Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-22

known as Chapter 5&2, Laws OF ISuS,
is to De submitted TO the vots OF the
people, in accordance with the pro-
visions OF Section 20 of the said act:
No. IA, 81 Published June 80, 1905.
CHAPTER 81.
AN ACT To provide for the use of the pocket
ballot and coupon voting system and TO
aIa, nd section IL, statutes OF lS9S.
The teoII2 u the STATE o. Wisconsin rep
resented in Senate ana Assembly, DO en-
act Us follows:
Section l. All ballots hereafter used at
any general election shall he of Substantial
Nv the following form, to-wlt; \ ballot
comprising sufficient number OF contrast
insly ColorCd sheets, staplcd or fastened TO.
gether nj the top, each sheet composed OF
the requisite number of Individual coupons,
bearing the names of all the candidates OF
a certain political party, each coupon shaLl
bear the designation OF the office and the
name OF the political party, ana saii cou-
poRS shall bc ConSeCutiNely numbered or let,
tered. Each sheet shall have an exposed
portion where there are attached together,
bearing respectively the names of the ar
ferent political parties. And folder or
envelope, having designated spaces or poch-
cts to II Give and corresponding TO the seN-
eral individual coupons, ami means Tor scar
ing said envelope or folder to enclose Ger
tain selected sheets or coupons; the Sou-
pons of each sheet shall be designated 10
correspond with coupons for the same once
of each and every other sheet by the use
pirate envelope to receive unused sections
or portions of sections of each ballot.
sample of the envelope to receive PORTIONS
of the ballot unused after voting, OF the
certificate of the inspector, and photo.
graphic copies of the ballot consisting OF
five perforated sheets OF white cardboard,
and the inside of the envelope to receive
the voted portion of the ballot and TO be
deposited in the ballot box, and photo
graphic sample showing ballot partly pre-
pared for voting, are hereto attached,
hall In, f,Yr
nished with two appropriate ballot boxes
into one of which that part of the ballot
containing the voters choice shall he
placed ana into the other of which snail be
placed that part of the ballot remaining
after the choice has been made cach part
having been previously enclosed IN the APP
proprate envelope or folder furnlsheu LOT
that purpose.
Section 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
secretary of state to secure and maintain
on file in his office Il series of contrastingS
Colored samples of cardboard, bearing III ms
Judgment the most appropriate coiots lot
the purposes of this act, and he shall deslg'
nate each sheet or sample of said series ny
its most commonly used color name. NO
official ballot used ut any general elecuoh
shall be made up with colors differing ma
terally from said samples Ii 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 nal'
lots with samples of coors corresponding
to those on file for this purpose In his Of
fee to the end that the coors in which the
official ballot shall be made throughout the
state shall be uniform.
Section 4. At an appropriate time previ
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
a party designation upon the official ballot,
may meet in the oce of the secretary OF
state and agree if possible upon II color to
represent each political party II 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 10 rep
resent the respective political parties IN
printing the official ballot If 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 as in his
judgment shall be the most appropriate for
the purposes of this act.
Section B. 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 chairmen may
agree II possible upon the question of the
position to be occupied by each party sheet
In the ballot. II 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 precedc the same
with a statement which shall be substanu-
ally in the following form, to be modified
or varied according TO the nature of the
election the caption to which shall be con.
spicuously 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,
To the Electors of --- county or city
Notice is hereby given that a general
election (or judicial or city. or school or
al I'm election
case may be) is TO be held in the several
towns wards and election precincts In the
county or city Of -; ON the -- day OF
---. 49,. at which the officers named be.
low are to he chosen The name of the
candidate for each Office to be voted for,
whose nominations have been certified 10
this Office, are given on each coupon above
the appropriate party or other designation.
each In a separate column. with the ques'
tons submitted to a vote stated below.
Information to Voters
The following instructions are given for
the information and guidance of voters. AT
such election the pocket ballot and coupon
voting system will be used. voter upon
entering the polling place and giving his
name and residence, will receive ballot
from the ballot clerk which must have In.
dorsed on the outer surface of the pocket
envelope the names or Initials ot hoth hal
lot clerks and no other ballot can be used.
Upon receiving his ballot the voter mus
retire alone to a booth or compartment ana
prepare the same for voting. ballot clerk
may inform the voter ms 10 tue proper
manner of preparing ballot, but he must
not advise or indicate IN any manner whom
to vote for. If 1t be general election these
words are to follow: The voter If he wishes
TO vote for all the candidates nominated by
any party should dCtach the whole sheet Of
coupons at the top which represents his
desired party, fold lengthwise and place
inside of the envelope bearing the designa-
ton official ballot" and the name OF. mi
tails of the ballot clerk If the voter wishes
TO vote for some Of the candidates of diff
ferent political parties he should tear out
each candidates name coupon bearing the
color and number of his choice and place
the same in the corresponding pockets or
spaces in the folder or envelope provided
for that purpose. II his choice is lagely
composed Of candidates of certain political
party he may detach from such whole sheet
those he does not wish TO vote for and
substitute others for them of his choice,
bearing the same number or letter, placing
them in the proper pockets and then place
all the coupons he desires 70 vote inside the
envelope as in voting a whole or straight
ticket II he wishes to vote for person
for a certain Office whose name is not on
the ballot, he must write the name upon
a proper coupon under the printed name OF
,so rdf5,tt. fnr Tho onipo The ballot shoull