Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
20. 367, Al Published July 10, 1907.
CHA PTER R93 LAWS OF 1907.

No. 367, A. Published July 10, 1SUI.
. CHAPTER 583, LAWS OF 1907.
AN ACT to amend sections 81, 3S, 40, 81
and 81 of the statutes as amended, ana
s.. to repeal sections 39 and 81 OF the stat
utes relating to the official ballot at
general elections.
4 represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 81 of the statutes,
as amended, by section of chapter 349,
laws of 1899. section 8 of chapter 351,
laws of 1899, and section of chapter
457, laws of 1901, is amended to read
Section g. In In m 4bd publication I'll cf HF
clerk, as the case may be, shall precede
the same with the statement which snail
be substantially In the following form, to
be modified or varied according to the ma
ture of the election, the caption to which
shall be conspicuously displayed, but In no
case, shall the space occupied by said cap
ton be more than one and one-fourth
ELECTION NOTICE.
ONCE OF ..........., C4erK.
.'.'.'.'.'', 10;
So the electors of.............. county OF
Notice is hereby given that a general
election or judicial, or city, or school, or
special, or judicial and city election, as
the case may be, is to be held In the. sew
eral towns, wards and election precincts
in the county or city of......: on tne
aay :a i:io' IL - at ob wHaGn T Ths
names of the candidates for each office to
be voted for, whose nominations have been
certified to this Office, are given opposite
the title Of the Office and under the appro-
Its proper column, and the questions sub
mitted to vote are stated below:
INFORMATION TO VOTERS.
The following instructions are given for
the information and guidance Of voters:
(a) A voter upon entering the polling
place and giving his name and residence,
will receive a ballot from the ballot clerk
namas or initials OF both ballot clerks,
and no other ballot can be used. Upon
receiving bis ballot, the voter must retire
alone to a booth or compartment and pre-
pare the same for voting. ballot clerk
may inform the voter 9s to the proper
manner OF marking g ballot, but he must
not advise or indicate in any manner whom
TO vote for.
d. If voter wishes to vote for all
the candidates nominated by any party he
shall make a cross or other mark under
the party designation printed at the top
Of the ballot IN the circle made for that
purpose. ballot so marked and having
no other mark will be counted for all the
underneath, unless the names Of some Of
the candidates of the party have been
erased or a name shall be written In or
g cross mark be placed In the square at
the right of the name or names Of candi-
dates in another column. II the voter
does not wish to vote for all the candi-
dates nominated by one party he shall
mark his ballot By making q cross or mark
In the square at the right Of the name Of
the candidate for whom he intends to vote
or by inserting or writing In the name Of
the candidate.
= (c) voter may vote for an entire
group Of candidates for presidential elect
.Ors by making a cross (X) or mark In the
HQuare at the right OF the names of candi-
dates for president and vice president
the names OF the candidates for presiden-
fial electors, or he may vote for the can
3idates for presidential electors by making
q cross (X) or mark In the square at the
right Of the name OF each candidate for
selector for whom he wishes to vote. If
q voter does not wish to vote fo- any one
or more candidates for presidential elect
ors in the group, he may erase the name
Of such candidate or candidates and the
cross (X) or mark at the right of the
names of the candidates for president and
vice president shall count as a vote for
each of the other candidates for presiden-
tial electors In sucn group whose names
are not erased. II q voter wishes to vote
for another person in place Of a candidste
whose name he has erased he may insert
or write In the name OF each such person
ia one Of the tees In the blank column
not wish to vote for any candidates for
spresident or vice president or for any pres
Mental electors, whose names appear upon
the ballot, he may insert or write In the
names Of the candidates for president and
a number equal to the number Of electors
to be elected, In the appropriate spaces
in the blank column at the right Of the
ballot.
(dj A voter may vote upon a question
sr6raitted to q vote Of the people BY max
ing a cross (X1 or mark In the square at
the right of tie answer which he intends
to give
(e( The ballot should not be marked
IN anY other manner. II the ballot be
spoiled, il must be returned to the ballot
clerk who must issue another in its stead
but not moro than three In all shall be
issued 10 any one voter. Five minutes
time is allowed In booth 20 mark ballot
Unoficial ballots or memorandum to assist
fehnn into the booth, and may be used to
pOzy from. ghe ballot must not be shown
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