New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-30
JUST HOW TO VOTE.
DON'T MAKE ERAsUREs OR ANY UNNECEs-
SARY MARKS.

INSTRUCTIONS AZ TO THE WAY TO VOTE FOR
A STRAIGHT OR A MIXED TICKET
Several citizens. who are evidently anxious that
no vote shall be lost 70 the Fusion ticket on ac-
count OF possible mistakes in marking the official
ballot have sent letters TO The Tribune suggest
ing that additional asnings against such mis-
takes be published The law is explicit In declar-
ing that ballots which are marked improperly
must be thrown out and not counted by the cleo
,ion officers Section 81, OF Chapter ITO OF the
laws OF 1885 declares that ANY mark or erasure on
this ballot except as above indicated makes this
ballot void and It cannot be counted.
T. I. necessary, therefore that voter should
he careful In marking the ballot In the nrst
Mace he must be sure 10 use only a lead pencil
having a black lead. cross mark with blue or
rcd mcneil or with a pen. will cause the ballot 10
hs thrown out. The reason for having the ballot
marked only with a black pencil was to prevent
~. mark showing through the ballot and thus
allowing an election officer 20 tell by looking az
the outside Of the folded ballot what ticket had
been marked.
When a straight ticket is TO be voted the voter
shop,d have no excuse for making mistake
Tho directions given BY Attorney-General Han
cock are plain
Ktha elector desires 20 vote straight ticket OF,
in other words for each and every candidate OF
one party for whatever once non'ina'eo' "e '"a'
lal Make cross CX) mark in the circular space
below the device and above the name or the party
NJ the head OF the ticket or. which Is the salest
an, ~, Nal cross OK mark en- the left OF and
opposite the name of each and every candidate OF
e,ch nerty IN the blank space provided therefor
A. 20 the second way OF marking a straight
,,.Ist a voter must be careful TO make the cross
,oa,ks IN the spaces on the LETT OF the names OF
,ha candidates To make the cross on the rght
q, q name would be voting for another candidate
When a voter desires 10 vote mixed ticket
the safest way is &c follow Attorney-General
Hancock's direction indicated by (a) IN the fol-
lowing:
I, N. elector desires 10 vote mixed ticket. or,
In other words. for candidates Of different parties
he shall either
(a) omit making a cross OK mark In the circu-
lar space above the name Of any party, ana make
a cross (X) mark in the blank space before the
name Of each candidate for whom he desires 10
vote on whatever ticks. he may be; or
(b) Make a cr,ss (X) mark in the circular space
above the name Of party, some OF whose candi-
dates ne desires to vote for. and then make a
cross (X) mark before the name Of any candidate
Of any other party for whom he may desire 10
vote: in which case. the cross IX) mark IN the
circular space above the name OF party Will
cast the electors vote for every candidate on the
ticket OF such party except for offices FOR wnich
candidates are marked on other party tickets,
and the (X) marks before the names OF such
candidates will cast the electors vote for them
II the name Of candidate for whom man
wants TO vote appears in more than one column.
however the voter must be careful not to mark
in the space TO the left OF his name more thar
once To attempt to vote for one candidate twice
would invadate the ballot. AS to the method Of
voting mixed ticket indicated In Co Albon Man
writes 10 The Tribune
In Section ST. Chapter 10. Laws OF 1895 II IS
provided that a in the large circle or bank
below the party device shall indicate the e.ector
choice OF the party ticket for which he desires to
vote FOR each and every candidate thereon II IS
true that the exception following these words rem
ders the a little obscure, but how is II the
marking in place where II indicates tnat
the e.ector for each and every name OF that
party ticket and then putting cross opposite tne
ranlo OF individual in some other ticket, can De
anything but voting for two different men for the
ofce?
AS Will be seen by careful reading OF the d.
rections following (b) the Attorney-General OF the
State does not read the law that way but Mr
Man Is doubtless right in the statement that the
safest way to vote mixed is to make cross be-
fore the names Of the persons for whom the cleo
tor wishes 20 vote. and make no other crosses or
marks anywhere else on the ticket"