Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-01

IT shall be the duty Of the county
clerk to publish such notice for three
consecutive weeks prior to said prim-
airy.
Such clerk shall also forthwith mail
copies of such notice to each town,
village and city clerk Of his county,
who shall Immediately post copies of
the same in at least three public places
in each precinct in his town, village
or city, designating therein the location
Of the polling booth in each election
precinct.
PUBLICATION OF NOTICEs.-sec-
tons. Every publication required in this
act shall be made in at least two. and
not to exceed four newspapers Of gen.
eral circulation in such county or city,
one of such newspapers shall repre-
sent the political party that cast the
largest vote in such county or city at
the preceding general election, and one
Of such newspa pers shall represent the
political party that cast the next larg-
est vote in such county or city at the
preceding general election.
In any case where the publication of
a notice can not be made as herein
before required, it may be made in any
newspaper having general circula-
ton in the county or city in which the
notice is required to be published.
OFFICIAL BALLOTS. Section g..
An official ballot shall be printed and
provided for use at each voting pre-
cinct in the form provided herein and
annexed hereto. The names of all can
didates for the respective offices. for
whom the nomination papers prescribed
shall have been duly filed, shall be
printed thereon.
PREPARATION AND DISTRIBU-
TION OF BALLOTS. Section TO- l.
At least twenty days before the Sep
TENDER primary each county clerk
shall prepare sample official ballots,
placing theron, alphabetically under
the appropriate title of each office and
party designation. :. the names of all
cinct of his county, for whom nomin-
ton papers have been filed. Such sam
pie ballot shall be printed upon tinted
or colored paper and shall contain no
blank endorsement or certificate.
2. Such clerk shall forthwith submit
the ticket Of each party to the county
chairman thereof and mail copy to
each candidate for whom nomination
papers have been filed with him as re-
quired by this act, to his post office
address, as given in such nomination
paper, and he shall post copy of each
sample ballot in conspicuous place in
his office
8. On the tenth day before such
primary the county clerk shall correct
any errors or omissions in the ballot
cause the same to be printed and dis
tributed as required by law in the
case of ballots for the general cleo
ton, except that the number of ballots
to be furnished to each precinct shall
be twice the number of votes cast
thereat in the last preceding general
election.
EXPENSES OF PRIMARY, HOW
PAID.-Section II. All ballots, blanks,
and other supplies to be used at any
primary and all expenses necessarily
incurred in the preparation for or con-
Quoting sucn primary, shall be paid out
Of the treasury of the city, county.
or state, as the case may be, in the
same manner, with like effect, and by
the same officers as in the case of
elections.
CONDUCT OF PRIMARIES-MAN
NER OF VOTING.-Section ~ 1.
The provisions of chapter 5, statutes
Of 1898, shall be applicable to the con-
duct of primaries where not otherwise
provided. Section A. statutes of 1898,
is hereby amended so that all election
officers shall be chosen or appointed
in the manner therein provided, ex-
cept that such choice Shall be made
in the month of August instead of Sep
tember as therein now provided
2. The polls at primaries shall be
open:
(a) In cities from six o'clock in the
morning until nine o'clock in the even
ing.
(b) In all other precincts from eight
o'clock in the morning until eight O. clock
in the evening.
8. At all primaries there shall be
an Australian ballot made up of the
several party tickets herein provided
for, all of which shall be securely fas-
tened together at the top and folded
provided that there shall be as many
separate tickets as there are parties
entitled to participate in said primary
election. There shall also be attached
non-partisan ticket upon which, un-
der the appropriate title Of each office
shall be printed the names Of all per-
sons for whom nomination papers shall
have been filed, as required by this
act, who are not designated on such
nomination papers as candidates Of any
political party, as defined by this act.
The names Of all candidates shall be
arranged alphabetically according to
surnames under the appropriate title
of the respective offices and under the
proper party designation upon the
party ticket or upon the non-partisan
ticket as the case may be. If any
of any person who is candidate for
the same office UPON some other ticket
than that upon which his name is so
written, this ballot shall be counted
for such person only as a candidate Of
the party upon whose ticket his name
is written and shall in no case be
counted for such person as a candidate
upon any other ticket. In case the per-
son is nominated upon more than one
ticket he shall forthwith file with the
proper officer or officers, in charge Of
the preparation of the ballots, written
declaration indicating the party desig-
nation under which his name is to be
printed on the official ballot. The bal
lots with the endorsements shall be in
substantially the form heretofore an
nexed, provided that ballots for any
city primary may be varied as to the
title of the offices to be printed there
on. so as to conform to the law un-
der which each such primary is held.
The provisions of section 81, statutes
of 1898, so far as applicable shall gov
ern the preparation Of the ballot After
preparing his ballot. tbs elector shall
detach the same from the remaining
tickets and fold it so that it's face will
be concealed and the printed endorse
ments and signatures or initials there
on seen. The remaining tickets at
tached together shall be folded in like
manner by the elector VINO shall there