The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-04-28

ships divided into election precincts,
the two trustees whose term of Office
expires in one and two years, respect.
lively, and the person not member of
the same political party as these trus-
tees, having received the next highest
vote for the Office of trustee at the pre-
ceeding township election, shall act as
judges.
In municipal corporations, except
cities having boards of elections, the
judges are to be chosen in similar
manner. If the ward is not divided
into precincts the two councilmen of
the ward and the elector who was
member of a political party to which
one or both of the councilmen did
not belong, who received the highest
number of votes for councilman
of those voted for and not elected
at the preceding spring election
shall be judges. In every ward divid.
ed into election precincts the two couu-
cilmen shall be judges of election in the
precincts which they respectively re-
side, and additional judges, 80 that
there shall be three judges at each pre-
cinct, shall be chosen as provided in the
old law.
A new feature Is that if a judge or
clerk in any precinct fail to appear on
the morning of the election, the elec-
tors present shall, viva voce, choose a
suitable person having the qualilica-
tions of an elector to fill the vacancy
from the political party to which the
absent judge or clerk belonged. In
municipalities the councilman shall be
ex-oflicio judges of elections, and the
clerk of such municipality shall be one
of the clerks of election in the precinct
in which he resides; provided that in
case more than two councilmen be-
longing to the same political party be
residents of the same election precinct
the deputy supervisors may designate
which of the councilmen shall serve as
Judge of election in such precinct. In
township precints the clerk of the town.
ship shall be ex-officio clerk of cleo
tion; except that in townships not di-
vided into election precincts, if all the
trustees be of the same political party, |
those two only whose terms expire in |
one and two years shall be ex-officio
judges of such precinct.
A number of prominent changes are |
made in the preparations for the cleo |
ton. The law takes in all elections, |
but for school directors of such districts |
and joint sub-districts. 1t also pro-
vides for the division of precincts by |
council or county com mmissioners upon |
petition of majority of voters, where
there are 500 votes cast at the last pre-
ceeding November election.
Nominations of candidates for any |
county, city, township or municipal Of
fee, OF members board of education,
may be made by nomination papers,
signed in the aggregate for each candi-
date by not less than 300 qualified cleo
tors of the county or fifty qualified
electors of the city or twenty-five elec-
tors Of the township, village or school
district respectively.
All ballots shall be printed on the best
quality of book paper in black ink, in
BREWER type, the name or designation
Of the office in lower case and the name
Of the candidate therefor in capital
letters, with space of at least one-ffth
Of an inch following each name; the
name of each candidate shall be printed
in the space defined by ruled lines and
with blank square on its left inclosed
by heavy dash lines.
The circle within which the cross
mark is to be made will be surrounded
by the following words, printed in
nonpareil type: "For
straight ticket, mark within this cir
,le."
Cut this out and paste it in the top of
your hat on the inside. 1t will be
handy to look at and refer to before the
November election.