The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-04

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and the truth of these facts shall b,
verified by the affidavit annexed to tn,
certificate or paper of two members o
the committee, and also of at least TIVE
of the officers of the convention whI
made affidavit in support of the origi
nal certificate, or two of the citizens
who made affidavit to the original pa
| per; and provided also that in case O
a substituted nomination paper moi
filed by a committee but signed by
citizens, it shall only be necessary that
two-thirds Of the signers of the sale
paper shall have been signers of the
original paper.
OBJECTIONS TO SUBSTITUTES.
Sec. 12. All substituted nomina.
tion certificates or papers may be OBJ
.jected to as provided in section seven
of this act, and if substituted certi.
ficate or paper be filed after the last
day for filing the original certifcatf
or paper, objections must be made
within four days after the filing, and 40
objections as to form or conformitEfo
law shall be received after the Il he
set for printing the ballots.
AS soon as any substituted carli-
date shall have been duly nomin, ted
his name shall be substituted by the
proper officers in the place of thh of
the candidate who has died or with
drawn, so far as time may allow jor in
case a substituted nomination " filed
with or transmitted to the Jounty
commissioners or township or brough
auditors after the ballots haSe been
printed, the said commissioners or
auditors shall prepare and distribute
with the ballots suitable slips of paper
bearing the substituted name, toget-
her with the title of the Office and hay
ing adhesive paste upon tie reverse
side, which shall be offerei to each
voter with the regular balloi, and may
be affixed thereto.
Sec. 13. The county commissioners
of each county, shall cause all the bal
lots to be used therein to be printed,
except for elections of officers of town
ships and boroughs, and ELECTION Off
GERS and school directors in the same,
the ballots for which shall be printed
and distributed by the auditors, who
shall certify the cost of such printing
and distribution to the county COM
missioners for payment as part of
county election expenses. The said
commissioners and auditors shall as
certain the offices to be filled and
shall be responsible for the accurate
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.
Sec. IA. The face of every ballot
which shall be printed in accordance
with the provisions 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 nomina-
tions made by a convention Of dele
gates, or otherwise as described in Sec
tion two, representing political
party which at the election next pre-
ceding polled at least 8 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
nominated by such political party shall
be arranged in groups as presented in
the several certificates of nomination
under the designation ofthe office with
the party descriptive words or politi-
cal appellation at the head of each
group. Such groups shall be printed
in the order of the vote polled by each
political party at the last preceding
election, beginning with the party
which secured the highest vote. In all
other cases of nomination by nomina-
tion papers the names of the candi-
dates for each Office shall be arranged
under the designation Of the office in
alphabetical order according to the
surnames. There shall be left at the
end of the list of candidates for each
different office (or under the title of the
OllGb lkbtlA lOl " MIN an tAtGblDl 10 "
be held = 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 per
son whose name is not printed on the
ballo. for whom he desires TO vote as
for such office, and such in
serti0n shall count as a vote without
the cross mark (X) hereinafter men
toned. Whenever the approval Of a
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 DC SO printed to as
give to each voter a clear opportunity
to designate his choice Of candi-
lates by crossmark (x) in sufficient
margin at the right Of the name of each
and in like manner his ans
wer to the questions submitted, and on
the ballot may be printed instructions
how to mark, and such words as will
aid the voter to do this as "vote for
one" "vote for three" yes" "no," and
the like, provided that a voter may
designate his choice Of all the candi-
datas of a nolitical marty or prOuD by