River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-22

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of the State of Wisconsin, do hereby
certify that at the Judicial Election TO
be held on Tuesday, April 3, 1906,
the following Act of the Legislature,
known as Chapter 522, Laws of 1905,
is to be submitted to the vote of the
people, in accordance with the pro-
visions of Section 20 of the said act:
No. Al. ST. Published June 80, 1907
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT to provide for the use of the pocket
ballot and coupon voting system anu 10
amend section 40, statutes of 1898
The People Of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section / All ballots hereafter used at
any general election shall be of substantial
~ the following form, to-wit: a DallOt'
comprising a sufficient number Oh coflIdet-
ingly c0lored sheets, stapled or tasteheu "
gether at the top, each SheeL composer VI
the requisite number of individual coupons:
bearing the names of all the candidates OF
a certain political party, each coupon snil nan
bear the designation of the ONCE anu tne
name of the political party, ana sald cou-
pOns shall be consecutiyely numbered OF let,
tered Each sheet shall have an exposed
portion where there are attached together,
bearing respectively the names of the DIFF
fcrent political parties. And 1oldef or
envelope, having designated spaces or pocA-
eral individual coupons, and means for Seal
ing said envelope or folder TO enclose Ger
tain selected sheets or coupons; the cou-
pOns OF each sheet shall be designated 10
correspond with coupons for the same Once
Of each and every other sheet by the use
Of numbers or letters. And also an appfo-
pirate envelope TO receive unused Secllohs
or portions Of sections OF eacn Dallot. a
sample Of the envelope to receive PORTIONS
Of the ballot unused after voting, or the
certificate of the inspector, ana phOto,
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five perforated sheets of whitt cGr@board,
and the inside Of the envelope 20 receive
the voted portion of the ballot and to he
deposited in the ballot box, ANA photo'
graphic sample showing ballot partly pre-
pared for voting, are hereto attached.
Section , Each polling place shall be fnr-
nished with two appropriate ballot boxes,
into one of which that part of the ballot
containing the voters choice shall be
placed ana into the other of when snail pe
placed that part of the ballot remaining
after the choice has been mace eacn ptIt
having been previously enclosed III the ap'
prOpriate envelope or folder fnrhlShed lof
that purpose.
Section 3 1t shall he the duty Of he
secretary of state TO secure ana maintain
ON file in his office Il series or contrastlhgly
colOred samples Of cardboard, bearing III MS
Judgment the most appropriate coiorS iof
the purposes of this act and he shall DESC
nate each sheet or sample of said SPrleS ny
its most commonly used color name 10
official ballot used at any general elecuoh
shall be made up with colors dlHeFln@ n'S-
terially from said samples 1T snail IuFthtf
be the duty Of the secretary of state TO
furnish each and every person whose duty
1t may be to print any Of the Official oaI
lots with samples of coiOrS corresponding
10 those on tie for this purpose in MS Of
flee to the end that the cOOrs III which the
Official ballot shall be made throughout the
state shall be Uniform.
Section f. At an appropriate time prevt.
Gus TO the first general election after the
passage and approval Of this act, the CHAIR
OF the state central committee or c;lch
and every political party, legally emitted 10
n party designate Upon the Official ballot,
may meet in the Office of the secretary OF
state and agree il possible upon Il color TO
represent each political party. II unable
to unanimously agree then they may choose
by lot or chance different col0rS to repre-,
sent each political party. after which agree
ment the chosen coors shall be used TO rep
resent the respective political parties IN
printing the official ballot If no such
agreement shall have been made Oh or be-
fore the list day of July then it shall be the
duty of the secretary of state to designate
for each political party such color as i'll his
Judgment shall be the most appropria t. for
the purposes Of this act.
Section :. At the meeting Of the chair
men Of the state central committees of the
various political parties mentioned III see
ton 4. of this act the said chairmen may
agree if possible upon the question or the
position To be occupied by each party sheet
in the ballot If no such agreement shall
be made, then it shall be the duty Of the
secretary of state to arrange the various
party sheets from the top downward in
alphahC teal order
Section s. In making publication of the
election notice, tine county or city clerk rs
the ease may he, shall precede the same
with Il statement which shall be substanti-
ally in the following form. to be modified
or varied according to the nature of the
election, the caption to which shall be con.
spicuously displayed but in no case shall
the space occupied by said caption be more
than one and one fourth inches in depth:
ELECTION NOTICE.
Office of -- Clerk.