The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-01

payment as part of R county election
expenses. The said commissioners and
auditors shall ascertain the offices TO
he filled and shall be responsible for the
accurate printing of the ballots in ac-
cordance with this act and fer the safe
keeping of the same while in their
possession or that oftheir subordlnates
,r agents.
Sec IA The face of every ballot
which shall be printed in accordance
with The provisions of this act shall
contain the names aud residences of al
candidates whose nomination Tor auy
Office specified in the ballot shall have
been duly made, except such as may
have died or withdrawn. The names
of candidates shall be presented ia the
following name and order.
In he case OF certificates of nomina-
tions made by q convention Ofdele-
gaUes or otherwise, as described in see
ton 2, representing q political party
which ut the election next preceding
polled at least 3 per cent. of the highest
entire vote cast in the state or cleo
toral district or division thereof for
which such nominations are made, as
described ia section 2, the names of all
the candidates so nominated by such
political party shall be arranged in
groups as presented i'm the several GER
titicates of nomination under the des-
~ignation of the Office, with the party
descriptive words or political appe-
lation at the head of each group. Such
groups shall be printed in the order of
the vote polled by each political party
at the last preceding election, begin
ming with the party which secured the
highest vote. In all other cases of
nomination by nomination papers the
names of the randidates for each office
shall be arranged under the desig-
nation Of the office in alphabetical or
der according to the suruames.
There shall be left at the end of the
list of candidates for each different of.
flee Tor under the title of the Office it.
self Tor which an election is to be held
in case there be no candidates legally
nominated therefor) 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 whose
name ia not printed on the ballot for
whom he desires to vote as candidate
for such office, and such insertion shall
count as a vote without the cross mark
(X) hereinafter mentioned. Whenever
the approval of constitutional amend
ment or other question is submitted to
the vote of the people, such questions
shall be printed upon the ballot after
the list of candidates.
The ballot shall be so printed as to
give to each voter a clear opportunity
to designate his choice of candidates by
a cross mark Gym sufficient margin
at the right Of the name of each can
didate, and in like manner his answer
To the questions submitted, and on the
ballot may be printed instructions how
TO mark, and such words, as will aid
the voter To do this, as vote for One,n
'vote for three" Eyes" moi and the
like. Provided, that u voter may desig-
nate his choice Of all the candidates of
a political party or group by one cross
mark in tue margin TO the ri ht of the
party name q politicl designation of
such group, and such mark shall be
equivalent to q mark against every
name in group. ~
Sec. 49,. All the ballots used at the
same voting place at any election shall
be alike, anu shall be at least six inches
long and four inches wide; they shall
be printed with the same kind or kinds
of type (Which shall not be smaller
than the size known as '~'breyier" or
"eight point bodyp) upon white paper,
without any IMPRESSION or mark TO
distinguish one from another, except
as expressly authorized herein or by
the constitution Of this commonwealth,
Each bali shall be attached TO a stub
or counterfeit, and all the ballots for
the same voting place shall be bound
together in convenient numbers, in
books, in such name that each ballot
may be detached and removed separ-
ately.
A diagonal folding line shall be
printed on the right hand upper corn
err of the back of each ballot, and the
said corner shall be edged with adj
hesive aste, so that the corner when
folded at the folding line can be secur-
ely fastened down over the number
now required by the constitution of
this commonwealth, so that the said
number cannot be seer without un-
fastening or cutting open the part so
fastened down. The top of each ballot
shall have a margin of equal size on
both back and face, and the said fold
ing line shall be upon this margin
but nothing else shall be printed there
OF * cept Instructions how to mark.
Provided, that If at any time the said
con stitution shall cease to require
ballots to be numbered, the foregoing
requirements as to the folding line, the
margin and adhesive paste shall be
void.
On the back Of each ballot, or on the
right hand side of the back, If the bal
lot is printed in two columns, there
shall be printed as a caption, "OtliciaI
/ HnI1ak Fa. - F,l1n4ual lv TAn .1oafu,,atfa
OF the voting place for which the
ballot is prepared, the dateof the cleo.
ton and a facsimile of the signature,
of the county commissioners Of the re-
spective counties who have caused the
ballots to be printed, unless they
have been printed by township OF
borough auditors. A record of the
number of ballots printed and fur
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