Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-03-24

INV. L. HOUSER, Secretary of State
of the State of Wisconsin, do hereby
certify that at the Judicial Election TO
be held on Tuesday, April 8, 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. 444, ST. published June 30, 1905.
CHAPTER 522.
AN ACT to provide for the use of the pocket
ballot and coupon voting system and to
amend section 40, statutes of 1898.
The People OF the State Of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, 20 en-
act as follows:
Section l. All ballots hereafter used at
any general election shall be OF subSTanllal-
IL the following form, to-Wit: a baI!ol'
comprising q sufficient number 81 contrast
ingly cOlored sheets, StapIed or FASTENED To-
gether lit the top, each sheet composed OF
the requisite number OF individual coupons:
bearing the names OF all the candidates vi
q certain political party, each coupon shaI
bear the designation Of the Office ana the
name of the political party, ana sara Cou-
pOns shall be ConsecutiVely numbered or let
tered. Each sheet shall have an exposed
portion where there are attached together,
bearing respectively the names of the diff
ferent political parties. And folder or
envelope, having designated spaces or peck
cts to receive and corresponding to the sew
eraI 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 to
correspond with coupons for the same Office
of each and every other sheet by the use
of numbers or letters. And also an apprO-
pirate envelope to receive unused sections
or portions OF sections of each ballot. A
sample OF the envelope to receive portions
of the ballot unused after voting, of the
certificate of the Inspector and photo
graphic copies Of the ballot cc%S3StlnS o.
five perforated sheets Of whits cardboard,
and the inside Of the envelope 70 receive
the voted portion OF the ballot and to be
deposited in the ballot box, and Il photo
graphic sample showing ballot partly pre-
pared for voting, are hereto attached.
Section ,. Each polling place shall be fur
nlshed 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 which shall be
placed that part of the ballot remaining
having been previously enclosed in the ap-
propriate envelope or folder furnished for
that purpose
Section 3 1t shall be the duty Of :he
secretary of state to secure and maintain
on file in his office 4 series of cOntrastingly
cOlOred samples of cardboard, bearing in Ills
judgment the most appropriate colors for
the purposes Of this act, and he snail deSlS-
nate each sheet or sample of said series Dy
its most commonly used color name. NO
official ballot used at any general election
terially from said samples. 1t shall further
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 bal
lots, with samples of COlOrS corresponding
to those on file for this purpose in his Of
fee to the end that the colOrs in which the
official ballot shall be made throughout the
state shall be uniform
Section 4 At an appropriate time prevt-
Gus to the first general election after the
passage and approval Of this act, the chair
thp STATE central committee of each
and every political party, legally entitled to
party designation upon the Official ballot,
may meet in the Office of the secretary Of
state and agree if possible upon color to
represent each political party. If unable
to unanimously agree then they may choose
by lot or chance different cOlOrs to repre-
sent each political party, after which agree
ment the chosen colOrs shall be used to rep
resent the respective political parties IN
printing the official ballot. If no such
agreement shall have been made or be-
fore the 1st day of July then it shall be the
duty of the secretary OF state to designate
for each political party such color as in his
judgment shall be the most appropriate for
the purposes of this act.
Section 3. At the meeting Of the chair
men Of the state central committees of the
various political parties mentioned in sec
ton 4, of this act, the said chairmen may
agree if possible upon the question Of 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
alphabetical order.
Section 6. IN making publication of the
election notice, the county or city clerk as
the case may be, shall precede the same
with a 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.
Of nrly
TO the Electors of - county or city;
Notice is hereby given that q general