Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08


election, and the mayor or village presi-
dent shall continue to do so until the
requisite number shall have been nomi
(e) The persons SO appointed inspect
ors, clerks, and ballot clerks, in cities
and villages shall hold their offices for
appointed and qualified, and shall act as
such officers at every primary, general, mu-
nicipal and special election following their
| districts, during such term
(f) Such inspectors shall fill any va
cancy in their number or in the number
| OF such clerks by persons qualified as
aforesaid, and may appoint one of their
number as chairman Sh: 49,, n 49,
| losing the polls at primaries shall be
in cities of one hundred thousand
inhabitants or over, six o'clock in the morn.
| spectively in cities of five thousand and
| less than one hundred thousand inhabi
! tants, six o'clock in the morning and sever
| O'Clock in the evening respectively; in al
other cities and in towns and villages
| nine o'clock in the morning and five O'CLOCK
In the evening respectively; provided that
| the common council Of any city containing
| less than five thousand inhabitants, thu
! town board of any town or board of trus
| tees of any village may by resolution adopt,
! ed and published in some newspaper in said
city. town or village. or in case there be
! no newspaper published therein, then in
some newspaper published in the county
in which such city town or village Is To-
fix an earlier hour for the opening Of the
| polls in such city, town village, not
earlier than sunrise cities Of less than
! and villages in counties of not. less than
two hundred thousand inhabitants may, by
such resolution, open the polls not carrier
them to be kept open not later than seven
| o'clock In the evening.
f. At all primaries there shall
| be an Australian ballot made up of the
| several party tickets herein provided for,
| all of which shall be securely fastened to-
| gether at the top and folded, provided that
| there shall be as many separate tickets as
! there are parties entitled to participate in
| said primary election. The names
of ali candidates shall be arranged alpha
betically according to surnames under the
| appropriate title of the respective offices
and and under md the +PPd proper party designation
5. If any elector write upon his ticket
the name of any person who is candi'
date for the same office upon some other
ticket chan that upon which his name Is
so written, this ballot shall be counted for
such person only as candidate OF the
party upon whose ticket his name is writ
/ ten, and shall in no case be counted for
| such person as candidate upon any other
| ticket.
G. In case the person is nominated upon
more than one ticket he shall forthwith
file with the proper officer, or officers In
| charge of the preparation of the ballots,
written declaration indicating the party
designation under which his name is to be
in case a candidate is nominated on
ticket on which his name is printed and
also on some other ticket by having his
name written thereon, he shall not have the
! right of choice but shall be held to be
the nominee of the party on which his
| name is printed.
Z. The ballots with the endorsements
shall be in substantially the form hereto
fore annexed provided that ballots for any
city primary may be varied as to the ute
to conform to the law under which each
such primary is held
8. The provisions of section 81. statutes
| of 1898, SO far as applicable shall govern
| the preparation of the ballot.
8. After preparing his ballot the elector
shall detach the same from the remaining
tickets and fold it so that it's face will be
concealed and the printed endorsements and
signatures or initials thereon seen,
10. The remaining tickets attached to-
gether shall be folded in like manner by
the elector who shall thereupon without
leaving the polling place vote the marked
ballot forthwith, and deposit the remain.
ing tickets in the separate ballot box to be
marked and designated as the blank ballot
IL Immediately after the canvass, the
inspectors shall, without examination, de.
stroy the tickets deposited in the blank
ballot box.
Section lib. Vacancies occurring after
the holding of any primary shall be filled
by the party committee Of the city, dis
trict, county or state, as the case may be,
Section lila. /. No person shall be
entitled to vote at any primary unless a
qualified elector of the precinct and duly
registered therein, if registration
be required by law in such precinct at
elections.
q Every primary election day and the
Tuesday next preceding shall be registra'
ton days where registration Is required,
on which the inspectors shall exercise the
powers prescribed by sections 20 and 70,
statutes Of 1898, but no person shall be
registered on or after the day of holding
without personally
before the Inspectors. At least three days
before the holding of a primary election
the city clerk shall furnish the city com
mttees Of the various political parties with
six copies OF the printed registry lists, as
compiled at the first registration, and only
voters whose names appear on such regis
try lists shall be allowed to cast their bal
lot at a primary election, except 1t Is
shown by affidavit that the elector Is
qualified voter and resident of the precinct,
which affidavit must be corroborated by at
least two freeholders electors in said dis
trict.
3. The inspectors shall register any per-
son who shall on any registration day hle
an oath or affirmation to the effect that
he is a qualified elector in such precinct,
or when they personally know him to be
4. Any person registered on either of
said days as prescribed herein, shall be
entitled to vote at the succeeding election
without other registration.
5. There shall be no other registration
day or days for either a primary, general
or q city election, except that prescribed
by section 81 of the statutes of 1898.
6. No voter shall be required to register
under the provisions of this act where
registration is not now required by law.
z. The inspectors shall be in session for
the purpose of registration from nine
O'Clock in the morning until eight o'clock
in the evening, except that on the day OF
holding the primary they shall be In SEES
sion during the time the polls are
required to be held Open
8. The inspectors and clerks shall re-
ceive the same compensation provided In
section 94h Of the statutes Of 1898, and any
amendments now% or hereafter made there
Section 11-15. 1. The party committee
| of each precinct may appoint in writing
over their signatures, two party agents or
representatives, With an alternate for each,
who shall act as challengers for their re-
scribed by section 4e, statutes of 1898:
g. The right Of any person tc vote at
primary may be challenged upon the same
| ground and his right to vote be deter-
mined In the same manner as at an cleo
| ton.
3. The chairman of each party commit
tee of any precinct may represent his party
| at the polling booth during the canvass
and return Of the vote at a primary, or he
may appoint an agent or designate mem
Section lie. /. Canvass Of votes
cast SHALL except as herein otherwise pro
| yided be made in the same manner ana
| by the same officers as the canvass OF an
| election
9 The party chairman, of the precinct
| in a precinct canvass, of the county in
| county canvass, of the state in state can
! vass, or some duly appointed agent to
| represent each party shall be allowed to be
| present and observe the proceedings.
| 8 The precinct inspectors of election
| shall on separate Sheets on blanks to be
provided for that purpose, make full and