People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-05
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state, auditor Of state, and attorney general,
and the decision Of majority Of these officers
shall be final Such objections or questions
arising in the case Of nominations for officers
10 be elected by The voters Of county or town
ship, shall be considered by the county clerk,
clerk Of the district court, and county ATTORNEY,
and the decision Of majority OF said officers
shall be final Objections or questions arising
, in the case Of nominations for the city or in
corporaled town officers shall be considered by
the mayor and clerk, with whom one council
man chosen by majority Of the eouncilmen.
shall act, and the decision OF majority Of such
officers shall be final In any case where objec-
ton is made, notice shall forthwith be given TO
the candidates affected thereby, addressed to
their place Of residence as given in the nomina-
/ ton papers, and stating the time and place,
when and where such objections will be con
sidered.
Sec H. When such certificate is filed with
the secretary Of state, he shall, in certifying
nominations to the various county clerks, in
sert the name Of the person thus nominated to
fill vacancy in place Of the original nominee;
and in event that he has already sent forward
his certificate he shall forthwith certify 10 the
clerks Of the proper counties the name and de-
scription Of the person so nominated to fill the
vacancy, the Office he is nominated for, with
the other details mentioned in certificates OF
nomination filed with The secrei airy of state; he
shall Immediately Cerlift the name so supplied
10 the authorities charged with the printing Of
the ballots The nlme so supplied for the va
cancy shall il the ballots are not already
printed be placed on the ballots in place of the
name Of the original nominee; or, II the ballots
have been printed, new ballots, whenever prac-
ticable shall be furnished.
Sec IL Whenever 1t may not be practicable
TO have new ballots printed, it shall be the duty
Of the election officer having charge of the bal
lots 10 place the name so supplied for the va
cancy upon each ballot issued before delivering
1t 10 the voter the name so supplied may be
placed upon the ballots either by afhxing
paster, or By writing or stamping the name
upon the ballot; and to enable this TO be done,
the officer with whom the certificates OF nomi-
nations are to be filed, shall Immediately fur
nish the name OF such substituted nominee TO
all judges OF election within the territory in
which such nominee may be candidate: Pro
vided, That in all cases where the certificates
Of nomination or nomination papers are filed
with the secretary Of state he shall be required
only to Immediately furnish the name of such
substituted nominee to the county clerks with.
in said territory, and it shall then be the duty
Of the county clerk to furnish such information
to the judges Of election, as hereinbefore
stated.
Sec l3 Not less than fifteen u.s. days before
an election to fill any public office the sa,retary
Of state shall certify to the county Ct * Of each
county within which any of the electors may by
law vote for the candidates for such office, the
name and residence OF each person nominated
for such Office as specified in the certificates Of
nomination or nomination papers filed with the
secretary Of state.
Sec H. The names of all candidates to be
voted for in each election district or precinct
shall be printed on one ballot; all nominations
for any political party or group Of petitioners
being pla ed under the party appellation or title
Of such party or group,as designated bv them in
the certificates Of nomination or petitions, Or,ii
none be deSqnlted then under some suitable
title, and the ballot shall contain no other
names, except that in case of electors for pres.
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the names Of the candidates for president and
vice president may be added to the party or
political organization II a constitutional
amendment or other public measure is submit
ted to vote, such questions shall be printed
upon the ballot after the list of can
didates and words calculated to aid the
voter TO answer any questions submit
ted to vote may be added, such as
Yes" mo, or the like On the back or out
side of the ballot, so as to appear when folded,
shall be printed the words "0f1cial ballot"
followed by the designation of the polling
place for which the ballot is prepared, the date
of election, and fac-simile Of the signature of
the clerk or other officer who has caused the
ballot to be printed. The ballots shall be on
plain white paper, through which the printing
or writing cannot be read. The party appella-
ton or title shall be printed in capital letters,
not less than one-fourfh of an inch in height,
and Immediately below such party appellation
or title shall be printed the following state
ment: Electors will make cross mark, thus,
CX), in the square at the left Of the name of
the candidate for whom they wish to vote
The names Of the candidates shall be printed
in capital letters not less thln one eighth nor
more than one-fourth of an inch in height
And at the beginning Of each line in which the
name of a candidate is printed, square shall
be printed, the sides Of which shall not be less
than one-fourlh Of an inch in length The list
of Candidates for the several parties and
groups of petitioners shall be placed in sepa-
rate columns on the ballots, in such order as
the authorities charged with the printing Of
the ballots shall decide Each Of the columns
containing the list of candidates including the
party appellation shall be separated by dis
tinct line