People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-05-05
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Full Text of the Election Law
Passed by the Legislature.
Radical Change in the Manner of Holding
Elections in Kansas A Measure of
Great Importance to Voters
Guarding the Ballot.
First published April 10, 1893

SUBSTITUTE lOr senate BIS NOS. 10, lou ana l4l
AN ACT
To provide for the printing and distribution Of
ballot at the public expense, and for the
nomination of candidates for public Offices;
TO regulate the manner Of holding elections;
and to enforce secrecy Of the ballot, and tC
provide for the punishment of the violation
Of this act
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the State
of Kansas:
Section l. All ballots cast in elections fol-
national, state, district and county officers, in
this state, after the taking feet of this act,
and all ballots cast in township and city cleo
tons after said date shall be printed and dis
tributed at public expense The printing and
distribution Of ballots and all other expenses
connected with or growing cut Of the provisions
of this act shall be paid for by townships and
cities of the first and second class, and It shall
be the duty Of the county commissioners OF
each county to apportion such expense among
the townships and cities of the county in pro
portion TO the vote cast at the last preceding
general election in each township and city. II
shall be the duty Of the proper officers of each
township and city Of first and second class to
issue and pay warrants to cover expenses in.
Cured under the provisions Of this act in the
same manner as all other township and city
warrants are paid under existing statutes.
Sec . The printing and distributing OF bal
lots and cards Of instruction to voters, as here
matter described, for any general election,
shall be al the expense OF the county, and shall
be provided for in the same manner as other
county election expenses; and the printing and
distributing Of ballots for use in city elections
shall be at the expense of the city or town in
which such election shall be held The term
general election" as used in this act, shall ap-
ply TO any election held for the choice of ma
tiOnal, state, judicial, district county or town
ship officers, whether for the full term or for
the filing Of a vacancy. The term "city cleo
ton shall apply to anv municipal election held
in CITY or incorporated town.
Sec g. Any convention OF delegates pri-
mary, caucus or meeting Of qualified voters, as
hereinafter defined, and individual electors to
the number and in the manner hereinafter
specified, may nominate candidates for public
ONCE, whose name shall be placed upon the bal
lots to be furnished as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 4. Any convention of delegates primary,
caucus or meeting representing political par
ty, may for the state or division thereof, or
municipality for which the convention, primary,
caucus or meeting is held, as the case may be,
by causing a certificate Of nomination to b.
duly fled make one such nomination for
each Office therein to be filled at the election.
Every such certificate Of nomination shall state
such facts as are required in section Of this
act and shall be signed by the presiding officer
and BY the secretary OF the convention, caucus
or meeting, who shall add to their signatures
their places Of residence Where such nomi.
nation is made by primary election, the Ger.
dfcate shall be signed by the board Of can.
vassers TO which the returns Of such primary
are mlde Such certificate shall be sworn to
by them to be true, to the best OF their knowl
edge and belief, and a certificate of an oath
shall be annexed to the certificate of nominl
ton.
Sec s. Nominations for candidates for any
ONCE 10 be filed by the voters Of the state at
large may also be made by nomination papers
signed in the aggregate for each candidate by
not less than five hundred 500 qualified voters
OF the state Nominations of candidates for
'office TO be flied BY the electors of a county,
district or other division less than a state
may he male by nom nation papers, signed in
the aggregate for each candidate by not less
than twenty-five (25) qualified voters Of such
county, district or division Nominations of
candidates for offices to be filled by the elect.
orS Of CITY, town, precinct or ward may be
made By nomination papers signed in The ag.
grega,e for each candidate by not less than ten
q qualified voters of such CITY, town, pre-
'cinct or ward Each elector signing certii-
cate shall add to his signature his place of bust
ness and post Office address
Sec. G. All certificates of nomination, or
nomination papers, shall besides containing
Ehe names Of The candidates, specify as to each:
First, the office to which he was nominated
Second, the party or political principle which
he represents expressed in not more than five
t5) words. Third his place OF residence, with
street and number thereof if any In case OF
electors for president and vice president OF the
United States the names for the candidates
for president and vice president may be added
10 The party or political appeliation
SCI, :. Certificates Of nomination and nomi
ma ion papers for the nomination of candidates
for oiaees 10 be filed b the electors of the en-
tire state, or any division or district greater
than county, shall be filed with the secretary
Of state not more than sixty (60) days and not
less than thirty (S0) days before the day fixed
by law for the election for which the candidates
are nominated All other certificates for the
nomination of candidates shall be filed with
the county clerk Of the respective counties, not
more than sixty (6O) days and not less than
twenty (2O) days previous to the day of such
election: Provided. That certificates of nomi.
nation and nomination papers for the nomina-
ton Of candidates for the offices in cities shall
De filed with the clerks Of the cities not more
than forty (40) days and not less than ten nO)
DAYS previous to such election
Sec s Any person whose name has been
presented as a candidate may cause his name
10 be withdrawn from nomination by his re-
quest in writing, signed by him and acknowl.
edged before an officer qualified to take &C.
acknowledgement Of deeds, and filed with the
secretary OF state not less than fifteen n5)
DAYS or with the clerk OF the county or city
not less than eight (S) days previous TO the day
of election, and no name so withdrawn shall
'0e printed upon the ballots All certificates of
nomination and nomination papers, when
: nled, shall be open, under the proper reguls-
ton, TO public inspection, and the secretary of
state, and the several county clerks, and city
clerks, having charge Of the nomination papers.
shall preserve the same in their respective of.
fees for not less than two years and six months
after the election
Sec s. In case q candidate who has been duly
nominated, under the provisions Of this act,
dies before election day or declines the nomi-
nation, as in this act provided, or should any
certificate OF nomination be held insufficient or
imperative by the officers with whom they NAV
'be filed, the vacancy or vacancies thus occa-
stoned may be filed by the political party or the
persons making the original nominations or. II
the time insufficient therefor then the vacancy
may be filed, II the nomination was by conven
ton, primary or caucus in such manner as the
convention, primary or caucus. had previously
provided, or in case OF no such provisions, then
by the regularly elected or appointed executive
or central committee, representing the political
party or persons holding such convention. pri.
mary meeting or caucus. The certificates OF
uomina ions made to supply such vacancy.
shall state in addition 10 the facts hereinbefort
required by this act, the name Of the oririna
nominee, the date Of his death or declination Of
nomination, or the fact that the former nomi
nation had been held insufficient or imperative
and the measures taken in accordance with IN,