Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-19
BALLOT REFORM m
AGREED TO BY BOTH 49,
AND SENATE. oss

Principal Features of tho Mcn.p,
Nominations Shall BE Aadn-M.,.-ow
Notwithstanding Employmen =. OF
vict Labor by tho state. on
The House and Senate finally
upon ballot reform bill and nasS s,eei
1t is modelled aftes the Australian ~ IL
tenn. A Senate amendment to num- Sss.
the ballots to correspond with the n ,vsr
bers Oh the poll book was rejec,eau N,
that would have destroyed secrecy ,r as
measure takes effect July l. The cb ble
features of the measure are these. en'ei
Under this law the candidate mrs+
ceive regular nomination by no, it IT.,
party which polled at least 9 per , eosa
Of the entire vote at the last prcced Iul.
election, or by nomination papers ~
such case the certificates of nom;ns,;a III
are duly authenticated and given fo os .bl
officer whose duty it is to print tho f 'ns
lots. Due provision is made for in na,'
pendent candidates getting their n ,aue,
upon the ticket by the nomination N ~.
pers. The ballots are to be printed 10
State and county elections by the COM
ty Clerk, in city elections by the wv
Clerk, and in township elections hy Wy
Town Clerk. In Chicago the PRINTING n ~
them will be attended to by the Ro,r ~,
OF Election Commits ,ioners. The namas
of all the candidates of the differnn.
parties must be placed upon one ba,l
No ballots can te obtained by any ono
except those which are legally printed ,ad
and bear the signature of the nrara.
officer: and the ballots are given aiana
to the judges Of election, who are com.
PEELED under penalty to account 10,
every ballot received from the Off az
who has them printed, whether sayad
voted, destroyed, or mutilated: com.
plete check is kept upon all the ballo,s
The voter can only obtain his ticket
after entering the voting room and from
the judge of election: and in Chicago II
will be the proper officer under the law
This ballot he takes and retires to an
apartment which is in sight OF ,ha
judges, and prepares it, returns and
places it in the hands of the Judge who
deposits it in the ballot-box. At tho
head of each list of candidates there
will be party name or some words 10
| designate the political party. The ticket
| will be almost identical with the lnlj
ana blanket ballot. The officers who
| have the ballots printed will also have
prepared full cards of inst: uction to ;le
voters, which will give them ample in.
| formation as to the manner of voting
and the other requirements of the law,
In each of the rooms in which the
election is held there will be furnished
small booths or apartments in which the
voter must go and secretly and alone
prepare his ballot. No one can be in the
room where the voting takes place ey.
cept three or four persons who may be
waiting their turn to enter voting
booth. No electioneering is allowed
within hundred feet of the polls, and
no person is allowed within that space.
Due care is taken in the bill to provide
for any person who is unable to read
The ballots will be preserved for 81.
months, carefully folded and struns
upon wire which is tied and sealed
The ballots will not be numbered, and 4
is thought it will be impossible to ascer
tain how an elector voted, even if thu
ballots should be inspected by the cit
or county clerk. In the country TIN
time of opening the polls is changed B
z o'clock, and the time of closing to
o'clock. The Chicago law in that respec
remains as it now is.
| The Senate bills appropriatinr ST.. 90
Tor an additional b uildias-to the. .Kank.
kee Insane Asylum to accommodate 30
additional patients, and $685. for mis-
cellaneous repairs, were also agreed t
by the House and passed, as was th
Senate bill making an appropriation 70
the Joliet penitentiary. 1t appropriate
100000 to defray such portion of til
current expenses of the Illinois Stat
Penitentiary at Joliet as, on the expira
ton of the first fiscal quarter after tn
adjournment OF the next General Assem-
bly,, the earnings Of convict labor in sail
penitentiary may be insufficient to de
fray; also to enable the commissioner
of said penitentiary to keep employed
al prisoners who may be left withou
employment by the expiration of an!
contracts now in force. The commits
sioners are authorized to expend 80 mucl
of the amount appropriated as may bt
necessary for tools, machinery and raw
material sufficient to keep employed all
prisoners in the penitentiary who may
become idle and to provide for the sale
of goods manufactured The commits
sioners shall employ said prisoners a,
such occupations as are best adapted
to secure their health, discipline and
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