The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-03-12
The Proposed Ballot LAW.
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vided into sub-distriCts.
(2) County Boards of Election
are abolished. The duties of tn
, county boards, so far as they relat
to the letting OF contracts an,
printingof ballots, as we'll as can
vassing the returns, are placed il
the hands of the County Clerk.
(3.j Nominations for State officer
are filed with the Secretary o
State as under the old law. Nom
inations for county officers are re
quired to be fled with the Count,
Clerk, and for township or munici
pal officers with the clerk of thu
! township or corporation. Nomina
tions for district officers are requir.
ed to be fled with the clerk of the
county in the district or circuit
having the greatest population as
heretofore, except that provision is
made for the filing of nominations
for Judges of the Common Pleas
Court with the clerk of the county
having the greatest population ir
! the subdivision of the district.
| a. The appointment of judge:
and clerks of elections are vested
in cities where there are boards OF
elections, in said boards, and in
townships and corporations, in
which the voters are not register.
ed, the appointment is vested in
the clerk of the township or cor
poration. In municipalities coun-
cilmen are ex-officio judges of the
election, except, that in townships
not divided into election precincts,
If all tke trustees are of the same
political party, the two whose terms
expire soonest are authorized to
serve, and the clerk of the town.
ship appoints the other judges.
The division of the precincts in
cities having registration is the
same as at present; in municipali-
ties and townships, where the vo-
ters are not registered the matter
of dividing the precincts is in the
discretion of the council of the
corporation or the County Commits
sioners as heretofore.
(5.) The manner of marking the
ballot has been simplified by re-
tanning two of the four ways in
which the ballot could be marked
under the old law. The proposed
lawprovides that where a voter desi
res to vote for each and every can
didate on ballot he can do so by
placing cross mark at the left of
the party nam ed; if he desires to
vote mixed ticket, or omit name
or names of any candidates, he is
required to place cross-mark at
the left of the name of each candi-
date for whom he desires to vote.
co. AT the expiration of the time
when certificates of nominations
may be filed the officers with whom
such certificates are filed are re-
4uired to certify them to the clerk
Of the county who has the ballots
printed and delivers them to the
proper officers.
(7) The purchase of all supplies,
including poll-books and tally
sheets, is made by the Clerk of
Courts and paid out of the County
Treasury, but in the case of munic-
ipal elections the expenses is char,
ged back to the political division
in which the election was held.
(S) The law provides that in
Presidential years in addition to
the names of the Presidential
electors the names of the candi-
dates for President and Vice Pres
ident may also be placed on the
ballot at the head of each ticket.
Co., The provision of the old law
which required the elector to so
fold his ballot as to disclose the fac
simile signatures of the officers
causing the ballot to be printed is
modified by requiring him only to
so fold it as to conceal the marks
on the face of the ballot.
(1O) Under the present bill the
ballots instead of being destroyed
are required to be put back in the
box after being counted and pre-
served for one year for judicial or
other investigation.
Q1.) The returns are made in du-
plicate and one tally-sheet and one
poll-book filed with the clerk of the
township or municipality and the
other poll'book and tally-sheet
with the clerk of courts.
(l2) The canvasslng of returns
for State officers is the same as
under the old law before the adop-
tion of the Australian system.
Q39 The Prosecuting Attorney
of each county is made the legal
adviser of all officers having du-
les to perform under the act and