Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-04-01
NAME OF OFFICE
VOTED FOR.

1.-THE township board Of each township,
and such persons as shall be elected there
for by the common council Of the various
cities and villages in this State, shall be
the board of election commissioners for
such township, city or village respectively,
and shall perform such duties relative to
the preparation and printing of ballots as
are required by law Of the board of cleo
ton commissioners OF counties, and the
like duties and privileges as are enjoined
and granted by the laws governing gen.
eral elections, upon the various committees
of the different political organizations, are
hereby prescribed for the city, village or
| township committees, in elections held
pursuant to said act; except that no
, vigGette or heading for the ballot, other
than the name Of the party shall be neces-
sary.
1t will be necessary to hold the caucuses
for the nomination of candidates at least
five days before election day, as section 3
OF the act provides that ''the names OF
candidates shall be given in by the COM
mittees Of the various political organiza-
tions, to the board OF election commission
ers of such municipality, not less than five
days before each election, and the proof
copy of the ballot shall be open to the in
mittee at the Office of the township clerk,
and city or village clerk or recorder, not
less than two clear secular days before
! such election"
| The ticket must be printed in
the same form as is provided in the gen.
eral law, and the board of election COM
missioners for the township, city or
village, must furnish the ticket. They
can get the printing done at such place as
! they choose.
The words political organizations" or
political party" used in this act, must be
construed to mean, any respectable, body
Of citizens who are electors Of any town.
! ship or election district and who assemble
themselves together in the manner pro.
vded by the law, and hold q nominating
caucus or convention. Hence it is only
necessary, in order for person to have
his name printed upon the ticket, that he
should be nominated by q respectable
body OF electors properly assembled, wht
are entitled to vote for him at the cleo
tion. Any person who is not nominated
or who is placed in nomination by person!
, who reside outside of his election district
would not be entitled to have his nam,
printed on the ticket. 1t is not intended
however, that any person who desires Il
run for Office shall be prohibited from
furnishing slips, or seeking, within the
provisions Of tho law, to have his nam'
written or pasted on the ticket by elector!
when they are preparing their ballots II
the booths. All such votes and the vote!
for any person, when on the ballot shouit
be counted under the same directions a
govern the counting OF votes for regular
candidates whose names are printed on thu
ballots.
BY section 4, OF Act No. 100, it is pro
vided: '.No election district or voting
precinct under the provisions of this &C
shall contain more than 500 elector
according to the poll lists Of the last pre-
ceding general election. When any cleo
ton district or voting precinct shall con
tain over 500 electors it shall DO the dut.
of the township board in townships, ant
the city council in cities. to divide sucl
voting precincts into two or more election
districts"
In case the division Is made In town
ship or Incorporated village, the provision
of chapter eight of Howelrs Statutes. ar
to apply and govern such division. II tn
division is made in cities, and there are n
special provisions in the city charter ex
listing relative thereto. then the division
the election commissioners, and the cleo
ton inspectors, and all matters srisin
by reason OF the division, must be provide
SYfer by ordinance of. the common council
The common council has power to mako al
necessary rules and regulations In conncc
9stion herewith. to fully carry out the pro
n visions Of the law. In all voting precinct
in citiee where there are special provision
In the charter for designating inspectors