Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-07

natures or autograph initials Of the ballot clerks
or Of ballot clerk ann an inspector, sDal %
void not counted. and be treated ana pIesef 60
as a defective ballot
THE INTENTION OF THE VOTER TO PREVAIL
Section 20 All ballots cast al any election
shall b. counted foT the pt rs0ns iOr " nom thes
were intended. 80 far as sucn intent can be a.
certained from the ballot ITSELF IN Determining
the intent The following rules shall be observed
FIRST il the electOr shall place cToss marx OF
other equivalent mark or symbol under party
designation At the head o. the eOlumn, IN or near
the space indicated for that purpose he
shall be deemed % have voted Tor al Inc can
didates " hose names appear IN the column
under such mark unless some name or names
shall be erased. pasted over or unless
in some other column he shall have placed a
mark opposite the name Of some other candidate
for the same office. second. ~hen the Folet sAhi
place mark against Two or more names TOT me
same flee. he shall be deemed 70 have vOled Tor
none o. them. aud the vote counted for none
Third II an electOr shall mark his ballot with
cross mark X or any other maTk-as T. v. y,
II lndiCat ug an iuteBt 70 marx against any
name, il shall be deemed a sufficient vote Tor the
candidate against whose name The mark IS made
Fourth. when the electOT shall have written lhe
name Of person in the proper place for writing
the sane ne shall be deemed 70 have voted for
that person although he shall have omitted 10
erase the name printed in the same column ior
the same Office. or shall have inadea mark against
the same, or against any other name Tor the 81 me
Office or omitted 70 mark against the name " TIT
ten Filth. mark made out OF Its proper place
but on a name OF so near il as to indicate thatit
was intended for hat name shall be deemed
vote for that name; but il the maik is so near a
space for marking as 70 indicate that II was IN
tended Tor that space, 1t shall be deemed intend
ed for the name 70 which sucn
space applies. SIKH, ballot put IN
without any marks shall not be counted and a
ballot not marked at the top shall he counted
only for the persons for whom the marks therein
are applicable
VOTING PRECINCTS.
Section 81 Voting districts or precincts shall
be composed Of compact or contiguous territory.
ard so arranged that no such voting
district OF precinct shall contain mere
tlRn five hundred voters or traction OF
one hi ndred In excess thereof according 70 the
vote cast at the last general election. and II after
any election Ia be held II shall apl ear that more
than six bu dred votes were cast at such voting
district or precinct j. shall be the duty OF the
officers now charged by law with the division or
alteration of yeting districts or precincts. four
months prior to the Il 81 succeeding general cleo
ton. TO rediyide the ward town OF other terri
tory III " hiCh such voting precinct may be To-
Gated, in the manner by law provided Tor ovid
ing wards or towns into voting precincts. IL
such officers shall fail 10 make such redi-
vision within said time pny voter OF such city
or town may upon petition apply 10 the circuit
court Of the county or TO the presiding Judge
of said court. in which such city or town Is To-
Gated for an order commanding said officers %
reuiyide said ward or town according 70 the pro-
visions Of this act within reasonable time, 10
be dAed by the court or judge in the order,
and II sucn officers shall refuse, fail OF neglect
TO comply with the provisions Of such order, /
they shall be adiudged gNilty OF contempt a IS
any other cases OF disobedience of lawful orders.
and punished as provided ia chapter leo OF
the revised statutes of Wisconsin IL for auy
cause no voting precinct shall be rediyided as
required hereby, the election shall not be in !
vanOated by being held at the precingts pre- /
Viously established, where the last preceding |
election was held provided however. that ali |
elections for justices OF the supreme court 7
circuit judges county judges or municipal /
Judges IN any town divided into two or more |
election precincts shall be held only at the !
precinct or voting place where the town meeting 1
of such town shall be held and at |
the opening OF the polls two adj /
ditional ballot clerks for the same shall be I
chosen viva yoee by the electors there pres |
ent. All ballots cast at any judicial election in /
any town in this state shall be prepared and dis /
trbuted at the public expense, according to the I
provisions Ofthis act and be separate from the /
ballot for town officers and deposited In sepa-
rate box The votes cast aud received for such /
judicial officers in such town shall be counted, /
certified and returned in the same
manner in all respects as in towns consisting Of /
only one election precinct or voting place.
VOTES ON QUESTIONS SUBMITTED TO THE PEOPLE.
Section 50. Whenever a proposed con.
Stitutionnl amcnOmeEt or other question
is to BE submitted to the people of
the state for a popular vote the seer
tary OF state shall duly, and not less than fifteen
DAYS before election, certify the same TO the I
clerF OF each county OF the state and the clerk /
OF each county snail include the same in the 4
publication provided ior in sect II OF this .
act,
Section 49, Whenever the secretary of state
has duly certified to any county clerk any
question to be submitted To vote of the people, 4
the county clerk shall prepare and distribute
ballots Of such orm rs viii enable the electors
TO vote upon the question 50 presented in the
manner herein provided The county clerk
shall also prepare the necessary ballots whom
everAny question is required by any law 10 be
TO The vote Vi the electors of such
county.
Section a. Whenever the common eouceil of
any city has By ordinance or resolution submit
ted any question to the vote OF the people. the
city clerk shall prepare and distribute ballots Of
such form as will enable the electors to 70
upon the question SO presented in the manner
provided by this act
Section So. When not otherwise required 70
be on separate ballot the ballot on ali ques.
pared on the same paper with the other ballots
and at the fnat Of the same. and no ballot on
such question shall be counted Unless mark Is !
made applicable to IL.
Section So Whenever 1t shall appear by aft |
davit that an error or omission has occurred In |
the publication of the names or description of
the candidates nominated Tor oihce'- or IN the
printing of the ballots, the circuit court of the
proper county or the presiding Judge thereof 1
may upon application by any elector, by order, /
require of the county or city clerk to correct /
such error or to show cause why I,
such error should not be corrected,
PENALTIES
Section 81. Any person who shalt First |
falsely make, or make oath to, or iraudulently /
deface or trauduleutly destroy any certificate Of
nomination, or nomination paper OF any
part thereof or Second, file or receive
Tor filing any certificate of nomination
or nomination paper knowing the same or
any part thereof to be falsely made or Third,
suppress any certificate OF nomination which has
been duly filed. or any part thereof or, Fourth,
forge or falsely make the official indors ment on
"a bq lfnf Flfth. wrongly print cause to
be printed with intent TO change the result OF
the election as TO any candidate or nominee,