Western Kansas world., 1893-10-28
How to Vote.

One of the best things which we have
seen on the subject is the card of iE-
structions issued by the republican coun-
ty central committee of Cloud county,
which we print in full as follows:
Each voter who reads these instruc-
tions carefully and follows the advice
therein contained cannot certainly make
mistake. When you have read them
do not throw the paper away, but cut
them out and read them to your neigh
Dor and see if we cannot all get full
understanding of the duties of the voter
under the new Australian ballot law.
"You are each and all respectfully re-
quested to carefully read and examine
the following card of instructions, which
is your guide as to the manner OF voting
in this coming election. 1t has been ap-
proved by the attorney general and at
tested by the secretary OF state:
TO OBTAIN BALLOT.
After giving your name and residence,
if you are voter, you will receive bal
lot from one OF the judges, with his in
itials endorsed thereon. Retire at once,
alone into any vacant voting booth to
prepare your ballot. You will find
printed on the ballot, in columns side
by side, all the candidates of all the
parties to be voted for at that election.
At the top of each column you will find
the name of each party ''ticket," or list
of candidates, as ''people's party" ":e-
publican" democratic" ''plohibi-
tion," etc.
TO PREPARE YOUR BALLOT.
To the left of each name on the ballot
you will find a square, thus: II: make
a mark, thus, x, in the square at the
left OF the names of the persons you de-
sire to vote for for write the names in
blank spaces, making mark, thus, x,
at the left of such names Your ballot
will be counted only for the names
marked In voting for ''public meas
ure," make a mark, thus, X, 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. Before 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 your booth and hand
your ballot to the Judge in charge of the
ballot box, and leave the inclosed space
without delay.
IN PRKPARTNG YOUR BALLOT
You shall not remain in the inclosed
space longer than ten minutes; nor in a
booth longer than five minutes, if other
voters are waiting. You will not he al
lowed to take ballot from the pollil-
place before the close of the election,
nor to vote any ballot exrept the one re-
ceived from the judge. If you spoil
ballo: in preparing it. you must return
it and get another. If you decide not
to vote, return your ballot and retire
from the inclosed space.
AstIoTING A VOTER.
Any voter who cannot read English,
or who is disabled, shall, upon request,
be assisted by two election officers OF OPP
posite political parties, appointed for
that purpose, who shall mark the ballot
as directed by the voter. No intoxicat-
ed person shall be entitled to assistance
in making his ballot.
We, the chairman and secretary of
the Cloud County Central committee,
deem it our duty to give you this infor-
nation, and we further urge upon you
to study it we'll"