The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-13
KANSAS NEW ELECTION LAW.
Acknowledgement little Kept Busy Ex-
planning Its Provisions.

Acknowledgement Little heps Dusy IL
planning Its Provisions.
TOPEKA, Kan, Oct 3.-The new cleo
ton law, which will be tried in Kansas
next November. is agitating the minds
of the leaders of the different political
parties, and Attorney-General 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
servation. 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. The
card is as follows:
CARD OF INSTRUCTIONS
To Obtain Ballot-After giving your name
and residence IL you are a voter, you will re-
| ceive a ballot from one Of the judges. with his
| initials Endorsed thereon. Retire at once.
alone, into any vacant voting booth 20 prepare
| your ballot You will find printed on the bal
| lot, in columns side by side, all the candidates
Of all the parties TO 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
| didates, as peoples party" republican,"
| democratic" prohibition" etc
To Prepare Your Ballot-To the left Of each
name on the ballot, you will find square;
| make a mark, thus: Y, in the square, at the
| left of the names Of the persons you desire 10
vote for, Tor write the names In the blank
spaces, making mark, thus: Y, at the left OF
| such names Your ballot will be counted only
| for the names marked In voting for o public
measure" make mark. y. In the square
| 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 as ia
| 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-
| in in tho incIose1 Sulce IRE than ten min
| utes: nor in a booth longer than five minutes,
| II other voters are waiting. You will not be
| allowed to take n 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 IL. YOU must
return il and get another. II you decide not to
vote, return your ballot and retire from the In
closed space
Assisting a Voter-Any voter who can not
read English. or who is disabled, shall, upon
| request be assisted by two election officers of
! opposite political parties, appointed for that
| purpose, who shall mark The ballot as directed
by the voter. No intoxicated person shall be
entitled 10 assistance in making his ballot
Certificates of all nominations of can.
didates for offices to be filed 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 must 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.