The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-22
The New Election Law.

The general election on Tuesday
November 3, will be held under th'
new law passed by our State Legis
lature. The law is fashioned aftel
the Australian system, but the ballo
and the rules for voting are more
complicated. In Louisiana there are
five Electoral tickets in the field
there being eight names on each
And, in this, the Fourth District
there are four candidates for Con
gress. These forty four names are
printed on one sheet of paper, and
from that number the voter selects
the nine names he wishes to vote
the eight Electors and the Congress.
sional candidate.
The Electoral tickets are printed
in groups of eight, and it is very
likely that the Bryan and Sewal]
Electoral ticket will appear at the
top of the ballot. If the voter
wishes to vote for Bryan and
Sewall for President and Vice.
President he votes the eight names OF
the Bryan and Sewall Electors. For
example,: Opposite to each name on
the ticket is a circle, and the voter
stamps, or marks, the circle opposite
to the name he wishes to vote. The
entire list of names go in the box,
but only those opposite to the
stamped circle are counted.
Following is the form of the ballot:
Presidential Electors vote for eight
BRYAN AND SEwALL.
At Large: Ben Michel. Dem. O
At Large: J. W. Mcfarland. Dem. O
LIST Dist: Albert VOORHEES,. Dem. O
I'd Dist: Sam'l j. Kohlman. Dem. O
Sd Dist: G. A. Fournet. Dem. O
4th Dist: Lee McAlpin. >. Dem. O
5th Dist: r. M. Steele. %. Dem O
9Th Dist: J. T. Howell. . Dem. O
Representative in Congress-(vote for one)
Fourth District: B. W. Bailey Rep o
NJ. G. Elstner Rep O
R. P. Hunter Pop O
H. W. Ogden Demo
The manner of voting is simple !:
With the official stamp mark the
white circle at the right of the name
of the candidate you wish to vote for
On entering the enclosure the
voter will be given ballot by the
presiding Commissioner, when his
name will be checked, if he is emit
tied to vote. He then retires to a
voting booth and stamps the ticket
he intends voting. Before leaving
the booth he must fold the ballot in
the same folds as when he received
it, showing it to no one either before
or after marking, and so fold it that
the face of the ballot is concealed. If
the voter, through mistake, mutt.
lates his first ballot, he can get an o
Their by returning the first one to the
Commissioner, and, if he makes ano-
Their mistake, he can get a third bal
lot by returning the second; but, il
he makes a third mistake, his vote is
lost.
Polling booths vii be put up at
each voting place, where will be
found marking pads, and printed in
structions for the preparations of
ballots. If a voter declares to the
presiding Commissioner that he is
unable to properly mark the ballot
two Commissioners, each of an op-
posing party, shall render the de-
sired assistance.
No one else is permitted in the
booth at the time the voter is mark
ing his ballot, and the voter is pro-
hibited from showing his ballot, or
stating the nature of his vote. Elec-
pioneering within 80 feet of the polls
is prohibited.
Each political party is entitled to
one challenger; who shall remain
outside the rail of the voting place.
Polls must be kept open from Z
o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock
in the afternoon.