River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-03-28
ELECTION NOTICE.
OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERK,

ELLSWORTH, Wis, March 20, 1895.
To the electors of Pierce County:
Notice Is hereby given that a judicial election
is 20 be held in the several towns, wards and
election precincts in the county of Pierce on the
second day of April, 1895, at which the officers
the candidates for each Office to be voted for
whose nominations have been certified TO this
office, and the questions submitted TO a vote ? r.
given opposite the name of the Office and w er
the appropriate party or other designation each
in its appropriate column below.
INFORMATION To VOTERS.
The following instructions given for the
information and guidance of voters. A voter
upon entering the polling place. ald giving his
the ballot clerk which must have endorsed there
ON the names or initials of both ballot clerks and
no other can be used. Upon receiving his ballot
tt voter must retire alone 20 booth or CON-
l.-rtment and prepare the same for voting. A
ballot clerk may inform the voter as TO the
proper manner of marking a ballot, but he must
not advise or indicate in any manner whom to
vote for. The voter, If he wishes TO vote for all
the candidates nominated by any party, should
make a cross mark Y, under the party designa-
ton printed at the top OF the ballot in the square
made for that purpose. A ballot so marked, and
having no other mark, will be counted for all
the candidates of that party in the column I'M
derneath, unless the names of some of the candi-
dates If the party have been erased, and Will be
counted for all names written in lieu OF one
erased or pasted over a printed name.
IL the voter wishes to vote for some of the can
nidates of different political parties, he should
erase the names OF the candidates ne does not
desire to vote for, and make a cross mark, X.
after the name of each candidate he does desire
to vote for. IL lac wishes to vote for person for
d certain Office whose name is nor on the ballot,
he must write the name in the blank space un-
der the printed name of the candidate for the
Office, and make cross, Y, in the square at the
right of it. The ballot should not be marked in
any other manner, If the ballot be spoiled il
must be returned to the ballot clerk, who must
issue another in its stead, but not more than
three in all to any one voter. Five minutes
time IL allowed in booth to mark ballot. IN
official ballots or memorandum to assist the
voter in marking his ballot, can be taken into
the booth, and may be used to copy from The
ballot must not be shown so that any person can
see how il has been marked by the voter After
il is marked. il should be folded so that the in
side cannot be seen, but so that the printed
endorsements and signatures of the ballot clerks
ON outside may be seen. Then the voter should
pass out of the booth, give his name to the in
spector in charge of the ballot box, hand him
his ballot to be placed in the box, and pass out
Of the voting place A voter who declares to
the presiding officer that he is unable to read,
that by reason of physical disability, he is un-
able TO mark his ballot, can have assistance of
one or two election officers in marking same, 10
be chosen by the voter. The presiding officer
may administer an OATH in his discretion, as TO
such persons disability. The party designa-
lions and candidates for the different offices are
as follows: