Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-06-19
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
THE NEW MEASURE TO PRE-
VAIL IN ILLINOIS.

u hiH-lts Chief Provisions. lind iscrtrn.
inatc Nominations Freventesi-isallot TO
Q Preserved SIX Months.
he House and S@nate finally agreed
upon ba lot reform bill aud passed Il.
1t is modeed after the Australian sys.
TEN. A Senate amendment to number
the ballots to correspond with the mum.
bars on the poll book was rejected. as
that would have destroyed secrecy. The
measure takes effect July l. The chief
features of the measure are theses
Under this law the candidate must re-
Ceive regular nomination by o political
party which pollcd at least per cent.
OF tie entire vot, at the last preceding
election, or by nomination papers In
such ease tho certificates OF nomination
are duly authenticated and given to the
officer whose duty IL is to print the bal
lots. Due provision Is made for inde-
pendent candidates getting their name
upon the ticket by the nomination pa
pers. The ballots are to be printed In
State and county elections by tho Coun.
ty Cerk, in city elections by the City
Clerk, ami in township elections by tho
Town Clerk In Chicago the printing Of
them vii be attended to by tho Board
OF Election Commits ioners. The names
Of all the candi lales of the different
PARTIES must be laced upon one ballot
No ballots can @ obtained by any one
except thos which are legally printed
and bear the signature Of the proper
i;cer: aud tho ballots are given alone
to tho judges Of election, who are COM
peeled under penalty TO account for
every ballot received from the officer
who has them printed, whether saved,
voted, destroyed, or mutilated; COM
p etc check is kept upon all the ballots.
The voter can only obtain his ticket
after entering the voting room and from
the judge Of election; aud In Chicago it
will be the proper officer under the law.
This ballot he takes and retircs to an
apartment which Is in sight Of tho
judges, and prepares 1t, returns and
PAGES it in tho hands of the judge who
deposits it in the ballot box. At tho
head OF each list of candidates there
will Ge party name or some words 10
designate tho political party. The ticket
viii be almos. Identical with the Indi-
ana blanket ballot. The officers who
have tie ballots printed will also have
prepared full cards Of insti uction to the
voters, which will give them ample in
formation as to tho manner OF voting
uuu tI.o OtlcI ItQulIcHltuts Vi tu6 law
In each OF tho rooms in which the
election Is he'd there will be furnished
snail booths or apartments In which the
voter must 60 and secretly and alone
prepare his ballot, No one can be In the
room where the voting takes place ex-
Ccpt three or four persons who may be
waiting their turn to enter q voting
booth. No elcctioneering Is allowed
within hundred feet Of the polls, and
no person is allowed within that space.
Due care is taken in the bill to provide
for any person who is unable to read.
The ballots will be preserved for six
months, carefully folded and strung
upon wire which Is tied and sealed.
The ballots will not be numbered, and It
is thought 1t will be impossible TO ascer.
tain how an elector voted, even II the
ballots should be inspected by the city
or county clerk. In the country the
time Of opening tho polls Is changed 70
o'clock, and the time Of closing 10
o'clock. The Chicago law In that respect
remains as it now is.
Tho Senate bills appropriating 81, 900
for an additional building to the kanka-
kee Insane Asylum to accommodate 800
additional patients, and $4,000 for mis-
celIancous repairs, were also agreed to
by the House and passed, as was the
Senate bill making Oh appropriation for
the Joliet penitentiary. 1t appropriates
Si00,0 to de'ray such portion Of the
current expenses Of the Illinois State
Penitentiary at Joliet as, on the expirs-
tion OF the first fiscal quarter after the
adjournment Of the next General Assem-.
bly,, the earnings OF convict labor In said
penitentiary may be insufficient to do.
fray; also to enable the commissioners
OF said penitentiary to keep employed
81 prisoners who may be left without
employment by the expiration Of any
contracts now In force. Tho commits
sioners are authorized to expend so much
OF the amount appropriated as may be
necessary for tools, machinery and raw
material sufficient to keep employed ell
prisoners In the penitentiary who may
become idle and to provide for the sale
OF goods manufactured. The commits
sioners shall employ said prisoners at
such occupations as are best adapted
to secure their health, discipline and
reformation.