Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-29

I,W. L. HOUSER, Secretary of State
OF THE State OF Wisconsin, do hereby
cerliiy that at the judicial Election 10
be held on Tuesday, April ), 1900,
the following Act of the Legislature,
known as Chapter S22, 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. +44, 81 Published June 50, 1905.
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT to provide for the use Of the pocket
ballot auu ooul ON voting system ana 10
umSEd section ~, statutes or 1879
The l1uple OF the State OF Wisconsin, rep
resented in senate and Assembly, do en-
act rs follows:
Section l. All ballots hereafter used at
any general election shall be OF suhSt0ntial-
ly tie following form, to-wit: \ ballot
comprising Sufficient number OF tonttaSt-
inLly rolored sheets, Staplcd or fastened to-
gether at the top, each sheet composed or
the requisite number Of individual coupons,
bearing the names Of all the candidates OF
a certain political party, each coupon snail
bear tine designation of the office ana the
name of the political party, and SAID Cou-
pons shall be CousecutiNcly 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 II Give and corresponding TO the sew
eral individual coupons, and means Tor seal
ing said envelope or folder to enclose GER
tain selected sheets or coupons; the S"u-
pons OF each sheet shall be designated 10
correspond with coupons for the same ONCE
of each and every other sheet by the use
of numbers or letters. Aud also an appro-
pirate envelope to receive unused sections
or portions of sections of each ballot. y
sample of the envelope to receive portions
of the ballot unused after voting, or the
certificate of the Inspector, ana photo.
graphic copies OF the ballot consisting OF
1--WE perforated sheets of white cardboard,
and the inside of the envelope to receive
the voted portion of the ballot ana 10 oe
deposited in the ballot box, and photo
graphic sample showing ballot partly pre-
pared for voting, are hereto attached.
Section =, Each polling place shall be fur
nished with two appropriate ballot boxes
into one of which that part OF the 6allot
containing the voters choice shall be
placed and into the other of which shall be
placed that part of the ballot remaining
after the choice has been made, each part
having been previously enclosed III the ap'
proprate envelope or folder furnished Tor
that purpose.
Section g. 1t shall be the duty of the
secretary OF state to secure and maintain
on file In his office n series of contrastlngly
colored samples of cardboard, bearing in ms
judgment the most appropriate coiors tor
the purposes of this act, and he shall deslS
nate each sheet or sample of said series LDy
official ballot used at any general elecuoh
shall be made up with colors differing ma
terialy 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 coorS corresponding
to those OH 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,
man of the state central committee OF each
and every political party, legally entitled to
e party designation upon the official bailot
may meet in the Office of the secretary OF
state and agree If possible upon Il 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 II no such
agreement shall have been made on or be-
fore the LIST day of July then 1t shall be the
duty of the secretary of state to designate
for each political party such color ms IN MS
Judgment shall be the most appropriate for
the purposes of this act.
Section 8. 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 charmen 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 preccde the same
with 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
splcuously displayed but In no case shall
the space occupied by said caption be more
than one and one-fourth inches In depth
ELECTION NOTICE.
Office of -- Clerk