The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-05

Third. The members of congress of the
district.
Fourth. The state senator ana member
of assembly.
Fifth The county officers in thc order
prescribed i'll section G9S OF the STATUTES OF
1858 as amended by chapter Boz q the Laws
OF l903, except superintendent oi schools.
II any officer to be elected is to hll i
vacancy. that fact shall be 50 specified
upon the ballot. Whenever proposed
amendment to the constitution O. ,itber
question shall be submitted to the people,
a concise sta anent of the nature thereof
shall be printed, II accordance with the
act or resolution directing its Submission,
upon the ballot after the names of the
candidates, opposite the question submitted
shall be two spaces, after one OF which
shall be printed the word yes and after
one the word no. and the voter may
mark his ballot in the space after which
ever word ind Gates his vote on the ques-
ton, unless the act or resolution provide
or require a different form of ballot in
which case Il 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 g. 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 elect on district in the county or
city. Each clerk shall at the time of CT
dering official ballots to be printed, cause
unofficial sample bal OTIS to be printed, each
party sheet OF which shall be exactly like
the official ballots i'm 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 III addl-
ton to all the directions and. instructions
which are printed upon the official ballot,
Holt .ol1s1 Of
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 offic al ballots are paid for, without
additional charge for composition. COM
mittee may, at its own expense, order
larger supply Of sample ballots than is re-
quired by this section All ballots ordered
printed by county ard city clerks shall be
printed at the cost of their respective
cities or count es.
Section TO- Section 10, 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 Sc
amended, as follows: All officers upon
whom is imposed by law Tue duty OF desig-
mating polling places shall, under the penal
ties elsewhere prescribed, provide and
by them q 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 conyeniences as shall enable vOt
ers to conveniently prepare Their ballots,
and each compartment shall be furnished
with 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 a guard rail
SO constructed that only persons within
said rail can approach with u five feet or
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 Ill
receiving, preparing or dep0siting ballots,
shall be permitted to be with Il said rail.
The expense of providing and maintaining
such places, shelves. compartments doors,
screens or curtains and guard rails shall
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 Il voter n marking
his ballot shall be hereafter understood to
mean prepared" except where it has
reference TO voting upon Il question Or
amendment.
Section II. The ballot clerks shall only
serve on election day. 1t shall be their
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, aud deliver to each
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 an
preference, nor make any requests as to
the person or ticket the voter shall vote
for
Section u On receiving his ballot the
elector shall forthwith, and without leax-
ing the polling place, retire alone to one
of the booths or compartments to prepare
the same If he W. shes to vote for per-
son for certain Office whose name is not
Oh the ballot, he may write such name un-
der the printed name OF one OF the can
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 which he
rightfully receives from the ballot clerks
After prepar ng his ballot the electOr shall
close the same so as to conceal the con-
tents of both envelopes completely; he shall
proceed to the presence Of the inspectors
ard seal the pocket ballot containing his
choice and the return envelope containing
unused portions Of 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 10. If it shall be announced to
the inspectors or 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 ana
go to the entrance of such place and pre-
sent it to any such physically disabled
person. and assist him in preparing it, If
such person desires him to do so. When
the ballot shall have been prepared, It
shall be closed and Immediately taken into
the polling place. whereupoD the inspector
shall distinctly announce that he holds in
his hand "baIot offered by --
manning the persOn), a person who Is
physically disabled from entering the room
without assistance" He shall then ask,
''Does any one object to the reception of
this balIot?" If no objections are offered,
the ballot shall be deposited in the box,
and q minute shall be made on the poll
book by the clerks of election, thus: BAL
lot received at the door" In case Ohjec-
ton is made to the reception of ballot
by any qualified elector present, the in
spector shall decide upon the objection,
and if they deem it well founded shall
destroy the ballot: otherwise it shall be
deposited; if the ballot be destroyed, the
inspector shall Immediately notify the vot-
er of the fact.
Sect on IA All ballots cast at any cleo
ton shall be counted for the persons for
whom they are intended, so far as such