The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-05-14

soun.y - 'ity uricr Tiay De maze ny rc:rI-
ipsrion papers, siguei ia the aggregate for
each candld tie by rot less tlan hve hum
irei one hundred or fifty qualified eleotors
Df ths stntc, ccnnty or civ rcsuactirely.
Nominations of candidates Icr other ciaccs
may be made by nomiua;icn papers,
sgnet in tho aggregate for each can,?i-
dnto by qualified e'ecIOrs o. Ike district OF
division for which such candidates are
nominated. not less III number Jhan one
for every two hundred persons wuo voted
ri The next prece iirg annual e;ectiou in
such distr CT or DIVISION s5'Sners of such
nomination papers may iUseIt iu them the
n llnes aud add essei of sach persons as
they desire. to the number of i've,
committee WHO may fl vacGucies caused
by death or withdrawal Eaca elector
signing nomination paper snail add TO his
signature his place oc residence, and esch
eiector may subscribe to one nomination
for each Office to be filed, and no more.
One OF the sisners TO each such separate
| paper, shall swear that the statements
therein al true, 10 the best OF his knowi-
edEs and belief. and the certificate of such
oath shall be annexed.
AL certificates o. nomination ard non,i
| nation papers shall be~ides containing the
namos OF candidates, sp- city rs TO each ~
tie Office for which he Is nominated; (2)
the party Or political principle which he
| represents expressed in nOtInore than three
words, (3) his place OF residence, with
| street anu number thereon, y any.
FILING OF CERTIFICATE5.
Sec 49, certificates OF nomination and
| nomination papers for the nomination OF
candidates fer state Offices shall be fled
with the secretary OF siate not less than
| tn rty uays previous to the day OF the cleo
| ton nt which the candidates are to be
voted for. Such certificates and papers
! for TIE nomination of candidates for
county, township and municipal Offices.
| cad Offices TO ne lille by the electors OF
any district lying within = county shall be
iicd with ths election boart;s of the re-
spcctive cuuntio4. ard for Offices to be filled
! by the electors OF Il district or circuit com
| posed OF TWO or more counties, with the
| eleri- OF the county board OF elections for
tne county contaiuing tlc greatest number
q: lnh titauts, as asccrtained by the last
| fedsra! census, net less thGn twelve days
| previous ~ the dav ai eicctio:;; provided,
tsat in ctios hav NJ election boards Ger
| tificate, for tae n ,n!nat,oa OF city Officers
mar 10 died vi h such city hoard, not less
tnan eight days previous 10 t5c day OF such
eiec;ion; a nj all certificates OF ooiination
and nomination papers, Wen fled, shall
| i,e open, uEder proper regU al t. pubic
inspection. aGl tho bocrcs Of elections
shall preserve the same in tier respective
Offices.
The certificates of nomination and
nomination papocs being So fled. aad being
In upparent conformity with ;hs PROVISIONS
| OF this act, snail uC uselhS To De NliiU, uil-
| less objection thereto is .iuiy made in writ
ing W hin five days alter ,hc fiji < thoreof.
| Such objections or other questions erlsing
| in relation 70 the nominations 0! candiiat es
fur stete Offices siIG!i be Considered by the
| secre. sry of the state and bis decision shall
| be final. Such objections or questions arig-
ing in the course of noIIn stions of canii-
dates for county city offices, shall be
| considered bv the county or city board o.
elections, respectively. (ald in the case o.
offices TO he tiiied hy the e!cc, ors uf n dis
tric. or circuit ccluaosed OF Two Or more
counties. by boar,i to be composed or the
| PRESIDENTS OF tie board OF e:ectiOns OF the
| several counties co!ni:os nS sail district or
circuit, which boaris shall meet aJ ire
Office OF the board OF electi rs of The county
which contained the greatest number Of
| inhabi ants at .be last federal census and
| its decision shall he final.
