The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-10-16
NEW ELECTION LAW.
CONTINUED.


lot which shall be printed in accordance
with the provisions OF this act, shall
contain the names and residences of
all candidates whose nomination for
any Office specified in the ballot shall
have been duly made, except such as
may have died or withdrawn The
names of candidates shall be present.
ed in the following manner and order:
In the case of certificates of nomi
nations made by convention of dele.
gates or otherwise, as described in sec
ton two, representing political party,
which, at the election next preceding,
polled at least three per centum Of the
highest entire vote cast in the State or
electoral district or division thereof for
which such nominations are made as
described in section two, the names of
all the candidates so nominated BY
such political party, shall be arranged
in groups as pre-. ,ted in the several
certificates of nomination, under the
designation of the Office, with the par
ty. descriptive words or political appel
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.
ing with the party which secured the
highest vote. In all other cases of
nomination by nomination papers, the
names of the candidates for each office
shall be arranged under the designa-
ton of the Office in alphabetical order.
according to the surnames. There
shall be left at the end of the list of
candidates for each different office, (or
under the title of the office itself for
which an election is to be held, in case
there be no candidates legally nomina.
ted 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
is. 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 a 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 bale shall be so printed as to
give to each voter a clear opportunity
to designate his choice of candidates
by cross-mark (x) in a sufficient mar
gin at the right Of the name of each
candidate, and in like manner his an
swer to the questions submitted, and
on the ballot may be printed instruc-
tons how to mark and such words as
will aid the voter to do this, as "vote
for one," "vote for three" "yes,' "no",
and the like: Procided, That voter
may designate his choice of all the
candidates ofa political party or group
by one cross-mark in the margin to the
right Of the party name or political |
designation Of such group, and snch
mark shall be equivalent to mark |
against every name in the group.
SECTION IS. All the ballots used at |
the same voting place at any election
shall be alike, and 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 small
er than the size known as "brevier' or
eight point body,') upon white paper,
without any impression or mark to dis.
tinguish one from another, except as
expressly authorized herein or Dy the
Constitution Of this Commonwealth.
Each ballot shall be attached to a stub
or counterfoil, and all the ballots for
the same voting place shall be bound
together in convenient numbers in
books, in such manner that each bal
lot MAJ be detached and removed
separately.
A diagonal folding line shall be print.
ed on the right hand upper corner Of
the back of each ballot, and the said
corner shall be edged with adhesive
paste SO that the corner, when folded
at the folding g-hne, can be securely
fastened down over the number now
required by the Con stitution of the
Commonwealth, SO that the said num-
Der cannot be seen without unfasten-
ing or cutting open the part SO fastened
down. The top of each ballot shall /
have margin Of equal size on both
back and face, ard the said folding.
lne shall be upon this margin, but
nothing else shall be printed thereon
except instructions how to mark: Pro
rided, That if at any time the said
Constitution shall cease to require bal
lots to be numbered, the foregoing re-
quirements as to the folding-hne, the
margin and the adhesive paste shall
be void.
On the back of each ballot, or on
the right hand side of the back, if the
ballot is printed in two columns, there
shall be printed as caption, 'official
ballot for" followed by the designation |