Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-15
Voting ihe Au,lraIlan paIIot.

"schoOl." are being held In different
iscus TO educate the voters IN tho new
fgttem Of casting their bailols-undsr
{ Australian ballot Law. IL will do
every voter good 10 atloud these schools
rnd thereby obtain information which
10 make him confident Of his Ability
Z vote Just ~ he desires TO. The bal.
llt TO DO used al general elections n
lung and Intricate, hut there IL really
80 ulficuliy fora careful voter, or ior
cue who will take the time 10 note tho
B stfuctions, 10 got his vote precisely
~ he wi,hes II. The work on this
at H. very plain aud simple, and
therefore easily understood.
Asst the ballot, none but regularly
nominated candidates can he placed
upon II. This makes nomiuatiBg con.
vantions Of m0Ta iDpoIiADce Ia the
STATE than heretofore. With tho ex.
osption " presidential oleotors, which
ere put 10 groups, oil names OF osn.
didatss must be placed In Alphabetical
order, according O. tufnAmcs, under
the desig uAtion Of the oiiice which
they are iutended 10 al. Political
psftles are designated by embloms NJ
well ~ by namtr, but no two raTlies
re allowed 10 use tue same uovice. Ia
100 coming general election, TOR
Instance, tho flfst thing on the
ticket will be the emblemH OF
the political parties who have named
candidates. Thee party umblems
will be plteed Oao under tho other,
aud at the right Of uaoh will ho print
cd blank square. over or uudV.
these embltms the following irstfuct
lion muut appoafi "io vu'" q alTaighr
ticket, place crosa mara * with Ink
Ia the square opposite YOU'D party em.
blem.D THIS tells tho whole story TO
tue straight party voter. Next come
The respective groups Of pfosidontisl
electors, with the mono Of the political
PARTY they represent, and the NAMES OF
inc party candidates lot President anu
Vice President OF tue United StAtrs.
Those latter are tho oniy nsnios allowed
On the ballot except those OF oandi-
oates regularly nomin mated acgofding
10 the State law.
All other candidates except pTssi.
Dental electors are ultesd under the
designation Of the oiiloo Tor which they
are nominated, In alphabetical order.
There Ia nothing In the law which
tbids n line Of olAfslfioAtion such ~
Congregational ticket, ""State ticket"
County ticket" "Judicial district
ticket, "''Ptseinci Ticket" etc., Tor tbs
convenience and information n the
voter. There may ba also pf mt Ia.
ftruullous such a. "Note itF on !" or
vote Tot three" W any other humboT
Of candidates Tor q similar ofiiof, such
ns three county commissioner, ", A.
10 tue case OF Salt Lake eounty, flvo
tvnatofs or ten representative, also tha
Instruction may be Included, "lf you
have not voted straight ticket above,
plsce cross marK (x) with Ink oppo.
tile each name you with 10 vote TOT In
tho blank space loft tor that purpose"
Hut no caption or endorsement except
ihosp to aid the voter 10 pormitied on
the ticket; and no licssla with the ear.
didates Of orc pfeoinci, county or dlt.
riot are allowed In tho polling plnoe II
another. Tho arrangement u NAMES
on the bAilol,in thelI alphabetical order,
would be as follows In the present cleo.
lion; Tor instance, II VIM. II. kln. Il
the congressional candidate ~ tho
Dpmooraif, L.. HolbTook Of the Rspub.
licans anu Independents. aud w.
Foster " the P0pulistp, then h o9mlng
Do the slphst ct before II, aud AZ he.
i1re X the surname beg ming Ihofe.
vi. win come nFal, thui
Representative In Congreasi
loser. Warren, Populist.
noihrook, Lainyo,loi Republican and In
dependent.
kiug, WIN. Hi Democrat
To ihs digit VI each line IL left q
space Tor the yoteI'a marx. la tho case
Of tho lhTea county commissioners VI
i've or ten Legislators on one ticket, the
names will DO arranged alphabetically,
unt all mixed ny NJ 20 party.
Now ne o. the voter The one
Who votes his party ticket straight has
iue least trouble u all. He merely
makes a cross opposite bls party SIN.
lem. and deposits hls ballot with tho
.ldgee. II he falls 10 make the cross
no vote does not COUNT II he makes
cross opposite tho emhlem aud an.
oihor opposite a name bslOw o. another
I' rly, then his vote 10 not counted for
'ltNer candidate VI the 0flica marked,
Tut 10 ~ TO tho Tosl Of the ticket. The
pfrson who does not vote a straight
ll.kal r.au.l an III ax.Fv mama la ..n.ia