In case no de'is:cn can be arrived at BY
the county board, the matter i'll Controversy
| shail be submitted 10 o"e OF the Judges OF
the court of common pleas andif the board
can not otherwise agree, such ju ige shall lie
chosen by lot. Such judge shall sumnariy
decide the question thus submitted 10 him,
| and his decision shall be final. Shou d any
person SO nominated die withdraw or de
| cline the nom;nati N, OF should any certiii-
| cate of nomination be insufficient q: iJnper-
feet, tho vrcaucy thus 2ccasioned NAV be
filed in the manner required for original
pon;inatfons but must bo certified to the
| stats board of elections twenty (23) days,
| or to tho county board Of elections twelve
| G2) days previous to election day. Ii,
| When the original nomination was made,
| there was delegated to o committee the
power to fill vacancies, il may proceed to
fiji the same. The chairman ana secretary
of such comnittees shall thereupoa make
| and f'e with the proper officer Il cert fica'e
| setting forth the cause of the vacancy, the
nam0 OF the person romiEet ell, tie Office
| for which he was no;rina ed, the name oS
| the person for wh IN the new nominee is TO
be substituted, tic fact that the COM
mittee was alJhorizel ta fill vacancies;
AMI sucn othe- Information as 3 reqiired
tc be given in .n original certificate OF Iom-
| nation Tho certificate 90 made shall be
| executed, Acknowledged and sworn to in
the manner prescribed Tor the original GER
| tSicate Of nomination, and SHALL upon be-
| ing flied with the state board, ut least :
twenty (3;) DAYS, or with the county board
twelve (i2) days before election, aavo the
Same force and effect IS an original certtIi-
Cate of nomination.
II the certificate Of nomination of any
state convention shall request that the tl.y-
ure or device selected By such convention
, be used to designa.e the candidates of such
party on the ballots ror all elections through
| ont the state, such figure or device shall be
| SO used until changed by request OF Il sub
sequent state convention OF the same parry.
Such device may be the figure OF a star, an
| eagle, piow or some such appropriate SYM
| Dol, but the coat OF arms or seal of tho Stae
or OF the Unitod States, the national flag,
| or any other emblem comm on TO the reopie
AT large she'll not ne used rs such device.
Immediately unon thc expiration of the
| tire within which certj!lca1ss of nonina
| ticD may be filed with hin, the secretary
of state shai. certify copies OF all the cor
tificsJes SO iile ! to the cerEs of the county
| boards, and the clerk of the county board
| of he district or circuit with whom the
certificate OF district OF e-cuit nominations
has been filed, snail imm ediately certify
the same 10 the CLERKS o. tbc boards sof
| elecii LIB in all The other counties in such
| district Or circuit
FORM OF BALLOTS.
| Sec. IL. Every ballot intended fer the
use Of electors, which shall be printed in
| accordance with the provisions of this vet,
| shall contain the names and the party or q
| political de>ignati n of all caniidates
| whose nominations for any Offices specified
in the ballot have been duly made
| and not withdrawn in accordance here
| with
| The ARA 1cement OF the ballot shall, in
| general, conform as nearly as IS p-7acticahio
70 the piaI2 hereinatter given, and the de-
| vices named and list OF candidates OF the
| various parties shall be printed III parallel
columns, i'll such order IS the secretary OF
| state may direct, precedence, however,
| being given to tie party which polied the
| higher number of votes for the ne:.d of the
| ticzet in the next preceding election.
Whenever the approval OF a conSSitu-
| tional amendment or other question is to
be submitted 10 g vote of the people, such
| question shall be printed on the ballot az
| Ter the lis: of candidates The lots shall
/ lie 50 printed as 20 give TO each elector q
clear opportunity 70 designate by g cross
mark (X) il blank inclosed space at tho
left haad of. or within the lines inclosing
candidates and his answer to the question
su mittel.
On toe back shall be printed ''official bal
lot." the date OF the election. and fec
sirniios OF tie signatures Of the members of
the board which has caused the ballot to be
printed.
They shall DO printed on the same leaf
with u double stub and separated there
from by = perforated line, and shall be
bound, With the stubs attached thereto,
into b. b'oEs, one for each voting precinct
| which book SHALL contain at least twice as
many ballots as there We're votes cast at
such precinct at tue preceding election.
Upon the covers OF such books shall be
lrip tel he designation of the precinct for
which the ballots have been prepared.
The main stub shall be printed rs follows:
Con -ecutiVo numhers-(AfIer these words
the consecutive numbers shall be printed
beginning with one, AMI increasing in reg
ul2r numerical or,:er) provided, however, /
that any county board may direct that
such consecutive numbers shall MT be |
,rinte',, hut suali be "Tit. ol By the ballot
officer before delivering the ballot to the
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