Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-10-07
KANSAS NEW ELECTION 'HaW.
Astornsy- General Ltttao Kept Busy .Ex-
vulaininE Rts PvcSisions.


Astorasr General Litt,o Kept Busy Ex-
splaining Hss PycSisions.
TOPEKA, Kan, 0lat. Sr-The new eiec-
ton law, which Will be tried in KANSAS
next November. IL agitating the n'inds
of the iear.crs OF the different poiitdsai
parties, and Acknowledgement lhutle
spends a BOD deal of tirle explaining
the measure. Under itheaact it is ia1dc
the duty "a the towmship&rustee OF the
respective townships, and the mx3or
and clerk s. the respective Incorporated
cities, to arovide snitltse places in
which to 4 old elections, and tossee
that the ~ me are warmed, iighard
and furnished with proper supplies
and convenis 1ces. vCningofIoths to 10
so &C instructed that tiseSoter may pr
pare his balkt screened from all oe-
serva ion The mum her Of voting
booths shall not be less 'titan one Ia
every .iixty voters, or faction thereof,
who va ted at the last pdseedi, general
election. The supplies ane III be fur
.nished s'y the officers mentioned ut the
expense, If the re- pective comss hips ana
cities
The oa'cer whose duty II Is to have
the ballots printed (the county clerk
in general .electior.s) is requirot to pre-
pare full iu structiouls for tine guidance
of voters. which sill be fnriniai ed to
the voter iy the Judges of election.
Secretary H State Osborn has pre-
pared card of Instructions, @fich
he has sent to the various enrity
clerk. recommending its adoption. Jtle
card is Us follows:
CARD oY INSTRUCTIONS
70 Obtain Ballot--After giTing your name
and residence. II you are o voter, you VIII 70
ceivc ballot from one OF the judges win MS
initials indorsed thereon Retire ut once
aloue, into any vacant voting booth to prepare
your ballot You will find printed on the BAL
lot, in columns side by side. ali the candidates
OF all the parties 70 be voted for OF that cleo.
tion. At the top OF each column you VIII ma
the name OF each party 'iicl'c!' or Inst OF can.
didaies, us peoples party" republican,
democratic, prohibition" etc.
To Prepare Your Ballot-To the left OF eaeh
name on the ballot, you will IND square,
make q mark, thus: Y, in the square, ut tbs
left OF the names Of the persons you desire 10
vote fer, Tor write the names In the blank
spaces, making mark, thus Y. ut the left Of
such names) Your ballot will be counted only
for the names marked In voting fer public
measure" make n mars. \, III Inc SQUARE
OF tho left OF the answer you w~es 10
give Do not mark your ballet q
..,,, other way except us indicated above Be-
fore leaving the booth, fold the ballot so as to
conceal oil names and marks on the face OF the
ballot leaving In view the printed Hing ana
initials Of the judge OF election indorsed on the
outside. Leave the booth and hand your bal.
lot TO the Judge IN charge oil the ballot box, ana
leave the inc,osed space without delay
. In Preparing Your Ballot-You shall net re-
main in the inclosed spice m IRE than ten min
ulcs. nor in o booth longer than five minutes
II other voters are waiting. You will not DO
allowed to take ballot from the polling place
before the close OF the election nor to vo!e any
ballot except the one received from the judge
II you spoil q ballot In preparing II, you must
return II and get another II you decide not 10
vote, return your ballot and retire from the In
closed space
Assisting n Voter-Any voter who can not
read English or who IL disabled. shall, upon
request, be assisted by two election onicers OF
opposite political parties, appointed for that
purpose who shall mark the ballot as directed
by the voter No intoxicated person shall be
entitled to 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 ,uust he 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.