The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-26

Lake county, Utah. Place of business,
same.
For Constable, Union precinct:
William e. Cox, Independent Repub-
iican, Republican. Residence, Union,
Salt Lake county, Utah. Place of bust
ness, same.
George A. Graham, Democrat. Resi-
dence, Union, Salt Lake county, Utah.
Place of business. same.
For Justice of the Peace, West Jor-
dan precinct:
Niels Lind, Democrat Residence,
West Jordan, Salt Lake county, Utah.
Place of business, same.
Joseph j. Williams, Sr., Republican.
Residence. West Jordan, Salt Lake
county, Utah. Place of business, same.
For Constable, West Jordan pre-
cinct:
B. l.. Cutler, Republican. Residence,
West Jordan, Salt Lake county, Utah.
Place of business, same.
Levi o. Oleson, Democrat. Residence,
West Jordan, Salt Lake county, Utah.
Place of business, same.
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS FOR
PREPARING BALLOTS.
Election judges to post one in each
booth and several in and around the
polling place in conspicuous locations.
To obtain ballots for voting:
Speak your name to the judges of
election who will. if your name APP
pears on the official list of voters in
the precinct, hand you one official bal
lot, provided that in the meantime your
right to vote is not challenged.
To prepare ballots for voting:
On receiving your ballot from the
election judges, Immediately retire
alone to one of the unoccupied compart-
ments of the voting booths and pre-
pare yur ballot for voting by marking
in ink in the appropriate margin or
square a cross (X) after the name of
the candidate of your choice fer each
Office to be filed If you desire to vote
a straight ticket, put cross (X) in the
square opposite the name of your party
or party emblem. Before leaving the
booth fold your ticket in the same man
ner it was folded when you received it,
so that the stub can be removed from
the top without revealing the (X)
marks you made on it. Keep your bal
lot so folded. and approach the judge
at the ballot box. Announcs your
name again and hand your ballot to the
judge who will, if the number of your
ballot is identified, detach the stub,
renumber your ballot in the upper right
hand corner, turn the same down and
seal it. If you are not challenged your
ballot will be returned to you, and you
will be permitted to cast it. Put the
ballot with the printed Endorsement
thereon uppermost in the box yourself
in full view of the judges.
To obtain a new ballot:
Should you spoil a ballot by accident
or mistake as to marking, you may OBJ
tain others successfully, not exceed
ing three in all, upon returning to the
election judges each spoiled one.
To obtain assistance:
If you are unable to read or write
the English language, or by reason of
physical disability cannot prepare your
ballot without assistance, make oath
to such fact before the judges. two of
whom will then render you assistance
in the marking and preparation of your
ballot for voting.
SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR vO-
TIERS.
If you wish to cast a straight party
ballot, put cross in ink in the blank
square to the right of your party en-
blem, and make no other mark.
If you wish to make any change
whatever from straight party ticket,
do not make any mark opposite either
party emblem.
When you do not vote straight
ticket but pick your candidates, put a
cross in the space at the right of each
candidate you wish to vote for. and
make no other mark on the ballot.
You do not vote directly for Presi-
dent and President. although the
names of candidates are on the ticket;
YOU vote for electors on the State tick
ct. choosing those of the party whose
Presidential candidates you wish to
support.
Do not destroy a spoiled ballot or
take from the polls any official ballot,
under penalty of prosecution for misde-
meanor.
Ali marking of ballots must be done
with ink. Use blotter before folding
your ticket.
All marking of ballots must be done
in voting compartments. Voters are
allowed but five minutes for prepara-
ton of ballots in compartment if others
are waiting.
Election booths will be provided with
pens, penholders. ink, rubber stamp
*" markers and linking pads and
blotting paper, and the arrangement of
booths and compartments will be such
! that voters may prepare their ballots
! screened from observation.
Hours of voting, a. m. to p m