The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-10-13

ian distractions to Rspublloan Commit
tssmsn ana voters In is9s.
Directions ~ to the manner Of mark
ing and voting the Australian ballot II
Ohio this year ought to be ~ simple d
the 4ethod itself. So far as the amend.
menf to the law q Last yeer made by
the Legislature at ite last session are con.
cerned the voter need keep in mind only
one very simple change. Look for the
eagle On the ballot, make your cross.
mark inside the circle below IL, Just
above the head Republican Ticket
fold the ballot 30 as to show the sigma.
lures on It's back, and hand 1t to the re.
ceiving judge of the election. You will
thus have done your whole duty as q
good citizen by voting the straight Re.
publican ticket. It is q noble privilege
and ought not to be neglected by any
voter.
Full instructions as to the manner Of
marking ballots and voting, according
to the provisions of the election laws OF
1892, have been prepared and issued un.
der the direction of the Republican State
Executive Committee. They embrace
all the information and directions neces.
sary for the information and guidance
of Precinct Committeeman, and all
other Republicans, and are as follows:
How to Vote.
1. Enter the polling place and give
your name, and in precincts where regis
tration laws are in force, your residence,
to the election officer holding the bal
lots, who will write your full name on
the secondary stub, or if you vote under
the registration laws, your registered
number.
2. The ballot and secondary stub will
then be detached from the main stub.
the ballot folded by the election officer
and handed to you. You will then enter
the guard rail and go alone to one of the
voting shelves for the purpose of
Marking the Ballot
by observing the following rules:
I. If you desire to vote straight
ticket" or in other words for each and
every candidate Of one party for what
ever Office nominated, you must either
(O Make q cross mark (X) in the
circular space below the device and
above the name Of the party at the head
of the ticket; or
(b) Make cross mark on the left of
and opposite the name of each and every
candidate of such party in the blank
space provided therefor.
Q. If you desire to vote q 'mixed
ticket, or In other worlds, for candi-
dates Of different parties, you may
(a) Make or omit to make Cross
mark in the circular space above the
name OF any party and make cross mark
in the blank space before the name Of
esch candidate for whom you desire 70
vote on whatever ticket he may be.
whose name - not on any Of the tickets
printed on the ballot, you may vote for
your candidate by writing his name in
the blank space directly under the name
Of the candidate for that Office. When
you do this be sure to make q cross
mark ct the left of the name 30 written.
In case of constitutional amendment
or other question being submitted to a
vote, you should make cross mark in
the blank space on the left Of and before
the answer which you desire tetgive.
Do not mark your ballot in any other
way.
II you spoil ballot, return it to the
election officer, and he will give you an
other. You can not have more than
two extra ballots, or three in all.
You are not allowed to occupy vot-
ing shelf already occupied by another,
or to speak or converse with any one ex-
cept the election officers.
You must mark your ballot In five
minutes.
Before leaving the voting shelf, fold
your ballot 80 as to show the endorse
ments and the fac simile signatures
the Deputy Supervisors of Elections,
and keep it so folded until you deliver it
70 the Judge Of Election.
Do not show any one how you have
marked your ballot.
Go 10 the ballot-box and deliver your
| ballot to the Presiding Judge. whose
duty Is 10 receive the same. and ieaye
The enclosed place as soon a. you have
voted.
A voter who declares to the Presiding
Judge that for any reason he Is unable
70 mark his ballot may receive the as
distance Of two Of the Judges Of Election
| h marking the sama.
The ballot must he marked with q
bl4ek. .leeA pencil.
You afJ not allowed to re-enter the
/ snclosed place sitter having voted.
An elector who does not vote balloA
6aliveFed to him must return the came
70 the election officers before leaving the
polling plaoe.
~ g. w. F. DICK, Chairman.
/ JN0. r. MALLoY, Secretary.
Even Pearl Buttons Are Cheaper.
New York Press: Since the Mckinley
tariff passed, Henry Graham, manu-.
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