Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-08

be necessary that two-thirds of the signers of
tho signers of the said paper shall have been
signers of the original paper.
Section IL. All substituted nomination certi-
ficatss or papers may be objected to as provid-
ed in section seven of this act, and if a substi-
tuted certificate or paper be filed after the last
day for filing the original certificate or paper,
objections must be made within four days after
the filing, and no objection as to form or con-
formity to law shall be received after the time
set for printing the ballots.
As soon as any substituted candidate shall
have been duly nominated, his name shall be
substituted by the proper officers in the place
OF that of the candidate who has died or with
drawn, so far as time may allow, or in case Il
substituted nomination be filed with or trans
mitted to the county commissioners, or town
ship or borough auditors, after the ballots have
been printed, the said commissioners or audi
tors shall prepare, and distribute with the bal
lots, suitable slips of paper bearing the substi-
tuted name together with the title of the Office,
ana having adhesive paste upon the reverse
side, which shall be offered to each voter with
the regular ballot, and may be affixed thereto
Section ID. The county commissioners of each
county shall cause all the ballots to be used
therein to be printed, except for elections of
officers of townships and boroughs, and cleo
tion officers and school directors i'm the same
the ballots for which shall be printed and dis
tributed by the auditors, who shall certify the
cost of such printing and distribution to the
county commissioners for payment, as part of
county election expense, The said commits
sioners and auditors shall ascertain the offices
to be filled and shall be responsible for the ac-
curate printing of the ballots, in accordance
with this act, and for the safe keeping of the
same while in their possession, or that of their
subordinates or agents.
How Ballots Are Printed.
Section IA. The face of every ballot, which
shall be printed in accordance with the provis-
ions 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or withdrawn.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 presented in the following manner and
order
In the case of certificates of nominations
made by Il convention of delegates, or other
wise as described in section two, representing Il
political party which at the election next pre-.
ceding polled ut 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 nomi-
mated by such political party shall be arranged
in groups as presented in the several certif-
Gates of nomination under the designation OF
the Office with the party descriptive words or
political appelation at the head of each group.
Such groups shall be printed in the order of
the vote pol!ed by each political party ut the
last preceding election, beginning 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 designation
of the Office in alphabetical order according to
the surnames. There shall be left mt the end
of the list of candidates for each different Office
(or nnder the title of the Office itself for which
an election is to be held in case there be no
candidates legally nominated therefor) as many
blank space 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 Il vote without the crossmark (x)
hereinafter mentioned. Whenever the appro-
val of n constitutional amendment 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 Use of the Pencil.
The ballot shall be printed so as to give to
choice of candidates by Il crossmarx (x) in a
m nj ipht of tha nj
each candidate, and in like manner his answer
to the questions submitted, and on the ballot
may be printed instructions how to mark, and
vote for one" "vote for three" "yes," mo, -
and the like provided the voter may designate
his choice of all the candidates of political
party or group by one crossmark in the mar
gin to the right of the party name or political
designation of such group, and such mark
shall be equivalent to mark against every
name in the group.
Section 10. 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 smaller
than the size known as "brever" or "eight-
point body') upon white paper without any
impression or mark to distinguish one from
another except as expressly authorized herein
or by the constitution of this commonwealth.
Each ballot shall be attached to stub or
counterfoil, and all the ballots for the same
voting place shall be bound together in con =
venient numbers in books in such manner that
each ballot may be detached and removed sep
arately.
A diagonal folding line shall be printed 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 line, can be fastened
down over the number now required by the
constitution of this commonwealth, so that the
said number 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 and the said
folding line shall be upon this margin. but