The state herald., 1891-10-23
HOW TO VOTE.
Details Of tho Method Of Casting Bal:
lots lndar the Nav Law,


lots Under the New Law.
Booths are TO be furnished BY the
county commissioners and ihclosed In .
railing where the judges are also stationed
with the ballot box.
Tho only persons allowed inside the rail
ing are the Judges aud clerks of election
and one watcher for each OF the great
political parties. Chal!engers from tho
various political parties are allowed 10 re,
main outside the railing but no one else Is,
except voters awaiting their turn to ballot
Voters form into limo outside tho railing
and are admitted inside the enclosure until
nine have boon counted. II there arc four
voting booths In the enclosure, and this
will be the usual number erected, although
In tho more crowded precincts five will be
erected, four Of the nine will be directed to
the booths, while the other Ave wait their
turn to make out their tickets. To explain
the case more thoroughly II would be best
to take the case Of single voter. As SOON
US he appears at the cato he calls out his
name and address, Tho Judge examines
the registry book and II he has been regis
tered properly he is admitted inside the
enclosure and walks to the judges. He Is
given u large sheet Of paper on which
are printed all the tickets in the field
Each ticket is headed by its emblem--the
Republican ticket by an englc, the Demo
cratic ticket by n rooster, etc. Above
these embems is blank space divided by
pcrforaton running across the tpp over
the tickets, into two narrow strips. A
Judge places his monogram on the upper Of
these two spaces and also on the lower one
and .pnssssrs ootn spaecs, sucs- asrlJ =.
Then he folds the ticket and gives |. to
the voter. Tho latter journeys to one Of
the booths and marks the ticket he desires
10 vote.
II he wishes to vote straight ticket he
places cross over the names Of candidates
and under the emblem Of the ticket, In n
space reserved for such mark. II he does
not desire to vote straight ticket he
places crosses on the right side Of the
names Of the candidates he desires to vote
for. II, however, he should place the
cross at the head Of one ticket aud cross
at the name OF some candidate on another
ticket, such an act throws out his vote for
the particular candidate he votes for, also
for the latter candidates opponent on the
ticket his cross on top indicated he voted
for.
After the voter has Arranged his ticket
he returns to the Judges, gives his name u
second time and hands his ticket to one Of
the Judges. The latter compares the mum
Der on the slip he has torn from the top OF
the ticket Then he tears of the second
slip, writes the number on the ticket in its
upper right hand corner, turns down the
corner and hands the ticket back to the
voter. The latter then places 1t in tho bal
lot box and leaves the place.
The FIRST slip is torn OF the ticket and
numbered in order TO keep tally on the
ticket voted and also on the tickets given
out. The Judges know at once when
ticket is presented to them whether or MT
it is one given out by them, by the number
and monogram. Thus ut the end Of tho
day the exact number Of votes cast are
known. Polling places under the new law
must bo located 100 feet distant from LID.
uor saloons and no liquor is allowed to be
brought into them. The law makes every
provision for protecting tho voter as will
be shown on election day.