The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-06
KANSAS NEW ELECTION Law.

Ateorney.Q her.l Little Kset Busy Ex.
lining Its Pt8Sisions.
ToPEHA Kan, Get a-The new cleo
ton - which will be tried in Kansas
- November. is agitating the minds
the leaders Of the different political
parties, and Attorney.Genefal Little
spends a good deal of time explaining
the measure. Under the act it Is made
the duty of the township trustee of the
respective townships, and the mayor
and clerk of the respective Incorporated
cities, to provide suitable places in
which to hold elections, and to see
that the same are warmed, lighted
and furnished with proper supplies
and conveniences, voting booths to be
SO constructed that the voter may pre-
pare his ballot screened from all OBJ
servatlon. The number of voting
booths shall not be less than one To
every sixty voters, or fraction thereof,
who voted at the last preceding general
election The supplies are to be fur
nished by the officers mentioned at the
expense of the respective townships and
cities.
The officer whose duty it is to have
the ballots printed (the county clerk
in general elections) is required to pre-
pare full instructions for the guidance
of voters, which will be furnished to
the voter by the judges of election.
Secretary of State Osborn has pre-
pared a card of instructions, which
he has sent to the various county
clerk, recommending its adoption. Tho
card is as follows:
CARD OF INSTRUCTIONS
To Obtain Ballot-After giving your name
and residence, II you are a voter, you will re-
ceive q ballot from one OF the judges, with his
initials Endorsed thereon. Retire at once,
alone, into any vacant voting booth to prepare
your ballot You will find printed on the BAL
lot, IT, columns side by side, all the candidates
OF all the parJes 10 be voted for at that cleo.
ton. At the top Of each column you will find
the name of each party ticket or list of can.
dfdates, as peoples party republican"
democratic, prohibition" ETC.
To Prepare Your Bauot-To the left of each
name on the ballot, you viii find square;
make mark, thus, X, in the square, at the
left of the names OF the persons you desire to
vote for, (or write the names in the blank
spaces, making q mark, thus: x, at the left OF
such names Your ballot will be counted only
Tor the names marked. In voting for a public
at the left Of the answer you want TO
give Do not mark your ballot IN
any other way except as indicated above Be-
fore leaving the BOOTH fold the ballot SO as to
conceal all names and marks on the face Of the
ballot. leaving in view the printed filing and
initials Of the judge Of election Endorsed on the
outside. Leave the booth and hand your bal
lot to the judge in charge OF the ballot box, and
leave the inclosed space without delay.
In Preparing Your Ballot-You shall net re-
main in the inclosed space more than ten min
utes: nor if booth longer than five minutes
III xril no
allowed to take ballot from the polling place
before the close OF the election, nor to vote any
ballot except the one received from the judge
II YOU spoil ballot in preparing 1t, you must
return 1t and get another. II you decide not to
vote, return your ballot and retire from the in i.
closed space
Assisting Voter-Any voter who can NOT
read English, or who il disabled. shall, upon
request be assisted by two election officers of
opposite political parties, appointed for that
purpose, who shall mark the ballet az directed
by the voter. No Intoxicated person shall be
entitled TO assistance in making his ballot
Certificates of all nomination of can
didates for offices to be filled by the
electors of the entire state, or any di-
vision thereof greater than county,
must be filed with the secretary of
state not more than sixty nor less than
thirty days prior to the election. This
includes candidates for district judges.
Certificates OF all other nominations OF
candidates inast be filed with the coun-
ty clerk. The names of all the candi-
dates nominated must be printed on
one ticket, according to the Australian
system.
The act also provides that where
two or more parties holding political
views Numerically opposed to each
other unite and vote the same ticket,
they shall be deemed and held to con-
Stitute one party.