Kansas City daily journal., 1896-10-29

of each Republican candidate he does not
intend to fote for. and write under it in the
space left for that purpose the name OF
the Democratic candidate he intends to
vote for: or to draw lines through all the
columns except the Democratic one and
then drawing horizontal lines through the
name OF each Bryan elector, writing under
each name thus erased. the names OF the
Mckinley elector desired to be voted for.
If a name is written in any column without
the er-asure of the name for which 1t was
meant to be substituted 1T will not invali-
date the entire ballot, but the vote will not
be counted for that particular office, 1t
being held that the voter has made no
choice.
If a man wishes to vote the entire DEM
ocratic ticket with the exception of Steph-
ems for governor, it will be a very simple
matter. Drawing lines through every col
umn of the ballot save the Democratic col
umn he will then erase the name of Steph-
ems by drawing a horizontal line through
it and in the space under it he will write
in the name of Lewis or Trimble. He Will
then have voted complete ballot.
The new law. which applies only to St
Louis and Kansas City, provides that the
polls shall be opened at o'clock IN the
morning and closed at O'clock N the aft
ernoon, instead of at o'clock, as formerly
In the country, however, the polls open at
o'clock and close at o'clock, as form-
erly.
No counting can now be done in the city
until after the close of the polls, but in the
country precincts the count must be mace
every hour.
Official Instructions to Voters.
Secretary of State Lesueur, in response
to numerous inquiries, gives out the fol-
lowing instructions to voters:
Under the Australian ballot law it Is
made the duty of the county clerks and
the election commissioners to prepare and
furnish to the voters the ballots which they
are to deposit in the boxes on election day
No others can be used. These baliots are
| large sheets of white paper upon which
must be printed, in separate groups, the
| tickets, of the various parties. or such tick
cts as may be nominated by electors who
| in numbers do not constitute political
parties.
Four constitutional amendments to
| be voted on. The character of each amend
| ment WILL under the law, be designated on
| the ballot. The voter, in order to have
| his vote counted upon these amendments,
| must erase, as the case may be, the words
yes or mo to conform the ballot to the
vote he desires to cast on the proposition
| voted on
On the election day each qualified voter
| shall be entitled to enter the polling place
and to receive from the Judges of election
| one ballot, upon which shall have been
placed the initials of two of the Judges or
| election, and no other writing shall be per-
| mitted upon the back of the ballot except
| the number of the ballot. The voter then
| retires to a booth alone, remaining not
more than five minutes. to prepare his
| ballot. In doing this he should particular
| ly remember that he must vote entirely
| upon one of the groups or tickets In other
| words, he must, by drawing one or two
| lines through them from top to bottom,
l oil fha ont
! desires to vote for other persons who are
| in other groups he must do so by crossing
out names and substituting Others for them
| in writing under the erasures-all upon one
of the groups or tickets. He cannot.
| for instance. vote for electors on
| one ticket and state county
| officers on another ticket. HE MUST DO
ALL HIS VOTING UPON ONE TICKET.
| UNDER ONE HEAD. If he undertakes
| to vote for some names by leaving them
| unmarked upon one group and other names
| in a similar way upon another group his
! ballot must under the law be rejected as
| illegal.
After preparing his, ballot the voter must
fold the same so that the face thereof shall
be concealed and so that the initials of the
judges previously placed upon the back of
| the ballot may be seen. He must then de-
| polling place.
| Any erasures the voter desires to make
| on the ticket he wishes to vote should be
| by horizontal and not perpendicular lines,
| as the law says-"a partial erasure of a
group of names lengthwise of the column,
| or in any other manner than by the erasure
| of a name to substitute another to be
taken as rejection of the whole group
If voter shall by accident or mistake
spoil his ballot he may return the spoiled
ballot to the judges of election and receive
another in place thereof.
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judges of election that he cannot read or
write, or that by reason of physical dis
ability he is unable to mark his ballot, may
declare his choice of candidates to the
judges having charge of the ballots. who
in the presence of the voter, without leav.
ing their respective positions. shall pre-
pare the ballot for voting according to his
instructions.
| REMEMBER.
Erase all the groups except the one upor
which you desire to vote.
On constitutional amendments erase the
words YES or mo- according to how
you desire to vote
Make no perpendicular lines on the ticket
, which you desire to vote.