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

Fourth. The state senator and member
of assembly.
Fifth The county officers in the order
prescribed in section SOS of the statutes or
1898 as amended by chapter 3O7 Of the laws
OF 1908, except superintendent of schools.
/ If any officer to be elected is to fill a
4 vacancy. that fact shall be SO specified
i 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 thereof
/ shall be printed, IN accordance with the
1 act or resolution directing its submission,
! upon the ballot after the names or the
! candidates, opposite the question submitted
/ shall be two spaces, after one OF which
shall he 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 CUES
! ton, unless the act or resolution provide
or require a different fcCGl OF ballot, In
which case a proper form of ballot shall
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 printed, In the
| manner hereinbefore provided, by each
county clerk and each city clerk, seventy
| five ballots for every fifty or fraction or
/ fifty votes cast at any preceding election
! in any elect on district in the county or
! city. Each clerk shall at the time or or
| dering official ballots to be printed, cause
unofficial sample ballots to be printed, each
party sheet of which shall be exactly ike
| the official ballots in every particular; pro-
| vided, however, that all pocket envelopes
! 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 or
| unused portions, shall also bear the ward
| unofficial plainly printed thereon IN addl-
| ton to ali the directions and Instructions
which are printed upon the official DallotS
and delivered to the chairman OF any pOllC-
| ical committee III 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 Official ballots are paid for, without
! additional charge for composition. A COM
mittee may, at It's own expense, order q
| larger supply of sample ballots than is re-
quired by this section. All ballots ordered
! printed by county and city clerks shall be
| printed at the cost of their respective
| cities or count eS.
Section 10 Section 40, 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: Ali officers upon
whom is imposed by law the duty OF desig-
mating polling places shall, under the penal
| ties elsewhere prescribed, provide and
| maintain in each polling place designated
/ by them a 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 cJnvenienceS as shall enable vot-
ers to conveniently prepare Their ballots,
/ and each compartment shall be furnished
| with a door, screen or curtain of cloth so
| hung IS 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
1 said rail can approach within five feet OF
| the ballot boxes o. such places Or conn
| partmentS. The MEMBER of such Places
| shelves or compartments shall not be less
| than one for every fifty electors who voted
! To-+ IfYarr mol oil inn In
| the district. No person except the OmcerS
| of election, other than voters engaged in
| receiving, preparing or depOSitlng ballots,
| shall be permitted to be within Sald 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 In
| the general election laws where the word
| marked or marking is used to mean
| pencil marks made by voter IN mafklnB
/ his ballot shall be hereafter understood to
mean prepared" except where it has
reference to voting upon a question or
Section IL 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, and deliver to each
voter as he enters the booth one ballot duly
| indOrsed. They may, if requested by any
voter, instruct him to the proper man.
ner of preparing his ballot, but shall give
no advice or suggestions. nor express any
| preference, nor make any requests as to
the person or ticket the voter shall vote
/ for.
| Section -. On receiving his ballot the
! elector shall forthwith, and without leav-
| 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 not
on the ballot, he may write such name I'M
| der the printed name Of one of the can
didates for that office. An elector may use
/ ofoI CON rlln ha1l or NH oh
may have been prepared in advance or
! his entering the polling place, but he shall
not or bring into any such place any
| official ballot other than those which he
| rightfully receives from the ballot clerks.
After preparing 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
| and seal the pocket ballot containing his
choice and the return envelope containing
l 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 13. If It shall be announced to
the inspectors Of any precinct that voter
/ is at the door who is unable to enter the
polling place without being assisted, they
may, in their discretion, appoint one or
| their number to take an official ballot and
| go to the entrance of such place and pre-
| sent it to any such phys cally disabled
| person, and assist him in preparing 1t, II
| such person desires him to do so. When
| the ballot shall have been prepared, 1t
shall be closed ana lmineulaIely taken InI0
| the rolling place, whereuPon the inspector
shall distinctly announce that he holds in
his hand a 'snSs!0t offered by
manning the person., person who Is
physically disabled from entering the room
without assistance He shall then ask,
s'Does any one object to the reception Of
! this ballotY' If no objections are offered,
the ballot shall be deposited in the box,
and a minute shall be made on the poll
book by the clerks Of election, thus: BAL
lot received at the door" In case Objec-
ton IS made to the reception of a ballot
by any qualified eector present, the In
spector shall decide upon the objection,
| and, If they deem it well founded, shall
destroy the ballot; otherwise 1t shall be
deposited; II the ballot be destroyed, the
inspector shall Immediately notify the vote
er OF the fact.
Section IA All ballots cast at any cleo
ton shall be counted for the persons for
| whom they are intended, so far as such
intent can be ascertained therefrom. In
determining the intent the following rules
shall be observed: If any elector shall