Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-03-27
ELECTION NOTICE
Office of the City Clerk,
March 25, 1902.

March 25, 1902.
To the Electors of the City of Min
eraI Point, Wisconsin,:
Notice is hereby given that an cleo
ton is to be held in the several wards
and election precincts of the city of
Mineral Point on
Tuesday, the 1St day of
April, 1902,
at which the officers named below are
to be chosen. The names of the can
didates for each office to be voted for,
whose nominations have been certified
to this office, are given opposite the
title of the office and under the apprO-
pirate party or other designation,
each in its proper column, and the
questions submitted to 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 ballot
from the ballot clerk which must have
Endorsed 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 booth or compartment and pre-
pare the same for voting. A ballot
clerk may inform the voter as to the
proper manner of marking ballot,
but he must not advise or indicate in
any manner for whom to vote for.
The voter, if he wishes to vote for all
the candidates nominated by any par
| ty, should make cross mark \ uD-
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
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 a person for a 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. If the ballot be spoiled, it
must be returned TO the ballot clerk,
/ who must issue another in its stead,
4 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
! it has been marked by the voter. AT
ter it is marked, it should be folded
/ so that the inside cannot be seen, but
! so that the printed endorsements and
! signatures of the ballot clerks 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, band him his ballot to be
placed in the box. and pass out of the
| voting place. 4 voter who declares
to the presiding officer that he is I'M
| able TO read or that by reason of
physical 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 declare that he is
totally blind, he may DE assisted by
any person chosen by him from
among the legal voters of the county
The presiding officer may administer
an oath, in his discretion. as to such
PERSONS disability. The party desig-
nations and candidates for the differ
ent offices are as follows: