Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-03-16
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
FULL TEXT OF THE NEW ELECTION
Law WHICH TAKES EFFECT
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La w WHICH TAKES EFFECT
JULY 1.
Below is given the text of the Australian
ballot act which goes into effect July 1st
next and which is one of the most important
measures passed during the session of the
General Assembly just closed:
l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Virginia, That every elector shall vote by
ballot.
2. Each person offering to vote shall deliver
a single ballot to one of the judges of cleo
ton in the presence of at least one of the
other two judges.
3. The ballot shall be white paper ticket.
containing the names Of the persons who
have complied with the provisions of this act
as hereinafter provided, and the title OF the
Office printed or written as hereinafter provid-
ed. None other shall be legal ballot.
CANDIDATES GIVE NOTICE.
4. Any person who intends to be a candi-
date for any Office. State or national, to be
elected by the electors of the State at large OF
of Congressional district. shall, at least
twenty days before such election, notify the
Secretary of the Commonwealth in writing
properly attested. of such intention, desig-
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candidate. Such written notice shall
be signed by the said candidate, but it
he be incapable OF writing his proper sigma
ture, then some mark adopted by him as his
signature shall be acknowledged before a
justice of the peace OF other officer authorized
to take Acknowledgements to deeds, and in the
same manner. Any person who intends to be
candidate for any Office not embraced in the
foregoing, at any election. shall give a SINH
lar notice of at least twenty days before such
election to the Clerk or clerks of the County
| or Hastings Courts of the various county or
counties or the city or cities whose electors
vote for the candidate for such Office. No per-
son not announcing his candidacy as provid
ed for above, shall have his name printed on
ballots provided for such election. On
receipt of the foregoing notice it shall
be the duty of the Secretary of the
| Commonwealth to immediately notify the sec
| rotary of each Electoral Board of each coun-
ty OF city of the State or of said Congressional
! district.
| 5. 1t shall be the duty of the Electoral
| Boards of the several counties and cities with
in the State within thirty days preceding each
election, to cause to be printed number of
! ballots equal to twice the entire registered
! vote of the said county or city. These ballots
shall contain the names of all candidates
complying with the provisions as above re-
quired, printed in black ink Immediately be-
low The Office for which they have SO an
nounced their candidacy.
PRINTERS UNDER OATH.
| G. The printer with whom the board shall
contract for the printing of the said ballots
shall before the work is commenced take an
oath before the secretary Of said board, who
is hereby empowered to administer said oath
| to the following effect:
| 81, solemnly swear that will
print (here insert numberl ballots, according
to the instruction Of the Electoral Board OF
the county Cor city) of --; that will
print and will permit to be printed, directly
or indirectly, no more than the above number
that l will at once destroy all imperfect and
perfect Impressions that as soon as said
nunaDer Of ballots is printed will distribute
the type used for saiq york, and finally, thai
| will not comMupicate to any OLE vhpmso
ever in any manner whatsoever the size, style
OF contents Of said ballots"
| iC:,;s oath shall be reduced to writing and
signed by t.se person taking it, and also q
similar affidavit shall sie raGt,T4iIred OF any EN-
ploye or other person engaged WON SAID
work, or who shall have access to II, apd any
Intentional violation of said oath shall con
stitpte the ssfiii4e Of perjury. It shall pe the
duty of SAID beaFq t. II qlssizfats one Of thel'
number &c be continuously present present ii tth'
room in which said GallGts are printed ttr TOP,
the commencement until the END Ct said work
and see that the undel takings of said oati
l are stsietly complied with. For the faithful
Ediseharge of sa4q daty he shall receive as
ompepsaton p. IS s0 Is 81 as said ballots are
printed they SHALL he securely wrapped az
sealed. and such member Of the Electoral
Board shall take them into his exclusive pos