Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-05
INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS.
Text OF the Law and the Method Of Pre-.
pairing Your Ballot.

SEC. 77.-An eIector desiring TO
vote shall give his name, if desired SO
TO do, his residence, TO one of the
clerks of election, who shall there
upon announce the same in loud and
distinct tone of voice, clear and au-
dible, and if such name is found on
the clerks list by the election officer
in charge thereof, he shall likewise re-
peat the said name, and the voter
shall be allowed to enter the space
enclosed by the guard rail as herein
before provided. The distributing
clerk shall give him one, and only one
ticket, and his name shall be immedi-
ately checked on said list by placing
mark on the registry list 10 denote
that he has received a ticket, and the
ticket must be stamped on the back
and near the top of the ticket with
the Official Stamp by the distrlbut-
ing clerk, and thereupon delivered to
to the elector. Besides the election
officers, not more than one voter in
excess of the voting shelves or com
partments provided, shall be allowed
IN the enclosed space at one time.
SEC. 7s,-0n receipt Of this ticket
the voter shall forthwith. and without
leaving the enclosed space, retire alone
to one of the voting shelves or COM
partments so provided and shall pre-
pare his ticket by marking in the APP
propriate margin, or place cross (Xl
opposite the name of the candidate
Of his choice for each Office TO be fill
ed or writing the name of the person
for whom he wishes to vote in the
blank space provided therefor. in the
column or division of the ticket for
that purpose provided, and marking a
cross (X) opposite thereto and in
case of question submitted to vote
Of the people, by marking in the APP
propriate margin or place cross tX)
against the answer which he desires,
to give, Before leaving the voting
shelf or compartment, the voter shall
fold his ticket without displaying the
marks thereon, and so expose the inn
preston of the official stamp on the
back and shall keep the same folded
until he has voted. He shall then
\ hand his ballot to one of the judges
and announce his name. He shall
mark dis ticket or ballot without de.
lay, and shall quit said enclosed space
as soon as he has voted. No such
voter shall be allowed to occupy a
voting shelf or compartment already
occupied by another or TO remain with
in said enclosed space more than ten
minutes, nor to occupy voting shell
or compartment for more than five
minutes in case of all such shelves oil
compartments are in use and and 9th
er voters are waiting to occupy the
same No voter not an election officer
whose name has been checked on the
list of the election officers, shall be
allowed TO re.enter said enclosed space
during said election. 1t shall be the
duty of the judges for the time being
TO secure the observance of the pro
visions of this section.
/ Sec. 20. No person shall take OF
remove any ticket from :he polling
place before the close of the polls. II
an elector inadvertently or by mistake
spoils ticket, he shall return it fold
ed to the distributing clerk, who must
il satisfied of such inadvertance, give
him another ticket. The ticket thus
rejected shall, without examination
be Immediately cancelled by writing
across the back or the outside of the
ticket as folded the works ''spoiled
ticket, another issued" and deposit
the detected ticket in box provided
for that purpose. And no one shall
be allowed within the guard rails oI
the polling place, except the election
officers duely appointed, together witt
the number Of voters, as provided II
this act