Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-13
ELECTION LAW.
Points for Use in the Coming
City Election.
Features of the Law Which
Was Adopted Last Year.
The New Law to Be Tried for the
First Time.
Municipal Elections to Be Reid on the
11th of April-HOw to Be NOmi-
nated-The Ballots-How They
Should Be Marked.

Should Be Marked.
On the 11th of next month, all cities
of third class and below will hold muni-
cipal elections. A few extracts from
election laws OF the state, as amended
by the last legislature, will be found OF
interest, as follows:
BALLOTS AND OTHER PRINTING TO BE AT
PUBLIC EXPENSE.
Sec. 1885, Pol. Code. All ballots cast
in elections for public officers within
the state, shall be printed and dis
tributed at public expense, as herein
after provided.
WHAT A CONVENTION is.
Sec. 1856, Pol. Code. Any conven-
ton, as hereinafter defined, held for the
purpose of making nominations for pub
lie Office. and also electors, to the num-
Der hereinafter specified, may nominate
candidates for public office to be
filled by election within the state. A
convention, within the meaning OF this
act. is an organized assemblage OF dele
gates representing a political party,
which, at the last election before the
holding of such convention, polled at
least per cent of the entire vote of the
state, county, district or other political
division for which the nomination is
made; provided, that in any county,
township, city or district, wherein no
general election shall have been held
after it's organization, convention of
any party polling at least 8 per cent of
the votes cast in the precincts compos-
ing such county, township, city or dis
trict, shall have the same power, and it's
nominations the same effect, as though
such county, township, city or district
had been organized before the next pre-
ceding general election.
CERTIFICATE OF NoMINATIoN-PARTY DEsIG-
NATION.
Sec. 1857, Pol. Code-All nominations
made by any such convention shall be
certified az follows: The certificate of
nomination, which must be in writing,
shall contain the name of each person
nominated, his residence. and the Office
for which he is nominated, and shall
designate the party or principle which
such convention represents. 1t shall be
signed by the chairman and secretary
Of such convention, who shall add to
their signatures their respective places
of residence, and make oath, before an
officer authorized to administer the
same, that the matter stated in such
certificate is true to the best of their
knowledge and belief, and certificate
of the oath shall be annexed to the GER
tificate of nomination.
HOW CANDIDATES ARE NOMINATED OTHER
THAN BY coNvENTIoN-oATH TO BE
TAKEN.
Sec. 1888, Pol. Code. A candidate for
public Office may be nominated other
wise than by a convention in the man
ner following: A certificate of nomina-
ton containing the name of the candi-
date to be nominated, with the other
information required to be given in the
certificate provided for in section 11S7
of this code, shall be signed by electors
residing within the district or political
division for which candidates are to be
presented, equal in number to at least 5
per cent of the entire vote cast at tine
last preceding election in the state, dis
trict, or political division for which the
nomination is to be made. Said sigma
lures need not all be appended to one
paper, but each signer shall add to his
signature his place of residence, giving
the street and number, when he resides
in city. One of the signers of each
such certificate shall swear that the
statements therein made are true to the
best of his knowledge and belief, and q
certificate of such oath shall be an
nexed. Such a certificate, when made
as above prescribed, shall have the
same effect as certificate of nomination
made by party convention.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR voTERs-oNE
VOTING BOOTH FOR EVERY FIFTY ELECT
ORs-wHo ADMITTED.
Sec. 1908. Pol. Code. All officers upon
whom is imposed by the law OF the state
the duty of designating polling places,
shall cause such polling places to be
suitably provided with q ballot-box, to
be marked on the outside, General
Tickets" and when any city, city and
county, or town officers are to be elected,
a second ballot box, to be marked on
the outside, Municipal Tickets :" and
shall also provide sufficient number of
places, booths, or compartments, at or
in which voters may conveniently mark
their ballots, go that in the marking
thereof they may be screened from the
observation of others, and guard-rail
should be go constructed and placed that
only such persons as are inside said rail
can approach within six feet of the bal
lot-boxes, and of such booths or
compartments. The arrangements shall
be such that neither the ballot boxes
nor the box-booth or compartments
shall be hidden from the view of those
just outside the said guard-rail. The
number of such voting booths or COM
partments shall not be less than one for
every fifty electors qualified to vote in
the precinct. No person other than
electors engaged in receiving, prepar-
ing, or depositing their ballots, shall be
permitted to be within said rail before
the closing of the polls, except by
authority Of the board of election, and
then only for the purpose OF keeping
order and enforcing the law. Each OF
said voting booths or compartments
shall be kept provided with proper sup
plies and conveniences for marking the
ballots.
HOW BALLOT is PREPARED-A CROSS Ky TO
BE MADE WITH sTAMP-METHoD OF
VOTING.
Sec. 1905 Pol. Code. On receipt Of hit
ballot, the elector shall forthwith, and