The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-31
HOW TO VOTE Ti(ktT
A Few Simple RuIes Designed tor the Aid
Of the Voter Next Tuesday.

On next Tuesday the state. con
gressional and county election Ia &c
be held under the provisions OF the
new Terrell election law. and for thc
first time In the history of the state
the voter will have a new form OF
ballot TO contend with, The official
ballot To be used In Ellis county this
year sill be about fifteen inches wide
and eighteen inches long II con
tains seven tickets and will be desig-
mated as the blanket ballot" Fif-
teen thousand OF these ballots have
been printed for the use of the Ellis
county voters next week They have
I been turned over to County Judge
Hawkins and he is now sending them
out to the precinct officers, together
with the ballot boxes and all other
supplies that Will be needed for hold
ing the election The names of all
candidates of all political parties APP
pear on the same sheet, but in diff
ferent columns, and in addition to the
names OF the several political parties
and the names of the nominees there
of, there is blank column. with the
title of all officers, in which voters
may write the name of any person
for whom they desire to vote, provid
ed that person is not the nominee of
some political party. The six political
parties represented on &he ballot are
democratic, republican, prohibitionist,
socialist, socialist labor and re-organ-
lied republican The democratic
nominees for the legislature and for
county and precinct offices have no
opposition Congressman Beall has
opposition on the republican, social
ist and re-organized republican tick
cts. The re-organized republicans
have only three candidates. They
are for governor, lieutenant govern
or and congress. On the socialist
labor ticket there are candidates for
governor lieutenant governor, comp
troller, attorney general and railroad
commissioner The socialist party
has a full state ticket except for the
office of associate justice of the court
of civil appeals for the fifth supreme
judicial district This exception may
also be found on the republican
ticket The prohibitionists have can
didates for governor, lieutenant gov
ernor. commptroller. state treasurer
ItilIu CpIil lllSSlplltis tAttOi itN sotItl d ,
superintendent of public instruction
and railroad commissioner, These
ballots are not to be cut or mutilated
and the entire sheet will be deposit
ed in the ballot box by the voter at.
ter he has drawn his pencil through
all the names for whom he does no
desire to vote To vote the ballot
properly it is essential that the voter
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in doubt on any point he should ask
the assistance of the presiding judge
/ It is not obligatory on the voter tC
vote any one ticket straight. but he
may mix his tickets Of course he
( cannot vote for opposing candidates
for the same office, may select can
didate for governor on the republican
ticket for state treasurer on the pro
hibition ticket, for railroad commits
sioner on the socialist ticket, fol
county judge on the democratic
ticket etc.
Tor instance, if a voter desires tt
vote for all the democratic nominees
for county offices, for the republican
candidate for governor, for the pro
hibition candidate for railroad com
missioner. for the socialist candidate
for congress and against the sOcialis
labor. re-organized republican and in
dependent candidates, he will proceed
to vote as follows:
Run lines entirely through the so
. cialist labor, the re-organized repub
icau and Independent tickets.
On the socialist ticket run "a line
through all he names above and be
low the candidate for congress.
He will run a line through al
names ON the prohibition ticket ok
cept for railroad commissioner.
he will run a line through an the
names ON the republican ticket below
the candidate for governor
He will run "a line through tbs
uamvs OF an candidates for state OF
flee. for congress and representative
uu the democratic tlCkct
By following ont these instruction.
one form nf mixed ballot may b'
obtained other combinations simi
bar to thi- may D., worked out at The
discretion of the voter. Names %
candidates for county offices may b'
written ON these tickrfs whore tueu
|afv uu uoWiucrs. #
N 90 voter drsiyra fo vote auy<rn'
ticket straight hr will run lines cu
trely throush 100 iho other uckets
The voter viII also fiud at the bot
rom uf fhe ballot three propose
amendments fo fhr constitution to b'
voted ou No thu voter desires q.
vote for Hu .wDHdmeu, ho wiH uhlit
.esaru witch ti. urrgi fhH iins gHius
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