The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-08-12
'rhe New Method Of Yoiip..

The Kangaroo" or Australian,
system of voting having been
adopted by orr present Legisla.
tire - the method by which we
shall vote on NIL questions in the
future, II stands every citizen vot.
er In the State In hand TO give
some attention to tho provisions
Of the law aud learn how TO cast
his ballot under its workings.
The Law Is somewhat complex, aud
the change from walking up to
tue polls and crying out for whom
you vote to the present secret
ballot 10 40 radical that it will take
u large number of the voters Of
the State a good many days to be.
come accustomed to the new or.
der OF things. -
Under the provisions Of the new
Law the sheriff will have to rent n
room IN each voting precinct in
the county in which TO hold the
election, and no precinct shall
have more than three hundred
voters. The sheriff shall also pro.
vrle tor each precinct u booth for
each one hundred voters. These
booths are 80 arranged that the
voter, when he goes into them. is
entirely concealed from the per.
sons ON Tie outside, aud only one
person. At u time In allowed to en-.
ter a.Apptlp.' and no person who 10
not acyoter, and. engaged at the
time iu casting his vote shall I've
Above toromain within ffty feet
Of tlse polls.
II ~ the ddty of the County
Clerk " ea0Il'c6unty to have the
Official b&lleta printed. THE names
OF all candidates of all political
persuasIOns shall be printed on
che ballot, with all of those of
one political faith printed In q
group 6Ader . device Tor picture)
indicating to what party they be-
long. No vote can be cast except
by using the. Official ballot prepar.
ed by the C0unty Clerk and given
out to the voter by the omcer Of
the election at the booth on the
day of the election aud at the time
the voter presents himself and
declares his desire TO vote. Tie
ballots are to he printed and bound
In q boob, Que book for each vot.
ing precinct In the county. and
each book must contain ffty per
cent. more ballots than there are
votes in the election district for
which the book 10 intended.
The polls will be opened ut Z
o'clock In the morning and kept
open continuously aud closed ut
4 O'Clock In the afternoon. There
can be no adjournment after the
polls are opened until they are
closed al 4 o'clock in the after.
noon. g.
How 20 vote: Any person do.
string 10 vote shall give his name
and residence to the clerk Of the
election, who shall write the same
upon the blank space on the main
stub of the ticket, aud upon the
secondary stub he will write the
full name OF the person desiring
to vote The clerk will detach
the ballot from The main stub aud
write his own name across the
back of the ballot and hand II
thus endorsed to the electOr. On
receiving the ballot from the clerk
the elector win retire ut once into
Que of the booths in the room
where he viii appropriately mark
his ticket by marking an Y OppO.
site the haine OF tho candidate he
desires to vote for, and in the
square opposite the name of such
candidate, and If he desires to
vote for each aud every candidate
on any ticket he may do so by
marking an Y IN the square con.
tanning the party device and pre-.
ceding the party name. All marx
ings Oh The ticket must be done
with Q black ink stencil furnished
each booth by the County Clerk.
After marking his ballot the cleo.
tor wlittod the same without dis.
playing the marks thereon, except
the endorsements and signature
LOT the County Clerk and Of the
clectIOnlcierk on the back of the
ballot which must be disclosed.
He shall deliver the ballot folded
to one Of the judges of the cleo
ton who shall detach the second
AIRY stub aud deposit the ballot in