The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-30
NO PICNIC FOR THE CLERK,


ing for the fall election, no. from he
standpoint of candidate, but in the ca
pacity of county clerk. whose work has
been greatly increased owing to the new
Australian ballot law, for he is the Que
upon whom devolves the duty of providing
the voting booths. printing the tickets,
etc. In conversation with reporter for
the EAGLE yesterday he stated that this
county will require 10 less than 300 booths,
as the law provides that he shall establish
booth for every sixty votes in pre-,
cinct aud fractional part thereof. He
has either to have these booths
made here or else to buy them
from some manufacturer and they will
cost from s. to $40 each. These booths
when provided shall be located wherever
designated and in plain view OF the election
officers, aud both they and the ballot boxes
shall be in plain view Of those outside the
guard rail Each of said booths shall have
three sides inclosed, one side in front, 10
open and shut by door swinging out
ward or to be inciosed with curtain.
Each side of each booth shall be seven q
feet high, and the door or curtain shall ex-
tend to within two o. feet of the floor,
WHICH oUdIi DC CiOSCo w uIiO tI~ fOSSN -
preparing his ballot; and such booths
shall be we'll lighted. Each booth shall be
at least three ca feet square, and shall
contain shelf III least one ID foot wide, at
a convenient height for writing.
All ballots cast in elections for national.
state, district and county officers in this
state, and all ballots cast in township and
city elections shall be printed and dis
tributed at public expeuse. The printing
and distribution of ballots and all other
expenses connected with or growing out
of the provisions of the law shall be paid
by townships, and cities OF the first and
second class and it shall be the duty oil
the county commissioners of each county
to apportion such expense among the
townships and cities of the county i'll pro-
portion TO the vote cast at the last proceed
ing general election in each township and
city. Aud this apportionment and the
work incident to 1t shall ne performed by
the county clerk. When a party noml-
mates list of candidates their names
| must be certified to the county clerk not
less than twenty days prior to the election
and these certificates must be filed by the
county clerk, which will involve good
deal of additional labor. This, OF course.
| only applies to county nominations. II
! apy nominee desires to withdraw his can
didacv he must do so in writing eight days
I before election, and this the county clerk
| shall also file For all elections to which
| the new law applies, the county clerk
shall have charge of the printing of the
ballots for ali general elections, aud shall
| furnish them to the judges of such cleo
tons Ballots shalt be printed and III the
possession of the officer charged with their
distribution at least five days before
the election, accompanied by exact
copies of said ballots printed on
paper of any color other than
white, for the inspection of candidates and
their agents. If any mistakes are dIscoV
cred they shall be corrected without delay.
The officers so charged with the printing
of the ballots shall cause to be delivered te
the Judges of election, at the polling place
of each voting precinct, not less than
twelve hours before the time fixed by law
for the opening of the polls therein, one
hundred ballots of the kind to be voted in
such precinct for every fifty votes or frac
ton thereof cast therein at the last pre-
ceding election for state officers. Suct
ballots shall be put up in separate sealed
packages of fifty ballots each, with mask:
| on the outside clearly designating the
polling place for which they are intended
and the number of ballots inclosed.
and a receipt therefor shall be giyer
by the judge or judges Of election
| to whom they are delivered, which re
ceipt shall be preserved by the Officer
charged with the printing of the ballots
The officer or authorities charged with the
printing and distributing of the ballot:
shall provide and retain at his or their
offices an ample supply of ballots IN addi'
ton to those distributed to the seyera
voting precincts, and if at any time on OIL
before the day of election the ballots fur
nished to any precinct shall be lost, de
stroyed or exhausted, before the polls arr
closed on written application. signed by /
majority of the judges of such precinct OF
signed and sworn to by one of such judges
he shall Immediately cause to be delivered
to such judges, at the polling place, suct
additional supplied ballots as may be re
oured, and sufficient to comply with tn
provisions of the law.
In addition to the above the count.
clerk must have the ballots printed, shall
prepare full instructions for the guidance
OF voters at such election, after obtaining
ballots, as TO the manner of marking then
and the method of gaining assistance. ant
as TO obtaining new ballots i'll place o
those accidentally spoiled and they shall
cause the same, together with the copie
of sections -, y, II, 25. PC, %, -, % of tn
new law to be printed in large, clear typ
on cards, to be called cards of instruction
and he shall furnish to the judges of cleo
ton sufficient number of such cards o
instruction to enable the judges Of election
TO comply with the provisions of the law
On the whole Mr.. Carvin will have b!
. hands full this fall and his work will b
) everything but pleasant
IN MEMORIUN