The sun., 1890-06-01
Tho Changes Made by the New law l,r,cc
Stated

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| Stated.
The new BALLOT Reform law. which was o,.
proved bv tho Governor on May Q, goes i,,to
effect on July ]. Tho law has forty-siy sec
items making "vcr thirty pages whom printed
in small pamphlet form. Tho political ia, ties
have already ordered scores Of thousands q.
copies Of it to be sent 10 tho leaders throuEhout
the State to be distributed amon. the county
committees for the instruction of the election
| district workers. These copies have not rot
around as yet aud the law is not fully under
stood. The political organizations will do their
best 10 see that AL their voters understand how
to vote but it will require good deal Of edu-
cation to post them about the change
The great change is thai. instead Of the
voter going into the polling place and handing
his ticket TO the inspectors. he Is in the future
to make up his ticket in the polling place in
secrecy. The State prints all necessary tIck-
| cts. though it is probable that only a small
percentage Of the tickets printed by the State
will be voted. In the first place the State will
| print every kind OF ticket. Every political
party which polled one per cent. of the entire
| vote in the district In which its candidate is
running is entitled to hold convention and to
! have its tickets printed: and. besides that,
any man who can get a thousand voters to
sign nomination paper for him may have his
| tickets printed Tor State Office If he gets
-Du SlGuuluTtS ue run run lOr any Oillce eXcelt
state office. With 100 signatures he may run
for an Assembly district ollice and with fifty
New ork city and in Brookyn 800 va sisnatures i
det oF Tbs SHe and loo
power OF any man to run for a small Office and
OF any man who will go to the trouble and ex-
pense OF getting thousand signatures to run
The law REQUIRES the printing of all these
tcses E Whieh yin be b in STUB books
are to pay the expense OF tho printing Befor,
man can have his tickets printed, certif-
ncer and secretary OF the convention. or BY the
citizens who make the nomination. has to be
it is state office or an office to be- voted for in
bS IN te o9a GSShsy She it is
went AZ days Of esction. and t with tie the
County Clerk between twenty and thirty days
A. little wider margin Is allowed TO certificates
OF nomInation not FLED byconyentions Shou;d
tion, other names may b. inserted in the same
way the original nominations we're made
form mSHner each M one m sc sornratsiy "nG TIM,
Official bal OTIS are given to the election officers.
one OF each Kind Of official ballots. With his
ballot he must go into little room or votlng
booth. which shall have door at least six fcrt
nigh extending within two feet OF The i,OOr, and
he must STAY IN that booth while before he is
allowed to como out and vote. No one may so
by reason OF physical disability hS is unable % to
prepare his ballots without assistance. 10
m may then take friend into the booth with him
Gfde ne booth ne may take any ono Of tie
and voto IT, or he may write what nnme- he
pleases on any one of the Official ballots. or hS
may Gast" ,p,I on any y enc Of the oI.p ballots an
him. Those unofficial ballots nre ga led uaa-
ters. The political parties will have fhem
the voters with them lofOlo they 20 in Tho
back OF these unofficial ballots will bs mU-
ctilage; SO % lha, thcy may bo raSted on any Of
Be ore the voters recevo these ballots they
lot ccrk who mas been charged with So many
ballots. Whom he coMes out Of the srcrrs
Inspector Tor his vote, ami gives tho other foI!-
ed ha!,o;s g a. a. insprctor 10 be mt away ard
which 4o.rSturns 4re the ones ho rNccived.
This Is 4l there il strange from tho voto-'s
poin. OF view. He Imust have no same, Gnajll-
same way as now and he may swear In his vote
ns now, only he must 20 into tho booth for 2
official bal lots to be voted. and the others not
to t} be @ Voted. The inspectors and clerks coiint
work OF tho election officers much hardor thnn
/. Gei0re Sii rs az inc names vii be on one ticket.
Ths + viii torsin GIsG D@Ke longer to count tho rctne
he secret apartment Will delay thom h'ii
2 ho order M to provide against this to IN oXtcli.
United to three hundred. II is tie duty mf to
Police Commissioners Of New York tiiy 10 g
han three hundred voters in any ocction dis.
rict. There will then be time enough Tor them
and in part compensate for tho ioneor ballot
Ono result OF this will DO greatly &c, ircrcaRe
Millions Of tickets will S haze 10 bo Printed Ncw
lection h districts will be Hrea j.. AMI each -
ssrs Ist Viii rYe aso s b. ng a1S GI % oct eSIio9 p%
'laces. There IRE not many barber shops, and
gaE IL T store store in New York large "naTgh 70 hold
,robaoly have to have a number Of polng