per of the official ballot. and the voter
must make and deposit his ballot without
Aola Loo he
partment the voter must fold his ballot
without displaying the Y marks, or In
the same way as when given; he shall
then hand the folded ballot to the judges
of election. AS soon as his vote Is taken
he must leave the polling, and cannot
again enter the enclosed space.
3. A voter must not 60 into any COM
partment occupied by another, or over
look or converse with any other while en-
gagged In a compartme nt, nor can he oc-
cupy 1t for more than five minutes IL 9TH
ers are waiting.
No person shall take or remove any
ballot from the polling place before the
C lose of the polls. If q voter spoils
ballot he may obtain others from the bal
lot clerks, one at time, not exceeding
three in all, upon returning each spoiled
one.
5. A voter who Is blind, or one who
cannot read, or from physical disability
Is unable to mark bis ballot, may apply
to the two ballot clerks to assist him Ia
marking the same. A voter of foreign
birth who cannot speak English Is allow
ed to bring to the rail one person who
speaks English to assist the voter in
properly stating and spelling his name
and In establishing bis residence, and to
aid him In correctly understanding cues
lions.
6. A voter must not mark more
names than there are persons to be cleo
ted; if he does, the ballot will not be
counted.
T. Any voter who shall allow bis bal
lot to be seen, with an apparent intention
of letting 1t be known how he Ia to vote,
or who places any distinguishing mark
thereon, or any person who shall attempt
to interfere with any voter inside the en-
closed space, shall be fined not less than
S. or more than 800.
Glass ballot-boxes will be used. All
ballots to be used at the election will be
printed and distributed at public expense.
each ballot to contain the names Of oil
the candidates who have been duly NOM
mated. The names of candidates
nominated by each political
party shall be grouped together In
parallel columns on the ballot and headed
by the name of the political party by
which candidates comprising the group
were placed In nomination. When par
ty emblem or device has been added II
shall be printed to the left or above the
name Of the party preceding the party
group. There shall be left at the end of
the list of candidates for each different
Office as many blank spaces as there are
officers to be voted for, In which the vo
ter may insert in writing or otherwise the
name of any person not printed on the
ballot for whom he may desire to vote as
q candidate for such Office.
The Secretary of State Is required to
prepare and transmit to the supervisors
of election. at least thirty days before the
first election, sample printed forms OF
ballots, and also to transmit the cards or
instruction mentioned in the foregoing.
A record of the number of ballots printed
and furnished for each polling place shall
be kept and preserved by the supervisors
of election, and the records shall be re-
tanned for six months. In order to assist
voters, the law requires that, at least four
DAYS prior to the day of election, there
shall be conspiciously posted In one or
more public places in each precinct, sam
pie copies of the ballots TO be used. Inc
cards of instruction and specimen ballots
will also be conspiciouslY posted about
the polling place on election day.
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