The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-30
HOW TO VOTE.
Here Are Instructions for Mark
ing the New Ballot.
Voters Should Read This With
Care.
NOT IN THE CIRCLE.
Unless Vote Straight Ticket
Must Mark Opposite Names.
StahI and StebbinS Only Names
in Independent Column.
NOT IN THE CIRCLE.

On the opposite page is printed a fac
simile of the official ballot winch VIII
be used by voters at the election next
Tuesday.
The fac-simile shows the ballot as 1t
will be when handed to the voters with
the exception that the lower line con-
tanning the nominations are let OH "h
account of the limitations OF the page.
Below the nominal lions for county sur
Veyor will be the nominations for repre-
sentatives by districts. The Thirty-seV-
enth district comprises the First Wafd
OF the city of Topeka and all the coun-
try precincts lying north of the Kansas
river. The Thirty-eighth district IS
composed of the Second, Third ana
Fourth wards in the city and the Thlr-
ty-ninth district is composed OIL the
Fifth and Sixth wards in the city ana
all the country precincts lying south OF
the river In addition to the nominal
lions for representative the nomlnttIFhs
for county commissioner from the FnSt
commissioner district viii appear on me
ballots used in the First ward ana al
the country precincts north OF the river
There will be no voting for commission
er at any voting place south OF the Kan
sas river.
In the city precincts tho voters will
receive two ballots, one will be the gen
eral ballot which will contain the state
and county tickets and the other Wills be
a much smaller ballot which Will con-
tain the special questions submitted. or
the three questions submitted two are
for amendments to the constitution of
the state and the other is TO decide
whether the commissioners of Shawnee
county shall sell the old court house
One of the constitutional amendments
submitted is to make the pay of all
members of the legislature $500 for
regular session and the other is for the
biennial election law to govern the cleo
tiOns of county commissioners ana all
,1f24cs
to all other county and state Offices
After each of the sDeclai questions VIII
be two squares labeled yes" and no
and the voter will cast his vote for or
against each question by a cross in one
of the squares In the city there Will
be two ballot boxes. In the country pre-
cincts there will be three ballots given
the voters. One Will be the general and
county ballot on one sheet, the other
will be the ballot for the special cues
tions submitted and the third Will be
the township ballot. In the country
there will be three ballot boxes.
The voter wishing a township ballot
will be asked the number of his road
overseer district. When that number is
given to the judge of the election the
judge will write the number in the up
per right hand corner on the face of the
ballot before giving it to the voter. On
the ballot viii be list of all road over
seers in the townships. In some town,
ships there are twelve road Overseers.
In others there are more and some less,
but the voter can vote only for the can
didates in his own district. If the voter
places a cross in the circle at the top
of any township ballot to show that he
wishes to vote an entire party ticket
then the judges will refer to the num-
Der at the top of the ballot and cast one
vote for the party nominee for road
overseer in the road district by that
number Names for road overseer can
be written on the ballot in the blank
for a ~.
in the square after the name.
The instructions printed at the top of
the ballots are as follows: This ballot
should be marked in one of two ways,
with a pencil having black lead: First
to vote a straight ticket make a cross
(X) mark within the circle below one OF
the de-ices or emblems shown thereon
and not elsewhere on the ballot The
second way is not to make any mark
in any circle below any device or en-
blem on the ballot. but make a cross
OK mark in the square at the right of
the name of each candidate for whom
you desire to vote on whatever ticket
his name may be found. To vote for q
person whose name does not appear or
the ballot. write the name of such per
son under the title of the office in the
blank column, and make a cross X mark
In the square at the right of his name
Any other mark than the cross X marl
used for the purpose of voting. or any
eraSure made en- this ballot makes il
void, and no vote thereon can be count
ed; provided, that when voter ha:
properly marked his ballot in the circle
at the head of the ticket the marking
of the names by a proper cross X mari
in all the Sc res to the right of tn,
names on the same party ticket shall
not prevent the counting of such bal
lots. If you tear or deface or wrongi,
mark this ballot. return it and obtaiI
another"
Voters who do not wish to place
cross \ mark in the circle above an,
party ticket and thereby vote tn,
straight ticket. viii have to be careful
in marking their ballots to avoid a teen
meal blunder which would invaldate tn
entire ballot. If vote is to he cast 70
some one whose name does not anoeal
on the ticket, the name must be writer
In the last column under the name of tn
office and q cross mari. placed in tn
square at the right Of the column fol
lowing the name written in. no name
can be written elsewhere on the ballot
The writing of name in blank col
umn, when such name appears printe
elsewhere on the ballot. viii invaIidat,