St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-09
UNDER The new LAW.
The Australian System of
Voting and How 1t Will
Operate.
Points Of Importance and
Changes Of Law Requir-
ing Study.
The City Republicans Fix
Upon April s for Their
Convention.
Random Political Gossip Of a
Field Not Yet Com
pleted.

municipal election of st. Paul will
occur. For the first time the Aus
traian system will be in vogue, and,
with the view of posting the general
voter upon the salient and important
points OF the new law, a full abstract,
devoid of confusing legal technicalitles,
is given by the GLOBE.
The common council, at least six
weeks before general election, shall
divide each ward into election districts
containing not more than 400 voters
and cause descriptive maps of such di-
visions, showing the boundaries, to be
posted in the city clerks Office and in at
least ten of the most public places
in each district, and to furnish
comics to the judges of election.
No mora than two judges and one clerk
shall be of the same political party.
The city clerk shall give public notice,
fifteen days before ageneral.and twenty
days before special election, of the
time and place of holding such election;
the notices shall be posted at three pub
lie places in the election districts-one
of them at the voting place. The notices
shall state the hours during which the
polls will be open.
WHAT CONSTITUTES RESIDENCE
Any inmate of soldiers home shall
have a legal residence thereAt, for the
purpose of being an elector. The fol-
lowing rules shall govern the judges in
the determination of the residence of
qualified electors. The place of resi-
dence is that in which his habitation is
fixed without any present Intention of
removing therefrom, and TO which,
whenever absent, it is his intention TO
return. A person does not lose his resi-
dence by leaving his home to go into
another state or county for temporary
purposes, and with the intention of re-
turning. Residence is not gained in
a county by coming into il temporarily,
without intending to make it his home.
Removing to another state with the in
tention of remaining there an indefinite
time as 4 place OF residence, nutWith-
standing he entertainS the idea of re-
turning at some future time, is loss of
residence. Ii he has family in one
place and does business in another the
former is his home. If his family re-
fuses to reside with him he shall
be regarded a citizen and voter
where he hos taken his abode
No person employed temporarily in the
construction OF repair OF any railroad,
canal or other work of public nature
shall acquire residence in any election
precinct, IN which he came for that pur-
pose. If any question arises as to the
right of a railroad emplOye to be regis
tered or vote; it must first satisfactor-
tally appear TO all the judges that he is
an actual bona fid5 resident OF the dis
trct, and the mere affidavit of such per-
son shall not be received as conclusive
as to any fact necessary to entitle him
to vote.
The time of opening the polls is
changed, so as to provide for opening at
6O'clOck in the morning and closing at
O'clock in the evening.
VOTING AND CHALLENGING.
7 he new law changes the section pro-
Viding for sheriffs and special c0nsta-
bles at the polls. and provides for their
appointment by the judges. Their du-
ties are to keep the surroundings of the
polls quiet and orderly. and during vot-
ing hours to allow no person to approach
within six feet of the ballot boxes or to
pass behind the railing or within six
feet of the booth or ballot comDart-
mentS, except electors engaged in re-
ceiving, preparing or depOsting their
ballots, unless upon permission of the
Judges of election. If any officers pre-
viously appointed for the purpose neg
lect to perform their duty, enough pri.
Vate citizens TO enforce order may be
sworn in by the judges.
The Judges of election shall allow one
eligible voter of each political party to
be chosen by the parties respectively
In the room behind the railing where
the election is held to act as challengers
of voters; and such challGngerS may re-
main with the board Of election until
the votes are canvasSed and the result
declared. There is an portantchange
made with reference to the ballots, bal
lot boxes and the printing of the tic.
kets.
THREE KINDS OF BALLOTS.
There shall be one plain white ballot
upon which shall be printed the names
of all candidates for officers who are
voted for throughout the state and all
amendments to the constitution. If the
names of the presidential electors make
ballot too long for convenience they
may be printed upon separate white
ballot. There shall be one bIue-tinteC
ballot, upon which shall be printed
for office not included in the
preceding section, who are to be voteC
for throughout the county. There shall
be one ballot, tinted red, upon which
shall be printed the names of all candi
dates for Office not in the two preceding
ballots, and who are to be voted fol-
throughout the whole city, ward or pre-
cinct thereof. No name shall be placed
upon the ballots furnished to the Judge:
of election at polling place who is no
properly to be voted for in that pre-
Cinct. The city clerk shall provide fol
each voting place 100 tickets of eact
kind for each fifty voters.
HOW TO NOMINATE.
10, oil
ination for pnbllc Office by any assem-
bly, or convention of delegates. aud alsC
that per cent Of the voters at the pre-
Ceding election may nominate indie
pendent candidates. 1t shall otrequire
however, more than 1000 signatures Il
nominate a state officer. The certificat,
of nomination by convention shall b,
signed by the presiding officer; thu
certificate Of nomination otherwise thai
by convention shall be by subscribing
an oath by the persons nominating tn,
candidate. No certificate of nOmina
ton shall contain the name of NOR,
than one candidate. No person shall
join in nominating more than one per
son for the same office. The state anC
county auditors and city clerk shall re
spectively place the names of the nom
inees on the ballots printed by then
upon the certificates of nomination be
ing presented: and the payment of fee
as follows: For white ticket, $50 70
each name, to be paid into the stat
treasury: for blue ticket, $40 for eacf
name, to be paid into the county treas
ury; and IS for each name on the rel
ticket, to be paid into the city treasury
The form of ballot, both in size AM
style. shall be uniform with appropriate
headings. The name of the candidate
Tor each Office shall follow the name O
the office, i'll capital letters, in the orde
in which they are handed in--repeatinj
the office for which he is running be
fore each candidates name; and, afte
his name, his politics shall be desig
mated.
Opposite each candidates name shall
be left marginal space in which tn
elector shall designate his vote by
cross OK mark. Blank spaces shall b.
left at the end of the lists of names 70
writing in the name Of any other persO
desired to be voted for. Names OF car
didates on the white ballot must b
handed to the state auditor at leas