The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-10-22
HOW TO VOTE.

Notwithstanding that the Australian
ballot system has been in use Cor som
time, not all are perfectly satisfied tina
they know exactly how to vote under it
There are various ways. The suggestion
1 in the law are somewhat scattered. The,
| may be coilated as follows:
/, If the voter wishes TO vote straight
! that is for all the candidates OF one party
| he can do so by making a cross in the
! square at the head of the ticket he wish
| es to vote for. If no other mark is made
/ on the ballot, the vote counts for every
name II that column. Or if he chooses
| be may place a cross IN the square to The
| right of each name, and omit the cross al
| the head. This is seldom done now wheI
the intention is to vote straight ticket
as 1t is easier TO mark a cross in the
square at the top.
,. There are various ways in which G
'spllt ticket may be voted. Any one OF
| the following is proper:
"a Mark a cross at the head of the
ticket you wish to vote. Then erase the
name, of the person on that ticket for
whom you do not wish to vote and write
the name of the person for whom you
wish to vote IN the space under the
name erased. The cross at the head is
then a vote for the written names as we'll
as for the printed ones which have not
been erased. Even though the name OF
the person for whom you do not wish to
vote is not erased, the vote will be count
ed for the person whose name is written
under his if written in the proper space.
1t is not safe to trust to this, however.
and 1t is always better to erase the print
ed name, thus making certain your in.
tention TO vote for the man whose name
you have written.
(b) Mark cross in the square at the
head of the ticket. Erase the name OF
any person on the ticket for whom YOU
do not wish to vote, and then If you wish
to vote for one of his opponents, mark q
cross IN the square to the right of the
name of tie person on the other ticket
for the same office for whom you wish to
vote. As In case Of writing the name,
mentioned in (a), failure 10 erase the
name OF the person on the ticket, at the
head of which you have marked the cross
will not make the vote count for him If
you have placed mark against some
other name for the same office in another
column But as IN the former case, 1t is
always better to erase the name of the
person for whom you do not intend to
vote.
(c) You need not mark a cross at the
head of the ticket but place mark in
the square to the right of each name of
the person you wish to vote for, selecting
them from each column as you prefer.
Should you place mark against two or
more names for the same office,it will not
be counted for any of them.
On account of the large number OF
names on the ticket this fall, this last
method, marked (c), is not good one,
as mistakes are likely to occur. 1t must
be understood, however, that the law
gives precedence, in case of disputes, to
that manner of voting which comes near
est to beng vote for an individual.
Here are three methods of voting q
split ticket" The voter should select
one and study it with care.
yhe intention of the voter always gov
ems, and the clearer the intention the
more certain the vote. For this reason a
name written is always counted if written
IN the proper place. 1t is counted even
though the name printed is not erased,
and even If mark is placed after the
printed name, or after any other name
for the same office IN another column, or
even if no mark is placed after the writ
ten name. A mark after an Individual
name is a clearer vote for an individual
than cross at the head of the ticket,
though 1T is not deemed as clear IN in
tentIon as writing the name.