The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-03-22

| Third. The members of congress of the
district.
! Fourth. The state senator ana member
/ of assembly.
! Fifth. The county officers in the order
prescribed in section G98 of the statutes OF
1893 as amended by chapter 3O7 of the laws
! of 1908, except superintendent of schools.
/ If any officer to be elected is to fill a
vacancy, that fact shall be so specified
upon the ballot Whenever proposed
amendment to the constitution or other
! question shall be submitted to the people,
! q 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 tho
! candidates, opposite the question submitted
| snail be two spaces, after one or which
| 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 cues
| ton, unless the act or resolution provide
or require a different form of ballot, In
| which case a proper form of ballot shall
| be furnished. Provided however, that In
election districts in which voting mach mes
are used, no ballot clerk shall be appointed.
| Section 9. 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
| 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 OF
| unused portions, shall also bear the ward
| unofficial plainly printed thereon in addi-
| ton to all the directions and instructions
which are printed upon the official ballot,
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| zeal 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, and
| they shall be paid for in the same manner
| that Official ballots are paid for, without
additional charge for composition. A COM
| mittee may, at it's own expense, order a
| larger supply of sample ballots than is re-
printed by county and city clerks shall be
| printed at the cost of their respective
| cities or counties.
| Section TO- Section 45, statutes Of 1898,
is hereby amended by striking out the
| word marking in line IL of said section,
| SO that the same shall read, when
amended, as follows: All officers upon
whom is imposed by law tue duty Of destg-
| ties elsewhere prescribed, provide and
| maintain in each polling place designated
| by them 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 convenences as shall enable vot-
| erS to conveniently prepare Their ballots,
and each compartment shall be furnlshed
with q 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 who. voted
| at the last preceding general election IN
the district. No person except the officers
of election, other than voters engaged In
receiving, preparing or depositing ballots,
shall be permitted to be within said rail-
The expense of providing and maintaining
such places, shelves, compartments, doors,
screens or curtains and guard rails snail
be provided for in the same manner as
| other election expenses. All the places In
the general election laws where the WORD
marked" or marking is used to mean
pencil marks made by a voter in marking
his ballot shall be hereafter understood to
mean prepared except where it has
reference to voting upon question or
| amendment. sE3 1s#l
Section II. The ballot clerks shall only
| duty to take charge of the official ballots,
write their names or initials upon the
back Of each ballot under the printed In
dorsement thereon. and deliver to eacn
voter as he enters the booth one ballot duly
indorsed. 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 shall vote
for.
Section H. 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 a per-
son for certain office whose name is not
on the ballot he may write such name un-
der the printed name of one of the cam
didates for that office. An elector may use
| or copy an unofficial sample ballot which
may have been prepared in advance of
his entering the polling place, but he shall
| not use or bring into any such place any
official ballot other than those winch he
rightfully receives from the ballot clerks.
After preparing his ballot the elector shall
close the same so as to conceal the con-
tents Of both envelopes completely; he snail
proceed to the presence of the inspectors
and seal the pocket ballot containing his
choice and the return envelope containing
! unused portions Ot the ballot, so that the
said inspectors may see him seal them; he
shall then vote forthwith and before leav-
ing the polling place.
Section 49, If it shall be announced to
the inspectors Of any precinct that a voter
is at the door who is unable to enter the
polling place without being assisted, they
may, in their discretion, appoint one Of
their number to take an official ballot and
go to the entrance of such place and pre-
sent it to any such physically disabled
person. and assist him in preparing It. II
such person desires him to do SO. When
the ballot shall have been prepared, 1t
shall be closed and Immediately taken into
the polling place, whereupon the inspector
shall distinctly announce aaaa Tat he pods IN
(naming, the person. person who Is
without assistance He shall then ask:
docs any one object to the reception of
this ballot?'' II no objections are offered,
the ballot shall be deposited in the box,
and minute shall be made on the poll
book by the clerks Of election, thus: BAL
lot received at the door, In case ohtec-
ton is made to the reception of a ballot
by any qualified elector present, the In
spector shall decide upon the objection;
destroy the ballot; otherwise it shall be
deposited; if the ballot be DESTROYED, the
inspector shall Immediately notify the vot-
er Of the fact.
Section IA. All ballots cast at any cleo
ton shall be counted for the persons for
whom they are intended, so far as such