New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-03
PART II.
PAGES 10 TO Is.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTERS.
REQUIREMENTS OF THE BALLOT LAWS
READ THIS ARTICLE AND you SHOULD HAVE No


TROUBLE on ELECTION DAY.
On election day the polls are open from a. m. to
AS there Is TO bea large vote in the city, Re
publicans Will DO well TO vote early in the day. No
vote can be received after p. m. AS voters become
familiar with the workings Of the new Ballot law, there
should be serious delays in voting. II voter can
read and write and Is not cripple he ought not TO be
Delayed polling place longer than ten minutes In
order to VOTE unless there Is long line OF waiting
voters and he is obliged TO await his turn to enter
the polling place. When he gets inside the voting In
closure he tells his name and address, and the chair
man OF the board OF election inspectors calls thcm ont
to the poll clerks As the clerks write down the voters
name and address, the four inspectors turn 10 his name
in the registration books and call out Rght IS tney
check It, His must be found In at least throo
Of tho books of registry he has not been regstercA
legally.
If the voter is unchallenged he receives from the
ballot clerks complete set OF Official ballots all Of tho
ballots In the SET bearing the same nnmbcr Going into
one Of the small booths he selects the ballot which 10
wishes to vote altering II by writing or pastng IL no
DESIRES and then folds 1t for Tho first fold In tho
ballot is made by bringing the bottom edge UP to tho
dotted line above tho names Of the candidates and
pressing the fold to the paper. The ba0e
is folded crosswise Then the voter folds IL again
through the middle, lengthwise, that the ndorse-
ment and number Of the stub show outside. Placing
the ballot aside the voter then folds each OF the other
ballots In the way, and takes them In a bunch
together in his left hand. The object OF all the folding
Is to prevent any except the voter from seeing
how he votes. Holding in his right hand the ballot
which he wishes to vote, the voter walks out Of tho
booth and again presents himself before the inspectors
Again his name is called out and the ballot clerks etvo
the number Of his ballots He hands to hechaiman
the ballot which he has held In his right hand apart
from the Others saying: Il vote this ballot Then
he hands to the chairman the other ballots. which arc
NOT ~ ha Tba chair me 10 aha
sure that all the ballots given to the voter have been
returned. Then he of The stub OF the ballot to
be voted and puts the ballot In the ballot box and tho
stub in another box. lie also pulls Off the stubs from
the unused ballots and places the ballots and stubs In
separate boxes. Having the inspector place the
ballots and stubs In the right boxes the voter knows
that he has voted correctly.
The following sections Of the new law, describ-
ing the process Of voting, and giving Information 70
voters:
40. On receiving his ballots, the voter shall forth
with, and without leaving the enclosed space retro
alone to Of the voting booths, and shall prepare
his ballots. The voter may write paste upon his bal
lot the name OF any person for whom he desires to
vote for any Office.
Al Any voter may take with him into the voting
booth printed ballot of his own selection prepare
ion, to be known paster ballot containing the
of all the Offices to be filled and OF the ondis
dates therefor for whom he desires to vote, which
paser ballot may be gummed the back thereof and
the voter may paste the whole OF such paser ballot
any of the official ballots below the stub and tho
side opposite the Official Endorsement. Any name so
written pasted upon the ballot shall be deemed the
choice Of the voter, Notwithstanding the name Of an
other candidate for the same Office may be upon the
original ballot without being erased covered or con-
cealed by the writing paster unless there are TWO
or Of candidates for the same Office printed
upon the ballot and less number of names OF candi-
dates for such Office written pasted thereon, In
which each printed the ballot shall be-
counted IL it Is not wholly partly erased covered
concealed. All pastors shall be. Of white paper. and
must be printed In type uniform with that required by
this act TO be usec upon the ballots, and shall be
printed in plain black ink. paster shall be so at
tached to the ballot that when the ballot is folded no
portion of such paster ballot shall be visible.
A. In preparing his ballot any voter shall be at lib
ery to copy any unofficial sampleballot 10
slst him in preparing the official ballot After prepar
ing his ballot, ard before leaving the voting booth, the
voter shall fold all the ballots delivered TO him cross
wise by bringing the bottom of the ballot up to the
perforated line and then in the middle lengthwise but
in such way that the contents of the ballots shall be
concealed and the stubs can be removed without
posing any of the contents of the ballots, and shall
keep the same folded until he has delivered the same
the election officers In this section provided. He
shall then vote in the manner provided by law, anA
before leaving the Enclosed space but before his vote
shall be received tho voters and the number
upon the stubs CT his ballots shall be called out and
the number upon such stubs shall correspond with tho
number noted against his name by the poll-ciorS
herenbeiore provided. The inspectors of election shall
remove tie stub from each ballot voted in plain
view of the voter, and without unfolding or dis
closing the contents Of the ballot before the same
is deposited in the ballot box. The voter shall.
after the ballot voted by him has been deposited
in the baotbOx, deliver 70 the Inspectors the ballots
not voted by him, but folded In precisely the same
the ballots voted, ard the inspectors shall
remove from each such ballot its stub. and the
voted ballots shall be deposit In box which shall
lie prepared for that purpose al which shall DO kept
locked until after the canvass - the votes but which
shall be provided with aperture for depostng tho
ballots therei1 and after the votes cast are all can
shall be burned by the inspectors Of election without
any examination Of their contents. stubs which
detached either from voted OF unvoted ballots shall
be preserved TO be disposed OF ia provided for i'll
Section ~ Of this oct. The inspectors shall not
ceivc ballot from voter unless each ballot delivered
said vster SHALL when presented TO Them be folded
that the inside theHof Is entirely concealed and tho
Endorsement and number thereon plainly visible,
aud 50 that the stub can be removed without exposing
46. II aay vOtor spolls ballot he may obtain an
other full Set, and SO succcssivoly, rot exceeding
E e " Of ballots cohtanng the spoiled baos c'' In
obtaining set Of ballots 10 replace the spelled set, tho
tho new set delivered to him shall be announced and
entered opposite his nan,o on the poll-lsts;
sp:c:ors o. election that by reason Of physical dsab
ity, he unable TO prepare his ballot without assist
:eseo Sa ms be 80 % him nf I IF o than
purpose. A Per'en who assists voter IN r-eparinf
his ballet shall not IN any manner Request So ,oer TO
ddste reveal ne % ,ns q he S @ @ ysisa
anything that took place while he assisting SAID
voter Sec. %, oh. 2S2, Laws Of 1890.
For my part never hesitate 10 adopt a rulo
Of action and conviction of duty that million