The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-10-08
vo1INe uY THE NEW LAW.

p"fthhee 70 Ateau ahd fondef the Follow
Ing Instructions as to How to Cast His
naiiot and Make No Error.
The voter is disqualified if he has
agreed to receive or receives any valu-
able consideration for his vote; OF has
wager or bet pending on the election,
or has been convicted of wilful vio-
lation of the election laws; or has
promised to give any voter a valuable
consideration for voting or withhold
ing his vote
Besides the election officers and su-
pervisors authorized by the laws of the
United States, or overseers appointed
by the courts of this commonwealth,
not more than four voters in excess Of
the number of voting shelves or com
partments shall be allowed inside Of
the enclosed space at one time aud not
more than ten outside the space,
| Specimen ballots and cards of instruc-
| tion can be obtained from the election
officers upon request. The person de-
string to vote will enter the room and
remain outside the guard rail. When
his turn arrives he shall first give his
name and residence TO one of the cleo
tion officers in charge of the ballots.
The officer will thereupon announce
the name in loud and distinct tone
of voice. If the voters name is upon
the ballot check list, the inspector in
charge of the said. list will repeat the
name. The voter will then enter the
space enclosed by the guard rail, un
less his right to vote be challenged.
The voter having the right to vote will
enter within the guard rail. Upon his
receiving the ballot, the check list
shall be marked by election officers,
and the voter shall forthwith, and
without leaving the space enclosed by
guard rail retire to one of the voting
shelves or compartments.
Only official ballots can be voted,
and any ballot other than sample
ballot, appearing to have been obtain
ed otherwise than provided by the act,
shall be sent to the district attorney
for his official action.
The voter upon entering the voting
shelf or compartment must prepare his
ballot. No voter will be allowed to oc-
cupy a voting shelf or compartment
already occupied by another, except
when giving the help allowed in the
preparation of his ticket; nor to re-
main in such compartment more than
three minutes if all the compartments
are in use and others are waiting to
vote.
If any voter declares TO the judge of
election that he desires assistance in
the preparation of his ballot, by reason
of disability, he shall be permitted by
the judge of election to select a quail
fed voter of the election district to
aid him in the preparation of his bal
lot, such preparation being made in
the voting compartment. A voter who
shall, except as before stated, allow his
ballot to be seen with an apparent in
tention of letting it be known how he
is about to vote, or shall wilfully VIC
late any provisions Of the act shall be
guilty of misdemeanor.
If the voter desires, he can make
cross mark in the square opposite and
to the right of each of the candidates
for each Office to be filed in the party
column, and his vote will be counted
as one vote for each candidate so
marked. If the voter adopts the plan
of marking a cross to the right Of each
miss name, as a name not CT tossed
will not be counted. The sample
method, where the voter desires to
vote the straight" or whole ticket, is
TO place a cross mark to the right of
party name at the head or top of each
group in the party column, the only
difficulties in the use of the new bal
lot being those which arise from an
attempt to vote a mixed or SCRATCHED"
ticket.
That is where a Democrat desires TO
vote for candidate on the Republi-
can ticket, say for representative in
the general assembly, he can put X
at the head of each group in the Dem
ocratic column, except the representa-
tive group; and if there are, say, two
representatives to be elected, he can
put y opposite the name of one rep
resentative nominee in the Republican
group. In other words, so far as he
votes a straight ticket, he marks the
groups, and where he desired to "cut"
his ticket he marks the names of the
nominee. Crosses must be marked in
the appropriate margin or place only,
and always at the right hand side of
the party column. If voter marks
more names than there are persons to
be elected to an Office his vote shall
not be counted for such office.
The voter must not cross out any
names upon the ticket, nor cover
name with 'sticker" or "paster," ex-
cept in the case referred to in the next
section. When candidate has died
or withdrawn, and substituted nomi-
nation is made after the ballots are
printed, the new name will be printed
upon "sticker," which should be
pasted over to cover the name Of the
deceased or withdrawn candidate. The
voter should, in placing the "sticker"
over the name of the candidate so de-
ceased or withdrawn, use great care so
as not to cover more than one name.
Under no other circumstances can a
'stickern be pasted over a name or be
placed in the party column.
Before leaving the voting shelf or
compartment the voter must fold his
ballot without displaying the marks
made by him, in the same way it was
folded when handed to him by the
election officer, and keep it folded I'M
til he has voted After leaving the
voting shelf and before leaving the en-
closed space he shall give his ballot to
the election officer in charge OF the
ballot box,
This officer, without unfolding the /
ballot, shall number it in the right /
hand upper corner of the back of the |
ballot, Immediately to the left of the |
folding line, and then shall fold the |
corner so as to cover the number, and 1
then paste it down so that the number /
cannot be seen and deposit in the bal /
lot box. The voter may make a mem 4
orandum of the number of his own p.
ballot. No voter, not an election Off !
Ger, shall be allowed TO reenter the |
enclosed space after he has once left |
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