Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-03-28
ELECTION NOTICE

OFFICE OF CITY CLERK, March Is,
1901. TO the Electors of the City of
Mineral Point, Wis:
Notice is hereby given that city
election is to be held in the several
the city of Mineral Point, on the I'd
day of April, 1901, at which the Off
GERS named below are to be chosen.
The names of the candidates for each
office to be voted for, whose nomina-
tions have been certified to this office,
are given opposite the title of the Of
fee and under the appropriate party
or other designation, each in its pro-
per column, and the questions sub
mitted to a vote are stated below.
INFORMATION TO VOTERS.
The following instructions are given
for the information and guidance of
voters. A voter, upon entering the
polling place and giving his name
and residence, will receive a ballot
from the ballot clerk which must have
indorsed thereon the names or initials
of both ballot clerks, and no other
ballot can be used. Upon receiving
his ballot, the voter must retire alone
to a booth or compartment and pre-
pare the same for voting. A ballot
clerk may inform the voter as to the
proper manner Of marking n ballot,
but he must not advise or indicate in
any manner to whom to vote for,
The voter, if he wishes to vote for all
the candidates nominated by any par
ty, should make a cross mark X UNI
der the party designation printed at
the top of the ballot in the square
made for that purpose. A ballot so
marked, and having no other mark,
will be counted for all the candidates
of that party in the column under
meath, unless the names of some of
the candidates of the party have been
erased or a cross mark be placed in
the square under the name or at any
place in the space occupied by the
name or names of the candidates in
another column, and will be counted
for all names written in lieu of one
erased. If the voter wishes to vote
for some of the candidates of different
political parties, he should make q
cross mark under the name of each
candidate he desires TO vote for, or at
any place within the space in which
the name is printed. If he wishes to
vote for person for certain office
whose name is not on the ballot, he
must write the name in the blank
space under the printed name of the
candidate for the office. The ballot
should not be marked in any other
manner. II the ballot be spoiled, it
must be returned to the ballot clerk,
who must issue another in its stead,
but not more than three in all TO any
voter. Five minutes time is allowed
in booth to mark ballot. Unofficial
ballots or memorandum TO assist the
voter in marking his ballot can be
taken into the booth, and may be used
TO copy from. The ballot must not be
shown so that any person can see how
il has been marked by the Jter. At
ter it is marked, it shouI. be folded
so that the inside cannot be seen, but
so that the printed Endorsements and
signatures of the ballot clerks on
the outside may be seen. Then the
voter should pass out OF the
booth or compartment, give his
name TO the inspector in charge OF the
ballot box, hand him his ballot to be
placed in the box, and pass out OF the
voting place. A voter who declares
to the presiding officer that he Is I'M
able 70 read or that by reason OF ply
steal disability, he is unable to mark
his ballot, can have assistance OF one
or two election officers in marking the
same, to be chosen by the voter; and
If he declares that he is totally blind,
he may be assisted by any person
chosen by him from among the legal
voters of the county. The pres lding
officer may administer an oath in his
discretion. as TO such PERSONS dis
ability. The party designations and
candidates for the different Offices are
a. follows.