The Somerset reporter., 1894-08-23
To Vote Straight.


In order to vote the straight Republic
can ticket, September 10Th, it Is only
necessary to go inside the election COM
partment prepared by the Municipal off,
GERS. give your name to one of the hal
lot clerks, take ballot that will lie
given you, retire to one Of the voting
shelves and mark your ballot with a y
above the word Republican in the upper
left hand corner OF the printed ballot, in
the white square left for that purpose.
BY doing this you vote for all the Repub-
should.
The law has been amended since the
election of 1892. That year the law
provided for voting by making the Y at
the right hand of the name of the party,
hence this explanation seems to be de-
sirable.
The Somerset county Republican
ticket is not only a good one this year,
but an exceptionally good one and en-
tirely worthy of the able, judicious and
popular Chief Executive whose name for
the second time heads the Republican
ticket. Therefore we say there is not
the remotest excuse for any Somerset
Republican, voting other than the
straight Republican ticket as it will be
made up by the Secretary of the State
from the nomination papers sent in to
this Office from the several Republican
nominating conventions, and we do not
purpose to take any pains to instruct
vote! how to split their ticket, but con
tent ourselves with giving the law itself
so far as it relates to voting, after one
enters within the space enclosed for
that purpose and has received his ballot
in hand, viz:
"On receipt of his ballot the voter
shall forthwith, and without leaving the
enclosed space, retire alone to one of the
voting shelves or compartments so pro-
vidcd aud shall prepare his ballot by
marking in the appropriate margin or
place, Il cross y as follows: He may
place such mark within the square above
the name of the party group or ticket.
in which case he shall be deemed to have
voted for all the persons named in the
group under such party or designation.
And if the voter shall desire to vote for
any person or persons. whose name or
names are not printed AS candidates on
the party group or ticket. he may erase
any name or names which are printed on
the group or party ticket, and under the
name or names so erased he may fill In
The name or names of the candidates OF
his choice. Or il the voter does not de-
sire to vote for II person or persons
whose names are printed upon the party
group or ticket, he may erase such name
or names with the fleet that the ballot
shall not be counted for the candidate or
candidates whose names are so erased.
In case of IA question submitted to the
vote of the people he shall place such
mark in the appropriate margin above
the answer which he desires to give.
Before leaving the voting shelf or com
partmrut. the voter shall told his ballot
without Displaying the marks thereon,
in the same way it was folded when re-
ceived by him, and he shall keep the
same 50 folded until he has voted. He
shall vote in the manner now provided
by law before leaving the enclosed space,
and shall deposit his ballot in the box
with the official endorsement upper
most He shall mark and deposit his
ballot without undue delay and shall
quit said enclosed space rs soou as he
has voted. No such voter shall be al
lowed to occupy a voting shelf or com
partment already occupied by another.
nor to remain within said enclosed space
more than zen minutes nor to occupy IA
voting shelf or compartment for more
| than five minutes in case all of such
shelves or compartments are in use. and
same"