New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-03-09
THE NEW SYSTEM OF VOTING.
Secretary of State Brown Gives an
Explanation Of the Law.

The following are intructions given
to voters by Secretary Brown for thier
guidance under the Australian method
of voting, At the coming city election,
this system will be adopted and it will
therefore behoove all electors to post
themselves beforehand.
The judges of election will furnish
each person entiteld to vote with one
ballot of each kind that is to be voted,
Thesvoter will then retire, alone, to
one of the stalls or rooms provided for
| that purpose, and make a cross Ky
mark on the line of each candidate for
whom he wishes to vote, in the space
left for that purpose.
! He will then fold his ballot in such
a way as to conceal che face of it, but
so that the initials of the judges of cleo.
tion may be seen on its back, hand it to
one of the judges, who shall deposit it
in the proper box. The voter will then
retire from the voting room. If any voter,
by mistake, spoils a ballot he shall re-
turn it to the judges of election, who
shall preserve it, and furnish the elector
| with new one. II the voter places
cross (X) mark opposite the names
of two or more persons run
ming for the same office, said ballot
shall not be- counted for those officers.
Voters may be allowed to carry with
them a sample ballot for use in assist
ing them in marking the Official bal
lot.
When an elector shall make oath
| that he cannot read or that he cannot
read English, or that out of physical
disability he cannot mark his BALLOT, he
shall have the right to call to his aid
one or more OF the judges of election,
or - qualified elector who may read the
ballot and mark the ballot for such
voter, in the presence of two of the judi
ges OF election, provided that no person
shall so mark the ballots of more than
three voters in any one election district,
at one election. Such person shall
mark the ballot as directed by such vo-
ter and not otherwise. ...
If any person after having marked
his ballot, shows it to anyone except as
reinbefore provided, the judge of
election shall refuse to receive or place
in the ballot box such ticket.
The method Of making up d ticket is
wholly changed. There is no more going
into a printing office and getting the
name of some democrat printed on the
republican ticket in place of the regular
candidate, nor vice versa. ...
Tickets, hereafter, will be either red,
white or blue, as to paper. The white
will be for state elections, the red for city
elections, and blue for all other elections
under the law, The state will print the
state tickets, the city will print the city
tickets, and the other tickets will be paid
for by the county,
What names go on the tickets? Those
Of candidates nominated by an assembly
or convention af delegates, and also
those nominateh by electors, Individual
ly signing certificates of such nomina-
ton.
The ssassem5ly of convention which
may nominate candidates must repre-
sent political party, which at the last
election before the holding of such con-
vention, polled at least per cent of the
entire vote cast in the state, county or
other division for which the nomination
was made. The new Peoples party
cannot get its candidate on the ticket
by certificate of convention,
The certificate of nomination of any
candidate, not presented by some party
convention as before mentioned, must
be signed by electors resident within
the state, county or other division,
equal in number to per cent of the en-
tire vote cast therein at the last preced-
ing election. But 1900 signatures shall
suffice in regard to state Office. Each
candidate must have separate certif-
cate of nomination and each signer of
certificate of nomination must also
make affidavit that he knows the con
tents and purpose of the certificate
and signs it of his own free will.
Convention certificates must bc signed
and certified under oath by the presi-
dent and secretary, and the secretary
must Immediately deliver such certif-
Gates, one for each nomination, to the
officer charged with printing the bal
lots-the city clerkin our city election
and if he neglects to do SO, it is a mis- :
demeanor. The nominations must all
be filed with the city clerk at least ten
days before election.
Then fee of five dollars must be