The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

y Deen uleQ WIN MIN aS III LnlS ACT pre-
4 vided; and on the fourteenth day be
4 fore the primary election each count
q auditor shall group all the candidate
q for each party by themselves, an
3 shall prepare at once in writing sep
r arate ballot for each party for publ
inspection, which he shall post in
, conspicuous place in his office. ant
:. shall publish the same twice, befor
said primary election day, in the off
cial paper of his county, said publ;ca
3 tions being made one week apart
I He shall then proceed to have printed
separate primary election ballot fol
| each political party which has quail
fed as hereinbefore provided, these
ballots to be prepared in the following
manner:
Each party ticket shall be absolutely
uniform in color and size, shall be
white and printed in black ink
printed in plain black type, first, the
ticket, following the words, Primary
Election Ballot. /" On the next line
and in smaller type shall be printed
the words, "List of candidates for
nominations to be voted for in district
.............." manning the district that
certain ballot in intended for) ..........
ward manning the ward that certain
ballot is intended for), followed by
the name of the city, town or village
in which the ballot is to be used.
On the next line, and to the right
on the ballot, shall be fac simile of
the signature of the county auditor
making up the tickets, followed by
the words county auditor
The balance of the ticket is to Re
made up in the same manner as the
ballots used at general election, except
that: The tickets are to -be made up
under the head in two columns, with
design of parallel or fligree rules
one quarter inch wide to separate the
columns.
At the top of each column shall
appear the words, "To vote for a per-
son mark cross, K, in the square at
the right of the name of the person
for whom you desire to vote"
Each one of these sentences at the
head of each column shall be enclosed
in a rule, the same as the names of
each candidate, and at its end shall be
a square directly over the squares in
which marks are to be made, that
square to have black cross, x, which
show the voter how to mark the
ballot.
Beginning at the top of the left
column at the left of the line, in black
type, shall appear the position for
which the names following are candi-
dates, and to the extreme right of the |
same line the words "vote for,'' then |
the word lone, " "tWo" or a spelled |
number designating how many persons |
under that head are to be voted for.
Following this shall come the names |
of each candidate for that position,
enclosed in right-face rule, with |
square to the extreme right, the
parallel rules containing the names to
be three-sixteenths of an inch apart.
Each position with the names run
ming for that position shall be separ-
ated from the following one by a
black-fa rule to separate each posi-
ton clearly.
The positions shall be arranged as
follows, provided nominees for such
positions are to be selected in said
county under the provisions Of this
act hereinafter provided:
First, judicial: next congressional
next, legislative; next, county officers
next, city officers in all cases fol-
lowing under each heading given, the
rotation used in the makeup of the
various ballots at the general election.
OF NAMES ON BAL
.s LOTS.
Sec. 6. The names of candidates
for each Office upon the sample ballot
shall be arranged alphabetically, &C
cording to surnames.
The names of candidates under
headings designating each official
position shall be alternated on the
ballots in the printing in the follow
ing manner:
First, the forms shall be set up
with the names in the order in which
they are placed upon the sample ballot
by the county auditor. In
printing each set of tickets for the
various election districts, the positions
Of the names shall be changed in each
office division as many times as there
are candidat IS in the Office division in
which there are the mosG names AS
nearly as possible an equal number of
tickets shall be printed after each
change. In making the changes of
position, the printer shall take the !.
line of type at the head of each Office
division and place it at the bottom of
hat division, showing up the column,
10 that the name that was second be-
'ore the change shall be first after the
change.
After the ballots are printed, before
being cut, they shall be kept in separ-
tie piles, one pile for each change of
position, and shall be then piled by
aking one from each pile and placing
t upon the pile to be cut, the inten-
ion being that every other ballot in
he pile of printed sheets shall have
names in a different position.
After the pile is made in this man
ler, then they may be cut, and placed
n blocks as provided by the general
election law.
There shall be no printing on the ]
back of the ballots, or any mark to
distinguish them, but the initials of {
he judge or clerk. {
Except as herein otherwise proyid-
I'd, the following sections Of said gem
sral election law are hereby made ap-
Dlicable to primary elections and pri-
mary election ballots under this act,
5o-wit:
Sections twenty-three, twenty four.
twenty-five, twenty-six. tWenty-nine
and thirty.
NOTICES AND PLACES OF PRI-
MARY ELECTIONS.
Sec. Z. The primary election shall
be held in each election district at the
place where the last election was held.
or such other place as may be lawfully
designated for the polling place for
The election district, and shall be held
at the place where the registration of
voters occurs for the election then
next ensuing.
The notice required by section forty
six of said general election law shall
be given with reference to such pri-