The record-union., 1891-10-10
town. to be filed by the electors of such

NEE FOR. EACH OFFICE.
No certificate of nomination shall con-
tain the name of more than one cand1date
for each office. No person shall join in
nominating more than one nominee for
each office; and no person who has voted
in a convention for or against a candidate
for any office shall join in nominating, in
any manner, any other nominee for that
office, and no person shall accept nom1-
nation to more than one office.
WHEN TO FILE CERTIFICATES.
Certificates of nomination required TO
be filed with the Secretary of the legisla-
tive body of the city shall be filed not
more than fifty nor not less than thirty
days before the day of election, when the
not more than than fifty days nor less
than twenty days before the day of cleo
ton, when the nomination is made by
electors.
WITHDRAWING NOMINEES.
Any person whose name has been pre-
sented as a candidate, may, at least five
days before the making of the publica-
cation of the nominations prescribed in
this section, cause his name to be with
drawn from nomination, by filing with
the Secretary his request therefor, in
writing, signed by him and acknowl-
edged, and no name SO withdrawn shall
be printed on the ballot.
GIVING NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS.
At least ten days before an election to
fill any public Office, the City Clerk shall
cause to be published, in at least two
newspapers of general circulation within
the county, the nominations to office
certified to him by the County Clerk.
He shall make not less than two such
publications in each Of such newspapers
before election day, one of such publica-
tions being made upon the last day upon
which such newspaper is issued before
the day of election. The list of nomina-
tions shall be arranged in the order and
form in which they will be printed upon
the ballot. Where only one newspaper
is printed in any city or town then publi-
cation in such newspaper shall be
deemed sufficient; and where no news
paper is printed in such city or town
publication shall be made through any
newspaper designated by the legislative
body of such city or town, and by post
ing copies of the ballot in three of the
most public places in such city or town,
not less than ten days before the day Of
election.
PROVIDING BALLOTS AND WHAT TO CON-
TAIN.
It shall be the duty of the Clerk or Sec
retary Of the legislative body of any in
| corporated city or town to provide sepa
rate ballots for every election for city or
town officers in which the electors, or
any of the electors, Of such city or town
participate, and to cause to be printed in
such separate ballots the name of every
candidate whose name has been filed
with such clerk or secretary in the man
ner provided for in this code. All ballots
shall be Of the necessary size and shape
| to contain the names of all the candidates,
together with the necessary blank spaces
| hereinafter provided for, and shall be
printed on tinted paper furnished by the
Secretary of State.
THE wATER-MARK IN THE PAPER.
| Such paper shall be water-marked with
design to be furnished by the Secretary
| of State, in such manner that the said
water-mark shall be plainly discernible
on the outside of such ballot when folded
according to law. Such design shall be
kept secret from all persons not engaged
in the preparation, printing or distribu-
ton of the paper or ballots, until the day
of election.
VOTER MAY WRITE NAME OF CANDI-
DATE.
Nothing in this code contained shall
! prevent any voter from writing upon his
ballot the name of any person for whom
| he desires to vote for any Office, and such
vote shall be counted the same as if
! printed upon the ballot, and marked as
voted for.
HEADING Or NAMING THE TICKET.
All ballots printed by the clerk or sec
retary Of the legislative body of any in
corporated city or town shall he headed
Municipal Ticket"
WARDS TO BE SET OUT.
All municipal tickets containing the
names of candidates for wards or district
officers shall have the number of the
ward or district in which such ticket is to
be voted printed thereon.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BALLOTS.
On each ballot a perforated line shall
! extend from top to bottom, one-half inch
| from the right hand side of such ballot,
and upon the half-inch strip thus formed
| there shall be no printing except the
| number of the ballot, which shall be upon
1 the back of such strip in such position
/ that it shall appear on the outside when
the ballot is folded. The number on each
/ ballot shall be the same as that on the
| corresponding stub, and the ballots and
stubs shall be numb bered consecutively in
/ each county. All ballots shall be eighteen
! inches in length and four and one-half
! inches in width, and as many times such
width as shall be necessary to contain the
names of all candidates nominated
Where the names of candidates are
printed in separate columns, such col
umns shall be separated by heavy rules
and on all ballots the names of candidates
shall each be separated by rule extend
ing to the extreme right Of the column.
All ballots shall be printed in plain Ro-
man type, and shall contain the name OF
every candidate whose nomination for
any Office specified in the ballot has been
certified to and filed according to the pro-
visions Of this code, and no other name
and there shall be added TO all the names
Of candidates their party or political
designation. The names of the candi-
dates for each office shall be arranged un-
der the designation of the Office, in alpha
betical order, according to surname.
BLANK SPACES ON THE BALLOTS.
There shall be left at the end of the list
of candidates for each Office as many
blank spaces as there are persons to be
elected to such Office, in which the voter
may insert the name of any person not
printed upon the ballot for whom he de-
sires to vote as candidate for such office
and the names and blank spaces on the
whole ticket shall be consecutively mum.
bered, the figures being placed on the
left-hand side of such names and blank
spaces. There shall be a margin on the
right-hand side of the names, at leas
one-half of an inch wide, so that the voter
may clearly indicate, in the way to be
, hereafter pointed out, the candidate and
candidates for whom he wishes to cast his
ballot; the county, city or town in which
each candidate resides may be printed in
small type on the right-hand side of hi:
name.
HOW QUESTIONS ARE SUBMITTED TC
VOTERS.
Whenever any question is to be sub
mitted to the vote of the people, it shal
also he printed upon the ballot in such
/ manner as to enable the electors to vott
upon such question in the manner here
matter provided. At the head of each
ballot shall be printed, in separate lines
the names of all political parties which
have filed certificates of nomination o