The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-09-10
The New Election Laws and
Constitutional Amendments.

State Printer W. W. Shannon has
just issued from the State Printing
Office at Sacramento, Cal, In book
form, the election laws of California
governing primary, city, county,
state and presidential elections, in
Guiding special elections for issuing
municipal, county, school and dis
trict bonds; also the naturalization
laws of the United States, and pro-
posed amendments to the State Con
stitution to be voted upon at the elec.
tion in November, 1904.
The book contains IA sample of the
new form of ballot and the method of
voting should be carefully studied by
every elector. Section 1877 requires
that Immediately under the heading
of each party shall be printed a circle
in which a cross may be made by
those wishing to vote a straight party
ticket. instructions to Voters"
further provide:
Te vote a split ticket, that is, for
candidates of different parties, stamp
a cross (X) in the voting circle at the
head of your party ticket, and "a cross
OK after each candidate, not on your
party ticket, for whom you desire to
vote or stamp a cross (X) for each in
dividual candidate Tor whom you de-
sire to vote, and DO NOT STAMP
your party voting circle.
Where two or more candidates for
the same Office are to be elected and
you desire to vote for candidates for
that office who are on your party
ticket, and also for candidates for
that office who are not on such ticket,
stamp a cross [X) after the names of
all the candidates for that office for
whom you desire to vote, whether
they be on your party ticket or not.
Where a party has made no nomina-
tion for an office, the space for that
Office in the party column is omitted
on this ballot.
If a party ticket does not contain
the names of candidates for all offices
for which the voter may vote, he
may, if he vote the straight ticket of
such party, vote for candidates for
such offices so omitted by stamping Il
cross (Xl in the voting square oppo-
site the names of the candidates for
such offices on any other ticket, or
by writing the names, if they are not
printed upon the ballot, in the blank
column under the title of the office.
To vote for a person not on the bal
lot, write the name of such person,
under the title of the office, in the
blank column, and do not stamp a
cross (N) after the name written in
the blank column. All marks except
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tinguishing marks or erasures are for
hidden and make the ballot void.
The Act of the last Legislature pro
viding for the use of voting machines
Is given in its entirety. Under this
law, Boards of Supervisors or other
local authorities having charge OF
elections of any county, city or town,
may provide for the use of ballot ma
cnines at any or all elections; such
machines to have the approval of a
state commission consisting of the
Governor, Secretary of State and At
torney- General.
The book also contains all the pro-
posed constitutional amendments to
be voted on at the next general cleo
ton in November, 1904. The first
amendment, designated Senate Con
stitutional Amendment No. 4, pro.
vides for the exemption from taxa
tion of all property belonging to the
California Academy of Sciences.
The second amendment, designated
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. II, proposes that the personal
property of every householder to the
amount of 500, the articles to be Sc
lected by each householder, shall be
exempt from taxation.
The third amendment proposes that
all ships or shipping engaged in
either foreign or domestic navigation,
or in the fisheries, shall be exempt
from taxation.
The fourth amendment limits the
length of legislative sessions to eigh-
ty days; allows members a per diem
of SO, mileage not to exceed 10 cents
IA mile, for contingent expenses s25,
aud each member shall be entitled to
the services of a clerk at a per diem
of 81.