New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-07
DIRECTIONS TO VOTERS.
HOW TO CAST A SPLIT TICKET-PRECAU-
TIoNs TO BE TAKEN

Thousands of votes are lost at every election
in this city because citizens mark their ballots
improperly. Here are some rules that every
citizen should observe In voting tomorrow:
Vote as early as you can. The polls are open
at 6 a. m. but some Of the election districts con-
tain so many voters this year that there may be
difficulty in receiving all the votes II the electors
delay in going to the polls. At ?. m the polls
will be closed
folded ballot will be handed to you by the
poll clerk Take the ballot into the voting booth.
and open and mark it there in secret The num-
bered stub Of every ballot is torn off before the
ballot is placed In the box. and no one VIII
know. unless you choose to tell. how you vote
In marking the ballot use only pencil with
b,sck lead or YOUR vote will be thrown cut
Be careful not to tear the ballot in marking IT.
Do not erase or scratch out anything on the
ballot If you do your vote is lost Make only
the cross Cl) mark on the ballot
II you want TO vote straight ticket make
only the cross OK mark in the circle under The
emblem Of your party.
The safest way TO vote a split ticket is not to
make the mark In the circle at the TOP OF any
column. but to make the mark in the space IN
front OF the name Of every candidate Tor whom
you want 10 vote
When Won have marked the ballot. and before
YOU leave the secret BOOTH fold the pauot again.
following the old creases
Then leave the booth and hand your oano' 10
the inspector Of election at the ballot-oox'
See that he tears off the stub ana places ths
ballot IN the box Then you can feel sure that
you have voted properly. and that your 'o'e Will
be counted as IL was cast
Most OF the trouble in voting comes OF voting
spl,, tickets. The Legislature last winter tried
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OF the voter was plain. by passing some new
rules regarding the canvassing or the votes aiio
the rules are intended to permit the voting OF
split tickets without making marks in front OF
the names Of all candidates for whom the eiec'or
desires 10 vote II is question, however, IL
election officers can De made 10 understand the
rules and follow them In the counting OF Da4lotS
In the election One of the rules reads as ioi-
lows:
When Two or more persons are TO be votea iol
for the same office-as two or more JUSTICES "a ~
names OF the sevecA. candidates therefor are are
printed on any ticket under the tLie o. u sba
Tor which all are running. and the eIcctV saadd
have made voting mark III the clfC1e d a. yofing
marx in the voting space before the name 9i mSe
than OF the group OF cand!dateS ~ ~ oiher
tckets or by writing the name or names OF a
candidate or candidates In the blank cooi,n o,ine
spaces on the ticket marked IN the ep6S
individual candidates OF the group OF can ~ MS
On such ticket for whom he desires 10 VGtdstes for
vote shall only be counted for the cahdluatedd on
such Office which are individually maIneN 90
other tickets or written IN the bianK coiui"'
1t may be safe. therefore. to vote a spii' ''ohe'
by the use Of a few marks, If the voter unuei
stands exactly what he is doing and the inspect
ors Of election understand the law wheh the'
count the votes, but the safest way is 10 io'io"
the original directions in the law, as rono"s'
II the elector desires 70 vote spnt uc KS, not
~ for candidates Of different parties-he hust H.
make cross (X) mark In the circle above tie
name Of any party but shall make a cross ~
mark In the voting space before the name OF eao"