The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-11-05
Instructions to Voters.

Instructions to Voters.
The following is the text of the
law and the method of preparing
your ballot:
Sec. n. An elector desiring to
vote shall give his name, if desired
SO to do, his residence, to one Of
the clerks of election, who shall
thereupon announce the same in a
l. loud and distinct tone of voice
clear and audible, and if such name
is found on the clerks list by the
election officer in charge thereof, he
shall likewise repeat the said name
and the voter shall be allowed to
enter the space enclosed by the
guard rail as herein before pro-
vided. The distributing clerk shall
give him one, and only one, ticket,
and his name shall be Immediately
checked on said list by placing a
mark on the registry list to denote
that he has received ticket, and
the ticket must be stamped on the
back and near the top of the ticket
with the "OAicial Stamp" by the dis
tributing clerk, and thereupon de-
livered to the elector. Besides the
election officers not more than one
voter in excess of the voting
shelves or compartments pro-
vided shall be allowed in the en-
closed space at one time.
Sec. Is. On receipt of this
ticket, the voter shall forthwith,
and without leaving the enclosed
space, retire alone to one of the vot-
ing shelves or compartments so
provided and shall prepare his
ticket by marking in the appropri-
ate margin, or place cross (X)
opposite the name of the candidate
of his choice for each office to be
filled, or by filling or writing the
name of the person for whom he
! wishes to vote in the blank space
provided therefor in the column or
i division of the ticket for that pur-
pose provided and marking a cross
IX) opposite thereto; and in case
of a question submitted to vote OF
the people, by marking in the ap-
propriate margin or space a cross
l1X) against the answer for which
he desires to give. Before leaving
the voting shelf or compartment
| the voter shall fold his ticket with.
out displaying the marks thereon.
and so to expose the impression 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 an.
nounce his name. He shall mark
his ticket or ballot without delay
and shall quit said enclosed space
as soon as he has voted. No such
voter shall be allowed to occupy q
voting shelf or compartment al.
ready occupied by another, or to
remain within said enclosed space
more than ten minutes, nor to oc-
cupy voting shelf or compart.
ment for more than five minutes in
case of all such shelves or com.
partments are in use and other vot'
ers are in waiting to occupy the
same. No voter not an election Of.
fcer, whose name has been checked
on the list of the election officers
shall be allowed to re-enter said
enclosed space during said election
It shall be the duty of the judges
| for the time being to secure the OBJ
servance of the provisions of this
section.
/ SEC. 70. No person shall take
or remove any ticket from the poll
ing place before the close of thu
polls. If an elector inadvertently
or by mistake spoils ticket, HI
shall return it folded to the distrib
uting clerk, who must, if satisfied
of such inadvertence, give him an
other ticket. The ticket thus re
iected shall, without examination
be Immediately cancelled by writ
ing across the back or outside O.
the ticket as folded, the words
spoiled ticket, another issued,
and deposit the defective ticket in
a box provided for that purpose
And no one shall be allowed within
the guard rails of the polling place
except the election officers duelJ
appointed, together with the numb
Of voters, as provided in this act
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