The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06
County Clerk John P. Cook
Prepares Information for
the Guidance of Voters
GUARDS AGAINST ERRORS
Cards Are Issued Specify
ing Ward, Precinct and
Location of Polling Place
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1915 Broadway. Nov. 5.

AV1O ANON' W
County Clerk John P Cook has COM
pleted the work of sending out sample
ballots to voters registered for the
Presidential and county election, and in
addition to the ballots he has furnished
all possible information to facilitate the
work of the election boards. Each voter
has received from the County Clerk a
card on which is printed the number
of the ward and precinct and the loca-
ton of the polling place at which the
voter must cast his ballot. Voters are
requested to take these cards with them
to the polling places and to hand them
to the election officers at the time they
record their names.
County Clerk Cook has also sent out
printed circulars containing instructions
to voters for their guidance in marking
their ballots and extracts from the Po-
litical Code relative to voting. circu-
lar letter has been sent to each voter
notifying him that his name appeared
on the Great Register of Alameda
County and calling his attention TO the
inclosed instructions and card.
AS a final measure of precaution
against mistakes by voters in marking
their ballots the County Clerk has is
sued the following general instructions:
"A straight ticket may be marked in
two ways, either by stamping a cross
in the circle at the head of the party
ticket or by stamping cross after the
name of each individual on the ticket.
In case a voter wishes to vote for
one of the ten Republican Presidential
Electors and one Democratic Elector he
should vote for each of the ten indi-
vidual Electors by stamping a cross
after the name of each of the nine Re
publican Electors and one Democratic
Elector. Should he stamp a cross in
the circle at the head of the Republican
ticket and then stamp a cross after the
name of one Democratic Elector, the
ballot could only be counted for the
single Democratic Elector, as the cleo
tion officers would be unable to deter
mine from the ballot so marked which
of the Republican Electors the voter
intended to scratch. 1t would also be
impossible to determine which Elector
he had intended to vote for with the
exception of the Democrat after whose
name the cross was stamped.
1.-TWO crosses stamped after the name
VI d IlOIHlucG lOl NC SOllSAOCA C0 d
a distinguishing mark. as the theory
and intent of the present law is that
marks of identification can only be
made with something other than the
voting stamp. A ballot marked with
two crosses after the name of any
nominee would not be void and would
have to be counted as a vote for that
candidate.
Should crosses be stamped after the
names of two candidates for the same
office. where but one candidate was to
be elected, the ballot so marked could
not be counted as a vote for either of
the candidates for that Office, but 9TH
erwise the ballot should be counted as
marked.
Should a candidate be the nominee
of two different parties and a cross be
stamped after his name in the circle of
both parties the ballot so marked should
be counted as one vote for that candi-
date.
Should crosses be stamped in the
circles at the head of two different par
ty tickets the ballot so marked would
be void