Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-03
Card Of Instructions to Voters.

voter must be resident of the State for year
and Of the county 60 days next preceding the election
and acuaE and bona de resident of the Election Pre-
cinct in which he offers to vote.
The voter can procure ballots of the Poll Clerksonly
On entering the election room the voter will give
his and residence to one OF the Poll Clerks who
shall announce his name IN loud voice and give him
one ballot On receipt of the ballot the voter shall forth
with and without leaving the enclosed paceetre alone
to Of the booths compartments and shall there
prepare his ballet.
In the preparation of his ballot the voter shall decide
FIRST which ticket whether Republican, Democratic
otherf he will vote and he will nDEFACE ALL Thee
OTHER TICKETS on the baot-sheet by drawing,one or
more lines, WITH PEN AND INK OR INDEALBLEi
PENCIL from the top to the bottom thereof or across
the heading thereof.
The voter desiring,t to erase the of any candi
date from the ticket intends tovote tevote for any
other candidate person his stead may strike the
name printed from his ticket and write In the blank
space Immediately below the stricken off the name
of the person for whom he desires to vote.
IF the voter SPOIL detace ormuate the ballot dev-
cred to him. he must return tsto the Poll Clerks and
receive another in place thereof He MUST NOT De-
STROY 1T.
He must vote the ballet he receives return it to
the Poll Clerks.
A voter cannot remain in asbooth or compartment
longer than five Is minutes
If voter for lack of education by reason of his
physical disability unable to prepaEehsbaot and for
that reason requires the assistance OF the Baaot Clerks
both of them must 90 with him the votinghooth and
one of them in the OF the other and out OF sight
and hearing of Others mustPFeparefs oafoCaor nm as
he the voter directs it to bedone And the voter re-
quests be DONE the bahcmustbe rea0 over TO him
as SO prepared after it is done; the voter require
the Poll Clerks to show him the relative position OF the
names of the candidates the ballot and then retire to
the voting booth and prepare his ballot.
No voter shall hold conversation communication
with any other person than the Poll Clerks or Commits
sioners OF Election while in the election room.
Fold the ballot by placing the bottom end on and
even with the top of the ballot then fold it cosswlse
twice. TAKING to have the words poll Clerks and
the signature of said clerks the back thereof exposed
Use blotting pads.
When the voter has prepared his ballot he shall
vote forthwith and without leaving the polling place.
give his and present his ballot to one OF the Oom
missioncrs of Election When he has voted ne shall re-
tire Immediately from the election room, anu peyono Ino
sixty feet limit thereof.
following sections 3d. 7S 49, 81 and 50 OF chapter Oh Inv
Elections by the People:
the election qualified voter shaai make
affidavit before has voted
the accused shall at once %
MIN delivered to the civil authors
affidavit shall be admitted to the
Immediately after the close OF the cleo
shall deliver such affidavit to some JUS
ce of the in the magste district who shall proceed thereon
he before him
person ballot from
the election having IN his possession outside the on room
election shall be guilty
thereof shall be imprisoned in the pensen-
less than than five years
attempt to induce any voter to
otherwise place mis- oah the OIL
device
shall into
TO induce
attempt distinguishing mark
attempted TO be
in
discretion OF the be fined not less
donar end be imprisoned
than elk months
No OF
voted No officer Of election shall doany
shall election
polingpace within
No
entitled shall
wifi prepared voting,
make agreement d.
recly indirectly
ballot
lin ballot
Of
clerk a be
of