The Taney County republican., 1896-10-29
INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTERS.

Do you know how to scratch q
ballot?
Those who do not know how to
scratch a ticket do not know how to
vote, and their ballots are likely to
be thrown out.
In order to make the matter as
simple as possible, The Republican
gives herewith the following rules
in order that every qualified voter
may be able to vote intelligently and
have his ballot counted:
When an elector enters the polling
place, he may wish to vote for some
of the candidates on one ticket and
some Oh another, or he may want to
vote for few candidates on each of
the several tickets printed Oh tile
official ballot. This cannot be done
unless the voter understands how to
do it,
Suppose, for instance, that a voter
wants to, vote the national Republi-
can ticket. The law says that bal
lot to be legal must be continuous.
III other words, all the names must
be liz single column. To put his
ballot in this shape, it is necessary
for the voter to scratch out every
thing on the ticket except the Repub-
lican ticket. leaving it perfectly clear
that lie intends to vote for the Re-
publican PresIdential electors.
But if the voter wishes to scratch
certain of the Candidates on the Re-
r.1S 81. L.
scratch out the names Of the cantli-
dates on that ticket he does not want
to vote for, aud write IN the names Of
other candidates for the same offices.
In order to make this plain, sup
rose Republican voter wanted to
vote for Williams for sheriff. All
that it would be necessary for him to
do would be to scratch the name of
William A. Johnston, and write Will
liams under it on the line provided
for that purpose. lie would then
have cast his vote for the Republican
ticket except for sheriff, and the
same would apply to- any other can-
didate or candidates scratchede0n the
Republican ticket.
Immediately following the names
of the candidates for judge of the ST.
Louis court of appeals arc the four
constitutional amendments. AS these
are the same on every ticket, they
should be scrat ched except in the coli
umn containing the ticket the voter
wishes to vote for. If he favors the
removal of the State capital from
jefferson City he must scratch the
paragraph ehdiDg with the word No;
and if he is opposed to the removal
scheme he must scratch the para
graph ending Yes.
If you intend to vote the Demo-
cratic or Peoples national ticket, and
also the County Free Silver ticket,
you must write the names of the
county candidates in the blank
spaces at the bottom Of the Demo-
cratic or Peoples party column. as
the case may be, writing the right
name under the proper heading.
You must then draw two lines
through the column devoted to the
County Silver ticket in the same
manner that you have cancelled all
the other tickets. Be very careful
not to undertake to vote in more
than one column. You cannot vote
n combination ticket made up Of the
Democratic or Popuiist ticket as far
as county Offices with the County
Silver ticket left unmarked to rep
resent the remainder. Such a
vote would not be counted. ke care
full, but do not get exc:lcd, and you
will not be disfranchised. Resent
ment is natural under the circum-
stances, but the way to punish the
political enemy is to vote right.
Nothing else will bring in the rule OF
equity aud justice in Tancy county.