The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-10
NEW FALL STYLE IN VOTING.
,r ToU TAKE PRECAUTIONS ENOUGH
YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

4 Ior NAV Lose Your Vote or Vote the
n vrrorS Ticket n You Are Nervous, but
Courage, Patience and Level Head
win Probably Carry You Through.
Horace T.. Demng told the Reform Club
last evening how. as he understood 1t, a man
iii have to 20 to work to got his vote in under
the new election law.
when Mr.. Smith presents himself at his
,o,linp Mace" he explained. land announces
b,mssl, ready to vote the polling clerk calls
ont his name. and he may then be challenged II
.nvbody 90 desires II not, the polling clerk
marts opposIte his name on the list a number
vhIch indicates how many have thus far voted.
Thua II Mr. Smith is the thirty seventh man
vho has voted that day, he is No. 81. The
,orIn0 clerk calls out this number and the
ballot CLERK, to whom Mr.. Smith next goes.
Urtes that number on the stub which is at
tached to each OF the several ballots which
he gives to Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Smith is obliged
TO accept and subsequently account for
all the ballots which are handed him. II there
ara ak tickets In the field. Mr. Smith receives
six ballots bearing the names OF the respective
candidates. and also one blank ballot, upon
which are printed the names Of the offices TO
be filed but no names Of candidates. None
Of the ballots given him are designated by any
marty title He must pick out the ticket he
wants by the names thereon, Each detach-
able stub upon each ballot bears not only Mr.
Smiths number. 81 but the initials OF the bal
lot clerk The ballots Themselves after the
stubs have been torn of, can In no way be
identified. .,, .,ooo oea,,o, ,.uo. NJ.
sb y Ss reaeS G aGy
preparing his ballot, or. casting It. He goes
forthwith into booth at one side Of the room.
walls at least six feet high on three Sides
while the door. which swings outward. reaches
Smith T'h Is nsdo Of him G IS Visible Except
his legs from the knees down. unless he hap
pens TO be a very tall man.
Once inside he must remain there at least
three minutes Tho law compels him to make
q himself a prisoner for that length Of time:
Baring his Petremsnt Il he wishes to paste paste.
There II is small shelf In tho booth and lead
pencil. II he spells his ballot In Preparation:
aS inR Sn eno sfS
az / he needs them, but that f the legal limit.
ballots which he doesn't want In the same way.
dsqiose on N coming out Of tho booth what dSEot
he Intended to cast he would forfeit his vote as
e p peT are Included on one ballot, National
State. local, and all. 80 that there Is only one
ballet to cast In any event NJ tho hoo.h wit, a.,
various ballots In his hands. he goes to the in,
spector. His name is again called out, and
fore the ballot Is cast. The inspector also calls
the number on the stubs OF the ballo which
the same as the one opposite Mr. Mr.:
Smith's. name, NO. 81 in, this case
then Mr.. Smith goes to- jail. The stubs
are torn Off OF all the ballots and are pre-
served by the election officers. Mr.. Smith puts
the ballot he desires to vote into the ballot box
and the ballots he doesn't want into another
big box. OF course he must be careful with 80
many ballots. apparently all alike, in his hands.
that he puts the right one into the right box
otherwise he will unwittlngly have voted the
wrong ticket.
When the polls are closed the stubs and the
unused ballots must all be accounted for by
the election officers. Otherwise somebody goes
TO jail. Pastors always count wherever they
may appear on ticket. The size. type. paper.
&c, to be used In making pastors are prescribed
by law. The illiterate voter may come to the
polls with his entire ticket printed as paster
with Rummed back in his pocket. When he
gets into the booth he can paste this ticket on
pro pro- and It viii be counted G as he intends
TO have it."