Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-02
The members of congress of the

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Fourth. The state senator and member
of assembly.
Fifth. The county officers in the order
prescribed in section Cos of the statutes or
1898 as amended by chapter 30T OF the laws
of 1903, except superintendent Of schools
If any officer to be elected Is to NIL
vacancy, that fact shall be SO specine1l
upOn the ballot. Whenever n proposed
amendment to the constitution or other
question shall be submitted to the people,
a concise statement of the nature tnefeoL
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 submltte1
shall be two spaces, after one OF wien wien
shall be printed the word yes and AFTER
one the word mo- and the voter may
mark his ballot in the space after which
ever word indicates his vote on the qoeS-
tion, unless the act or resolution proV1de
or require q different form of ballot IN
which case q 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 printed in the
manner hereinbefore provided, by each
county clerk and each city clerk, seventy.
FIVE ballots for every fifty or traction OF
fifty votes cast at any preceding election
In any election district In the county or
city. Each clerk shall at the time OF 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
furnished for sample ballots shall be made
of tinted or cOlored paper so as to De
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 in addi-
ton to all the directions and instructions
which are printed upon the official ballot,
and delivered to the chairman of any polt-
ical committee in the county or city, az
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 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 its own expense, order
quired by this section All ballots ordered
printed by county and city clerks shall be
printed at the cost of their respective
cities or counties.
Section 10. Section As, statutes of 1898,
is hereby amended by striking out the
word marking in line II of said section
that the same shall read, when so
amended, as follows All 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 shel~y9 for writing,
which shall be furnished with such sup
plies and conYeniences as shall enable yot-
ers to conveniently prepare Their ballots.
and each compartment shall be furnished
with a 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 bah
lot, and said room shall have a guard ran
so constructed that only persons wit IN
said rail can approach within five feet Il
o boxes places
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 III
the district. No person except the officers
of election. other than voters engaged III
receiving preparing or depositing ballots
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 shall
be provided for in the same manner az
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 a voter n marking
his ballot shall be hereafter understood to .
mean prepared" except where 1T has
reference to voting upon question or
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. 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
ner Of preparing his ballot, but shall give
no advice or suggestions, nor express any
preference, nor make any requests as 10
the person or ticket the voter small vote
Section 10. 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 n per-
son for certain Office whose name IS not
on the ballot, he may write such name IN
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 ne shaIt
not use 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 SHAH
close the same so as to conceal the con
tents of both envelopes completely; he shaIt
proceed to the presence of the inspectors
and seal the pocket ballot containing ms
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 leay-
ing the polling place.
Section 49, If It shall be announced to
the inspectors of any precinct that FoLeF
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 ana
90 to the entrance of such place. and pre-
sent it to any such phys cally disabled
person. and assist him in preparing Il; II
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 n
his hand a ballot offered by --
maming the person., person who IS
physically disabled from entering the room
without assistance He shall then ask.
Does any one object to the reception OF
this BALLOT" If no objections are offered,
the ballot shall be deposited in the box,
and Il minute shall be made on the POI
book by the clerks of election, thus: Raf-
lot received at the door" III case oblec-
tion 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 it SHAH be
deposited: if the ballot be destroyed, the
inspector shall Immediately notify the v0t-
or Of the fact
Sect on A. All ballots cast at any cleo
ton shall be counted for the persons Tor
whom they are intended, so far rs such
intent can he ascertained therefrom. In
determining the intent the following ru-e5
shall lie observed: II any elector Shah
place inside of the pocket envelope me
whole of the sheet containing all CT the
candidates of a political party, he Sha8
no dpn4Oed n have voted for all OF the