Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-03-31
Municipal Election Notice
OFFICE OE CITY CLERK,
March %. 1904.

OFFICE oE CITY CLERK,
March 20, 1904.
To the electors of the city of Mineral
Point, WIS.,.
Notice is hereby given that city
election will be held in the
several wards and election precincts
Of the city Of Mineral Point, Oil
tuesday, April 5, 1904,
at which the following officers
are to be chosen. The names of the
candidates 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 appropriate party or other
designation, each in ito proper col
umn.
INFORMATION TO VOTERS.
The following instructions are
given for the information and guild
ance of voters:
A voter upon entering the polling
place and giving his name and resi-
dence, will receive Il ballot from the
ballot clerk, which must have en-
dorsed 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-
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clerk may inform the voter as to the
proper manner OF marking ballot,
but he must not advise or indicate
in any manner whom to vote for.
The voter, If he wishes to vote for
all the candidates nominated by any
party, should make a cross mark X
under the party designation printed
at the top of the ballot in the
circle 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 candi-
dates 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, be should
make cross mark under the name
of each candidate he desires to vote
for, or at any place within the space
ia which the name is printed. If he
wishes to vote for person for GER
tain 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, but not more than three
in all to any voter. Five minutes
ballot. Unofficial ballots or memoir
andum to assist the voter in marking
his ballot may 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 1t
has been marked by the voter. After
it is marked, it should be folded so
that the inside cannot be seen, but
so the printed endorsements and sig
natures of the ballot clerks on the
outside may be seen. Then the voter
should pass out of the booth or com
partment. give his name to the IN
spector in charge Of the ballot box
hand him his ballot to be placed III
the box, and pass out Of the voting
place. A voter who declares to the
presiding officer that he is unable tc
read, or that by reason OF physical
disability he is unable to mark his
ballot, can have assistance of one ol
two election officers, in marking the
same, to be chosen by the voter; anc
if he declares that he is totally blinc
he may be assisted by any person
chosen by him from among the lega
voters Of the county. The presiding
officer may administer an oath. il
his discretion, as to such person
disability The party designation
a, candidates for the different OF
fec are ss follows: