The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1892-07-07

than the state and greater than q couns
ty, shall be considered by the secretary
of state, auditor of state and attorney
general, and the decision of the ma
jority of these officers shall be final,
Such objections or questions arising In
the case of nominations for officers to
be elected by the voters of a county or
township, shall be considered by the
county auditor, clerk of the district
court and county attorney for such
county, and the decision of a majority
Of said officers shall be final OBJ
jections or questions arising in the
case of nominations for city or incor-
porated town officers shall be consid-
cred by the mayor and clerk or re-
corder. with whom one councilman or
trustee thereof, as the case may be,
chosen by lot, shall act and the de-
cision Of a majority of such officers
shall be final In any case where OBJ
lection Is made, notice shall forthwith
be given. to the candidates affected
thereby, addressed to their place OF
residence as given in the nomination
papers, and stating the time and place,
when and where such objections will
be considered.
Sec. IL. When such certificate L.
fled with the secretary of state, he
SHALL in certifying nominations to
the various county auditors, insert the
name of the person thus nominated to
fill vacancy in place Of the original
nominee; and in the event that he has
already sent forward his certificate, he
shall forthwith certify 20 the auditors
of the proper counties the name aud
description Of the person SO nominated
to fill the vacancy, the Office he Is nom.
mated for, with the other details men
toned in certificates OF nomination
fled with the secretary of state; he
shall Immediately certify the name so
supplied to the authorities charged
with the printing of the ballots The
name sc supplied for the vacancy shall,
if the ballots are not already printed,
be placed on the ballots In place OF
the name of the original nominees; or,
if the ballots have been printed. new
ballots, whenever practicable, shall be
furnished
Sec. IL Whenever 1t may not be
practicable to have new ballots printed
it shall be the duty of the election of.
fcers having charge Of the ballots to
place the name supplied for the vacan-
cy upon each ballot issued before de-
livering 1t to the voter; the name SO
supplied may be placed upon the bal
lots either by afixing a paster. or by
writing or stamping the name on the
ballot; and to enable this to be done,
the officer with whom the certificates
of nomination are to be filed, shall inn
mediately furnish the name of such
substituted nominee to all Judges OF
election within the territory in which
such nominee may be a candidate; pro.
vided, that in all cases where certif.
Gates of nomination or nomination
papers are fled with the secretary oi
state he shall be required only to I'M
mediately furnish the name of such
substituted nominee to the county aud.
itors within said territory, and IL shall
then be the duty of the county aud
itor to furnish such information to the
judges Of election as hereinbefore
stated.
Sec. IS Not less than fifteen (15)
days before an election to fill any pub
lie Office the secretary of state shall
certify to the county auditor of eact
county within which any of the cleo
tors may by law vote for candidates
for such Office, the name and residence
Of each person nominated for such of
fee, as specified In the certificates OF
nomination or nomination papers fled
with the secretary of state.
Sec IA The names of all candidates
to be voted for in each election distric
or precinct shall be printed on one bal
lot; all nominations Of any politlca
party or group of petitioners being
placed under the party appellation o.
title of such party or group, as desig
mated by them in their certificates o
nomination or petitions, or, if mono b.
designated, then under some suitable
title, and the ballot shall contain NJ
other names, except that, in case o
electors for president and vice presi
dent Of the United States, the name
Of the candidates for president and vic
president may be added to the party O
political designation. II constitu
tional amendment or other publ
measure is submitted to a vote, sucl
question shall be printed upon the bal
lot after the lists of candidates, ant
words calculated to aid the voter t,
answer any question submitted to Vot
may be added, such as "Yes," mo,
or the like On the back or outside o
the ballot, so as to appear when folded
shall be printed the words: "0ficia
! Ballot" followed by the designation
Of the polling place for which the bal
! lot Is prepared, the date Of the election
and q fac simile of the signature of tn
auditor or other officer who has cause
the ballot to be printed The ballot
shall be on plain white paper, throug
which the printing or writing canno
Be read The party appellation Q
title shall be printed in capital letter
not less than one-fourth of an Inch /
height; and a circle one-half inch /
diameter shall be printed at the begin
ming of the line in which such appellf
tion or title Is printed The names
candidates shall be printed in capiti
letters. not less than one-eighth no
more than one-fourth of an, inch
height, and at the beginning Of enc
line In which the name of q cand
date is printed square shall I
printed, the sides of which shall NJ
be less than one-fourth of an Inch
length. The list Of candidates for II
several parties and g.oups or petition
ers shall be placed in separate column
,en the ballots, in such order as tt
Authorities charged with the printir
of the ballots shall decide. Each
the columns containing the list c
candidates including the party sppe
lation shall be separated by distin