The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-23
lContinued from last week. |

Sec. 66. The ballots furnished
Ivy the Secretary Of State shall be
OF plain white paper, in weight not
less than the best quality Of No. 2
book paper, which shall be cut SC
as to be rectangular, and each bal.
lot shall he five inches in width,
and of such length as may be nee.
essary, provided that all ballots
furnished for use in any one pre-.
cinct shall be of the same length.
Before distribution the ballots
shall be so folded in marked creas.
es that their width and length will
be of convenient size for insertion
into the ballot.box, and in such
manner that only the official on.
dorsement shall be visible. Ou
the back and outside, when folded,
shall be printed in great prlma
Roman condensed capitals s'Ofi.
cial Ballot for" followed by the
designations Of the polling place
for which the ballot is prepared,
the date of the election, aud fac
simile of the signature Of the Sec.
rotary of State.
The following directions shall
be conspicuously printed OH the
ballot: "To vote for y candidate,
Obliterate with the official stamp
the white circle at the right of his
name. To vote fol candidate for
al office when his name is not
printed as candidate therefor,
write his name with "a pencil hav.
ing black lead in the blank space
under the printed names of candi.
dates for such Office, and obliter.
ate with the official stamp the
white circle at the right Of tht,
name so written. Any other mark
invalidates the ballot"
Upon the face of each ballot. ~
horizontal lines parallel with the
top OF the ballot, the names of all
candidates nominated for any
office shall be printed upon the
title of the Office, in alphabetical
order according to surnames, and
in capital letters Of uniform type,
the face of said type to be one.
eighth of an iuch il height, provi.
'ied, that all names shall he pri:.t
Ell III type of exactly the Same s.z..
and style. To the right of the
name Of each candidate and on
the same horizontal line as the
name OF the Candidate, shall be a
square hereinafter called a voting
space. The voting spaces on the
ballot shall measure one-quarter of
an inch (thlee nonpariels) in height
and One,quarter of an inch three
nonparieis) in width. Voting
spaces Oh any ballot provided for
any one polling place shall be of
uniform size and shall be arranged
i'll a vertical column. Voting
spaces opposite the names of all
candidates for the same Office shall
% printed as a continuous column.
Voting spaces shall be printed
solidly in black, except that at
the center of each space shall be
left a circular white space one
eight of an inch in diameter, I'm
der the title of each Office GU the
ballot and below the printed names
OF the several candidates nominal
cd for that Office shall be left as
many blank spaces as there are
persons to be elected to such Office,
and at the right Of each blank
space shall be a voting space. II,
III the case of any Office, no nomi.
nations Of candidates to fill the
same have been made, the title of
such Office shall be printed upon
ballot, and as many blank spaces
shall be left below such title as
there are persons to be elected to
to the Office, and at the right of
each such space shall be voting
space.
On the ballot the blank spaces
left for the insertion of names un-
der the title Of any office shall be
separated from the printed title of
the Office appearing next thereaf.
ter by perforated line Immediate.
~ above such title, which line
shall extend across the ballot from
left to right.
Upon the back Of each part of
the ballot between perforated
lines, shall be printed the title of
the Office which appears upon the
face of such portion of the ballot.
All such titles shall be printed in
such manner that when the ballot
is partially unfolded for the pur.
pose of the canvass, such endorse.
meDts shall be plainly legible.
All of the official ballots pre-.
pared for the same polling place
shall be of precisely the same size,
arrangement, quality and tint Of
paper and kind Of type, aud shall
be printed with black ink of the
same tint, so that it shall be i'm
possible to distinguish any one
ballot from the other. If at a gen. |
eral election in any Congressional
district Que representative i'll Con
gress is to be elected for a full
term and another to It'll a vacancy