Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-03-26

1nlrQ. Inc mSIUDGIS VI COhSlSSS Va @1Ao
Fourth. The state senator and member
of assembly.
Fifth. The county officers in the order
prescribed in section Cos of the statutes OF
1893 as amended by chapter 3Of OF the laws
of 1903, except superintendent of schools
If any officer to be elected is to MI ,
vacancy that fact shall be so speclheu
upon the ballot Whenever a proposed
amendment to the constitution or other
question shall be submitted to the people,
/ a concise statement of the nature InefeOA
! shall be printed, in accordance with the
act or resolution directing its SUBMISSION
upon the ballot after the names OF the
candidates, opposite the question sS f bieS
shall be two spaces, after one OF Wnich
shall be printed the word yes ana aItef
one the word no." and the voter may
mark his ballot in the space AFTER Whlch-
| ever word indicates his vote on the Dues
| tion, unless the act or resolutlon proNfuS
| or require a different form of ballot IN
which case a proper form OF ballot shap
be furnished Provided, however, that In
election districts in which voting machines
( are used no ballot clerk shall be appointed
Section 9. There shall be ppinnte6a, IN oa ane
county clerk and each city clerk, seventy
! FIVE ballots for every fifty or traction OF
| fifty votes cast at any preceding eiecuoh
| city, Each clerk shall at the time OF or
dering official ballots to be printed, cause
unofficial sample ballots to be prlnte1, e ;s
party sheet of which shall be exactly IKE
| the official ballots in every particular; pro
yided, however that all pocket envelopes
| furnished for sample ballots snail De ma1es
| of tinted or colored paper so as TO De
readily distinguished from the ofnciai par
! lots and each such envelope, both the
pocket envelope and that for the rseurIl,oi
unused portions, shall also bear the ware
| unofficial plainly printed thereon III auul
ton to all the directions and lnstfuctionS
which are printed upon the ofhclal Dalot'
/ and delivered to the chairman of any polt-
| ical committee in the county or clJy, as
the case may be, upon the request Tor SucIs
| ballots by such committee, to an anlouhs
| not exceeding one-tenth OF the onclal pal
| lots for each precinct In the county OF
| city. Such request must be made DeIofe
the printing of the official ballots, ana
| they shall be paid for in the same manner
| that official ballots are paid for, without
additional charge for composition com
mittee may, at it's own expense, Of9ef a
| larger supply of sample ballots tnan Is re
| CURED by this section All ballots ordefeU
| printed by county and city clerks snail De
printed at the cost OF their feSpecliFe
| cities or counties.
Section 10 Section 45, statutes of 1898,
| is hereby amended by striking out the
word marking in line II of said section
so that the same shall read, when So
| amended as follows: All officers upon
/ whom is imposed by law the duty OF deslg-
mating polling places shall, under the penal,
t:es elsewhere prescribed provide and
maintain in each polling place designated
by them a sufficient number or places or
| compartments, at least twenty-four inches
wide and deep, with shel~E3 for writing
which shall be furnished with such sup
niles and conyeniences as shall enable vot-
ers to conveniently prepare Their ballots,
and each compartment shall be furnlsheo
| with door, screen or curtain or cloth SO
hung as to completely conceal the VoteF
and anyone who may lawfully assist him,
from observation while preparing MS bai-
lot and said room shall have guard ran
! so constructed that only persons WITHIN
| said rail can approach within nve Feet OF
the ballot boxes or such places or com
| nartmentS The number of such places,
| shelves or compartments shall not be less
than one for every fifty electors VINO Yoteu
| at the last preceding general election IN
fine district No person except the officers
of election, other than voters engaged I'D
receiving, preparing or depoSltlng DaIlotS,
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 shah
be provided for in the same manner as
| other election expenses. All the places in
the general election laws where the Woru
| marked or marking IS used to mean
pencil marks made by voter in marking
his ballot shall be hereafter underS tood to
mean prepared" except where it has
reference to voting upon a 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,
back OF each ballot under the printed IN
dorsement thereon, and 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
rer Of preparing his ballot but shall give
no advice or suggestions, nor express am
preference. nor make any requests as to
the person or ticket the voter shali vote
for.
| Section 10 On receiving his ballot the
! elector shall forthwith, and without leaY-
ing the polling place, retire alone to one
of the booths or compartments to prepare
the same If he wishes to vote for per
son for certain office whose name IS nor
on 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 Whlcn
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
rghtfully receives from the ballot clerks
After preparing his ballot the elector shaih
close the same so as TO conceal the con,
tents of both envelopes completely; ne shalf
proceed to the presence of the inspectors
and 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; ne
shall then vote forthwith and before leay-
ing the polling place.
| Section 13. If it shall be announced 10
the inspectors of any precinct that n 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 phys cally disabled
person, and assist him in preparing IL,
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, whereupon the Inspector
shall distinctly announce that he holds II
his hand a ballot offered by
(naming the person., person who is
physically disabled from entering the room
without assistance He shall then ask.
Does any one object to the reception or
this balot?'' If no objections are offered,
the ballot shall be deposited in the box,
and a minute shall be made on the poi3
book by the clerks of election, thus: Pal
lot received at the door" Ir, case obiec,-
ton is made to the reception of ballot
by any qualified eector present. the in
! spector shall decide upon the objection
and. if they deem it well founded. shalE
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 II. All ballots cast at any cleo.
tion shall be counted for the persons FOR
whom they are intended, so far as such
intent can he ascertained therefrOm. In
determining the intent the following rules
! shall be observed: If any electOr shah
place inside of the pocket envelope the
whole of the sheet containing all of the
candidates of a political party, he shall
| be deemed to have voted for all of the
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