The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-03-03
rHE AUSTRALIAN rALLor Law.

law for the election, the secretary of.
state shall arrange, IN the manner pro-
yided in this act for the arrangement of
the names, and other information Upon
the ballots, all the names and other in
formation concerning all the candidates
contained in the certificates of nomina-
tion which have been fled with him and
accepted by the nominees, In accordance
with the provisions of this act, and he
shall forthwith certify the same under
the seal of the state and file the same in
his Office, and make and transmit du-
plicate thereof by registered letter, to
the county clerk of each C unity III the
state, and he@hall also post q duplicate
thereof IN a -conspicuous place in his of
fice, and keep the same posted until af-
ter said election has taken place.
Sec. As. Not more than 10 and not
less than ~ days before the day fixed by
law for the election, the county clerk of
each county shall arrange, in the man
ner provided by this act for the arrange
ment of the names and other informa-.
ton upon the ballots,;a the names and
candidates contained in the certificates
of nomination which have been filed
with him, and accepted by nominees,
and which have been certified to him by
the secretary of state, in accordance
with the provisions of this act, and he
shall forthwith certify the same under
the seal of the county court and file the
same in his office, and make and post a
duplicate thereof in conspicuous
place in his Office and keep the same
posted until after the election has taken
place; and heSshall forthwith proceed
and cause to be printed, according to
law, the colored or sample ballots, and
the white ballots required by this act.
Sec. AZ. The county clerk of each
county shall cause to be printed accord
ing to law all the ballots required under
the provisions of this act, and shall fur
nish the same in the manner hereafter
provided for the use of all electors in the
county. Ballots other than those fur
nished by the respective county clerks,
according to the provisions of this act,
shall not be used or circulated or cast,
or counted in any election provided for
in this act.
Sec. 4S. all ballots designed to be
voted shall be printed in black ink upon
a good quality OF. white paper, and shall
be alike and of the same size in the
some county and at the same election.
Duplicate impressions of the same shall
be printed upon cheaper colored paper
so as to be readily distinguished from
white ballots. These colored ballots
shall be used solely as sample ballots for
the information and convenience of
VOTERS. and shall not be voted, and if
voted shall not be counted.
Sec. 40. The ballots shall be styled
Official ballot; shall state the number or
name of the precinct and county they
are intended for, and the date when the
election is to be held; ehall contain the
names of all the candidates for offices to
be filed at that election whose nomina-
tions have been duly made and accepted
as herein provided, and who have
not died or withdrawn, and shall
contain no other names of per-
sons, except that in the case of
electors of president and vice. presi-
dent of the United States, the names of
the candidates fol president and vice
president may be added to the party or
political designation; the name of the
city or town or county in which the can
didate resides shall be added to the
name of each candidate; the name of
each person nominated shall be printed
upon the ballot in but one place, but
there shall be added opposite thereto
the party or political designation, ex-
pressed in not more than three words for
any one party, as specified in each of the
certificates of nomination nominating
him for the Office. The names OF the
candidates for each Office shall be
arranged under the designation of the
Office in alphabetical order, according to
surnames, except that the names of can
didates for the office of electors of presi-
dent and vice-presidents shall be arranged
IN groups, as presented in the several
certificates OF nomination. There shall
be left at the end of the. list of candidates
for each different Office as many blank
spaces as there are persons to be elected
to such Office, in which the elector may
write in the name of any person not
printed on the ballot, for whom he de-
desires to vote as candidate for such
office. On the left margin of the ballots
the name of the uppermost candidate
as printed shall be numbered 12, the
next candidate 13, the next IA, and so
on consecutively to the end ofthe ballot.
The blank lines shall not be numbered.
Whenever approval of constitutional
amendment or other question is SUBJ
mitted to the vote of the people, such
questions shall be printed upon the ballot
after the list of candidates, and each an
swer be numbered on the left margin
as in the case of the name of candidates.