Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-10-14
Instructions 20 Voters.

The Australian system OF ballot
ing which will be used in a general
election for the first time, III this
state, Is sure to make more or less
confusion. It can not be impressed
too early or too often upon the minds
Of the voters that great care is nee
essary in marking the ballot. II the
person Is able to read and write he
issgiven ballot and has to enter a
con- partment alone and mark it un-
assisted. So necessary has 1t been
deemed to instruct all in the use OF
this ballot, that Hon. F. p. Brown,
secretary of State has issued the fol-
lowing Instructions: z.
The Judges of Election will furnish each
person entitled to- vote with one ballot Of each
kind that is to be voted. The voter will then
retire, alone, to one of the stalls or rooms pro-
vided for that purpose, and make cross (x) mark
| on the line of the name Of each candidate for
whom he wishes to vote, in tho space left for
that purpose. n ~. ~ s. j
He will then fold his ballot in such way as to
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the judges Of election may be seen on its back,
hand it to one of the judges who shall DEPOSIT 1t
in the proper box. The voter will then retire
from the voting room. 1fany voter, by mistake,
spoils ballot he shall return 1t to the judges Of
election, who shall preserve It, and furnish the
elector with new one If the voter places a
cross Ky mark opposite tho names of two OF
more persons running for the same Office, said
o. ho11 of obo11 ~ ho &od fhooo
Voters may be allowed to carry with them a
sample ballot for use in assisting them in mark
ing the official ballot.
If any person during the day of election, and
before the closing of the polls, remove from the
polling room any of the ballots printed for thai
election, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be punished by u fine not exceeding one
hundred (lOO) dollars, or Imprisonment not
exceeding six months, or both. II :
When an elector shall make oath that he cannot
read or that he cannot read English, or tina
because of physical disability he cannot mark hi
ballot, he shall have the right to call to his ait
one or more of the judges of election, or
qualified elector who may read the ballot to ane
mark the ballot for each voter, in the preseec
Of two Of the judges of election provided that nj
person shall 80 mark tho ballots of more thar
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election. Such person shall mark the ballot a
directed by such voter and not otherwise.
! Any judge of election, or any person marking
the ballot of voter, who shall disclose to an
other person the namo of any candidate vote
for by such elector, or shall mark the ballot II
any other manner than as directed by the votel
| shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on con
viction shall be punished by fine of not les
than thirty (3O dollars, nor more than tw
hundred (20O dollars, or by imprisonment in tn
county jail not less than ten days nor more thai
ninety days, or both such fine and Imprisonment
Any person in the polling room or compart
ment connect ed Herewith, who shall persuade 0
attempt to persuade any person to vote for an
: particular candidate shall be deemed guilty 1T
[ misdemeanor for each and every person s
, approached, and on conviction shall be punishe
by fine or by imprisonment
Ifany person after having marked his ballot
t shows it to anyone except as hereinbefore pro
vided, the judge of election shall refuse to 1eceiv
D or place in the ballot box such ticket.