The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-10-07
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~eepASh ~ sno Legislature
an act was passed providing that here
after At all elections the z Australian
Ballot System shall be used, and Is
this is new and not understood BY the
majority Of the voters, We have boiled
down the main points Of the law and
present them for the careful perusal of
our readers:
No one except the election officers
and whose business require their pres
ence, and VOTERS while going to and
from the election room, shall be or re-.
main within sixty feet Of the room
where the balloting is going on. The
voter, on arriving at the place Of vot-
ing, will receive from the commission
ers ballot, containing on one sheet
the nominees Of all the political par
ties. In column ON one side will be
the Democratic ticket, on the other the
Republican ticket, and between the
two the tickets Of the other political
parties. At the head Of each column
Of political party nominations shall be
printed, in large, clear type, tho name
Of the political party which the candi-
dates represent, so that no one need
make mistake and vote the wrong
ticket. Each voting place shall be sup
piled with not less than two or more
than four booths or private rooms. In
to one Of these the voter enters with
the ballot above described. and may
remain rot more than 6pe minutes while
he Is preparing his ballot, which Is done
Is follows Suppose he is . solid Demo-
crat and wishes to vote that ticket
straight, he simply runs his pom down
over the other tickets from top to bot
tom remember each ballot contains al
the party tickets) and thus cancels
them. II there is any man on the tick
ct against whom he wants to vote, he
scratches that name on, and, IL he de-
sires, writes another name directly be-
low in Z space provided for that pur-
pose. Every alteration Or scratch must
BE- made with ink 1 lead pencil viii
mot a. r 10 spoiis IT. bkIlct ksr1.s
Return Il to ne commissioners and another
win be given him, which altar being
prepared he win hand 10 the commits
sioners Tor deposit in the ballot box.
II any voter cannot read and Is there
fore unable to prepare his ballot tho
| two clerks will assist him.
NOTES.
The voter must be d male citizen 81
years Of age.
He must have been resident Of the
State one year and Of the county 60
days preceding the election.
He must be an actual bona fde resi-
dent Of the district in which he offers
TO vote.
If the voter has been in the county
and State the required time he may
move from one district to another in
the same county on the day Of the cleo
ton and be entitled to vote at the new
place.
Al person Of unsound mind, d paup-
er or one who is under conviction Of
treason, felony or bribery in an cleo
ton, cannot vote.
When a man within the year has ac-
cepted aid from the county either in
money or in being kept at the poor
house he comes within the meaning Of
the term pauper."
Working away from home for an in
corporated company, does not make
one resident Of the county or district
where no works. He may. however,
declare that place as his home and
thereby gain voting residence.
If two or more ballots are rolled to-
gether and are exactly alike, one Of
them only shall Be counted, e they
ARE different neither shall be counted.