Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-08-11

section s. Of the revised laws as amended
by section of No. GO Of the acts OF 1884
and sections &C aud ~ of the revised laws to
ascertain the right dates for making, post
ing and fling the check list, for giving no
ticc of the meeting to revise it, and for
making and posting the warning,
which warning should be recorded
before it is posted, See No. 1871 Of nets of
1883. For making the check list to be used
in November next, at tho election of elect
ors of president and vico- president, revising
the same, and issuing the warning, see sec
tiong 20 and . Of the Revised Laws, and
No. 13l Of the acts Of 1888.
THE NEW BALLOT ACT.
Under number of the acts of 1890. as
amended by number Of tho acts of the
special session Of 1891, tho county clerk
will furnish the proper officers Of your
town with an official ballot to be used in
voting for all officers excepting town repre-
sentative and justices OF the peace. Your
town will need to provide three ballot boxes
one .or the official ballots that win lie
furnished 10y tho county clerk, one for the
official ballots fer town rel rcsentatives, and
one for those of justices of the Peace; and
iC your town has more than ono polling
place three boxes must be provided for each
OF the polling place including voting booths,
and the duties of YOUR town officers in re.
gard TO the ballots and conduct Of the elcc-
ton, there should bo "a careful study of the
two last acts referred to. 1t should be seen
to that the town clerk at once takes means
to procure a proper plate, from which may
be printed his name i'll fac simile in the en-
dorsement on the official ballots for town
representative and those for justices Of the
peace, as well as on the sample ballots for
those officers. The town clerk viii have
to prepare and have printed cards of
instruction and list of candidates for
town representative and Justices, to be post
Ell according to law. Certificates of nomlna-
ton, in order to have the names Of cand-
dates placed by the town clerk on the Off
cial ballots for town representative and
those for justices Of the peace, must be filed
with the town cisrk not before August II,
lS}!, nor after August y, 1892.
Your attention is especially called to Soc
tions - and 50, No. 9 Of the acts of 1890.
1t would seem, on examining sections p,
IS and - of the Revised Laws, that it was
the intention of tie Legislature that the
board of civil authority is what is meant by
The officers whose duty it is by law to des-
ignate the polling places; so, at least as
of civil authority should determine
the number and 4situation of the polling
places and appoint for each polling place
four ballot clerks-two republicans ana two
democrats-under the provisions of section
"A Of No. 9 of the acts Of 1880. The board
Of civil authority should also, under section
"a of No. 8 Of the acts OF 1880 cause suit
able voting booths to be supplied. The poll
Ing places designated by the board of civil
authority should all be within the placed
named IN tie warming foY holding the meet
Ing. Ii most towns the board will not bo
troubled by having to designate more than
one polling place or by having to appoint
more than one set of ballot clerks, as voters
in nearly all the towns can all be accommo-
dated by one polling place. Your town
officers will do well to consult officers OF
towns where town meetings have Leon aid
ready held under the new act. an
where booths have been prepared, cards of
instruction made, etc.
lnGsmuch as ;he endorsements upon the
backs OF the official town representative
ballots and the official justice of the peace
ballots VIII be in tho same words and tlg-
ures, the town clerk should see to it that the
c!Hcnl ballots for justices of the peace are
printed upon paper cut considerably wider
all iOnGS' tut'u lltJ upon WNlcn inc OIL
ci8l ballots for the town representative are
printed; and he might we'll still further
have iarger-sized type used in printing the
endorsement upon tho oiiicia! justice OF the
peace ballots than that used in printing the
enforcement on the official own representa-.
tive ballots, and in these ways lawfully aid
the voter and the presiding officer who
takes the votes to be sure which of the two
ballots, when folded, belongs in the repre-
sentative box, and which in the Justice box.
In case no certificates OF nomination
should be filed with the town clerk as re-
qUirei 10y law, he Should nevertheless fur
nish Official ballots for town representative
and also official ballots for Justices of the
peace, each prepared and endorsed the same
Us though certificates Of nomination had
been filed, except that in such case the name
Of no candidate will be printed thereon
This will give each voter, III case no cortil-
Gates are filed as required by law, the OPP
portunlty Of exercising his constitutional
light to vote for town representative and
Justices of the peace upon Official ballots.