Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-30


of assembly.
Fifth. The county officers in the order
prescribed in section Cos Of the statutes OF
1898 as amended by chapter 307 of the laws
of 1908, except superintendent of schools.
If any officer to be elected is to fill
vacancy, that fact shall be SO specified
amendment to the constitution or other
question shall be submitted to the people,
a concise statement of the nature thereof
shall be printed, in accordance with the
act or resolution directing it's submission,
upon the ballot after the names of the
candidates, opposite the question submitted
shall be printed the word yes and after
one the word mo- and the voter may
mark his ballot in the space after which
ever word indicates his vote on the ques-
or require different form OF ballot, In
which case a proper form OF ballot shal
be furnished. Provided, however that In
election districts in which voting machines
are used, no ballot clerk shall be appointed
Section 8. There shall be printed, in the
manner hereinbefore provided, by each
county clerk and each city clerk, seventy
five ballots for every fifty or fraction OF
fifty votes cast at any preceding election
in any election district in the county or
city. Each clerk shall at the time of Or
dering official ballots to be printed, cause
unofficial sample ballots to be printed, each
party sheet of which shall be exactly like
the official ballots in every particular; pro-
vided however, that all pocket envelopes
furnished for sample ballots shall be made
of tinted or colored paper so as to be
readily distinguished from the official bal
lots and each such envelope, both the
pocket envelope and that for the return or
unused portions, shall also bear the ward
unofficial plainly printed thereon in audl-
ton to all the directions and instructions
which are printed upon the official ballot,
and delivered to the chairman of any polt-
ical committee in the county or CITY, as
the case may be, upon the request for such
ballots by such committee, to an amount
not exceeding one-tenth of the official bal
lots for each precinct in the county or
city. Such request must be made before
the printing of the official ballots, ana
they shall be paid for in the same manner
that Official ballots are paid Tor, without
additional charge for composition. com
mittee may, at it's own expense, order
larger supply of sample ballots than is re-
quired by this section. All ballots ordered
printed by county and city clerks shall be
printed at the cost of their respective
cities or counties.
Section 10 Section 40, statutes of 1898,
Is hereby amended by striking out the
word marking in line II of said section,
so that the same shall read, when so
amended, as follows: All officers upon
whom is imposed by law Tue duty of desig-
ties elsewhere prescribed, provide and
maintain in each polling place designated
by them a sufficient number of places or
compartments, at least twenty-four inches
wide and deep, with shelves for writing,
which shall be furnished with such sup
plies and convenienceS as shall enable Vot-
and each compartment shall be furnished
with a door, screen or curtain OF cloth so
hung as to completely conceal the voter
and anyone who may lawfully assist him,
from observation while preparing his bal
lot, and said room shall have guard rail-
so constructed that only persons within
said rail can approach within five feet OF
the ballot boxes or such places or com
partments. The number of such places,
shelves or compartments shall not be less
than one for every fifty electors VINO voted
9t the last preceding general election III
the district. No person except the officers
of election, other than voters engaged IN
receiving preparing or depoSit1ng ballots,
shall be permitted to be within said rail.
The expense of providing and maintaining
such places, shelves, compartments, doofS;
screens or curtains and guard rails shail
be provided for in the same manner as
other election expenses. All the places III
the general election laws where the word
marked or marking is used to mean
pencil marks made by voter IN marking
his ballot shall be hereafter understood to
mean prepared except where it has
reference to voting upon a question or
Section ii. The ballot clerks shall only
serve on election day: 1t shall be their
duty to take charge of the official ballots,
back of each ballot under the printed IN
dorsement thereon. and deliver to each
voter as he enters the booth one ballot duly
Endorsed. They may, if requested by any
voter, instruct him as to the proper man
ner of preparing his ballot, but shall give
no advice or suggestions, nor express any
preference, nor make any requests as to
the person or ticket the voter snail vote
for.
Section - On receiving his ballot the
elector shall forthwith, and without leav-
ing the polling place, retire alone to one
Of the booths or compartments to prepare
the same. If he wishes to vote for per-
son for certain Office whose name Is not
on the ballot he may write such name ull-
der the printed name of one of the can
didates for that office. An elector may use
or copy an unofficial sample ballot when
may have been prepared in advance or
his entering the polling place. but he shall \
not use or bring into any such place any 4
official ballot other than those which he y
rightfully receives from the ballot clerks.
After preparing his ballot the elector shalt 4
close the same so as to conceal the con,
tents of both envelopes completely; ne shaai 4
proceed to the presence of the inspectors u
and seal the pocket ballot containing his N
choice and the return envelope containing 4
unused portions of the ballot, so tnat me
shall then vote forthwith and before lcav- E
ing the polling place.
Section 49, If It shall be announced to "
the inspectors of any precinct that voter u
is at the door who is unable to enter the VI
polling place without being assisted, they Il
may, in their discretion, appoint one OF III
their number to take an official ballot ana #
go to the entrance of such place and pre-. III
sent it to any such phys cally disabled
person, and assist him In preparing II; II
the ballot shall have been prepared, 1t @l
shall be closed and Immediately taken into Il
the polling place. whereupon the inspector 4
shall distinctly announce that he holds in ri
his hand a ballot offered by -------
(naming the person.. person who Is
physically disabled from entering the room
without assistance" He shall then ask
Does any one object to the reception OF III
this ballot?" II no objections are offered
the ballot shall be deposited in the box; a
and a minute shall be made on the poll
book by the clerks of election, thus: "Bal- 8I
lot received at the door" In case objec- u
ton is made to the reception of q ballot 4
by any qualified eector present the In
spector shall decide upon the objection,
and, If they deem 1t well founded. shall
destroy the ballot; otherwise 1t shall be
deposited: IL the ballot he destroyed, the 4
inspector shall Immediately notify the vot-
er Of the fact. Mf
Section IA All ballots cast at any cleo
ton shall be counted for the persons for Il
whom they are intended, SO far as such i
intent can be ascertained therefrom. In
determining the intent the following rules