Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-29
How to Prepare your Ballot.

The officials ballots for Jefferson
county for the election to be held next
Tuesday have been printed and are
about ready for distribution. There
are FIVE tickets on the ballot this year.
On the left.hand side is the Demo
cratic ticket, and following it are the
Socialist, Independence League, Pro.
hibition and Republican. The pres
ent ballot is a new one, having been
adopted since the last election, and it
is important that the voter should un-
derstand clearly how to prepare his
ticket. The following directions are
made out under the statute and will
be found useful:
In marking your ticket the law directs
the use OF black lead pencil.
II you wish to vote straight party
ticket you can do so in one OF three
ways:
LIST. Simply make a distinct cross
mark in the ring or circle at the head
OF your ticket under the party emblem
or ueVlCe, OF
I'd. Omit the mark in the circle and
make cross mark in the little square
to the left of thu name OF each candidate
for whom you wish to vote; or
Sd. Draw lines from top to bottom
through all the tickets on the sheet ex-
cept the ticket you wish to vote, which
leave untouched.
II you wish to vote a mixed ticket or
for candidates on different party tickets,
you can do so in one of three ways:
lst. Omit the mark in the circle or
ring and make distinct cross mark in
the little square to the left OF the name
of the candidate for whom you wish to
vote, on whatever ticket you find it; or
I'd. Make cross mark in the circle
on the ticket OF the party for some OF
whose candidates you desire 10 vote and
then a cross mark in the little square to
the left of the name Of other candidates
on any other ticket for whom you wish
to vote, in which case the mark in the
circle will cast your vote for every can
didate on the ticket so marked in the
circle except for the candidates marked
in the little squares on the tickets, and
the marks in the squares will cast your
vote for the candidates so marked; or
Sd. You can write the name OF the
person for whom you wish to vote in the
space Immediately below the name OF
the opposing candidate for the same Of
fee, on the ticket you are voting, and
the name so written will be counted.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
If, in marking either a straight or
mixed ticket as above defined, a cross
mark is made in the circular space above
the name Of a party at the head OF the
ticket, and also one or more cross marks
made before the name or Dames of can
didates on the same tickets or offices Tor
which candidates on other party tickets
are not individually marked such marks
before the names Of candidates on the
ticket so marked, shall be treated as
surplusage and ignored; and the ballot
be counted for all the candidates on the
ticket thus marked for offices for which
no candidate on other tickets are marx
ed.
II the voter desires to vote for any
person whose name does not appear on
the ticket he can substitute the name
by writing it with black lead pencil 10
the proper place, and making . cross
mark in the blank space at the left OF
the name so written.
II the voter mark more names than
there are persons to be elected to an Of
fee, or if. for any reason, it is impossi-
BILE to determine the voters choice for
an office, to be filed, his ballot shall not
be counted for such Office.
No ballot shall be rejected for any
technical error which does not make 1T
impossible to determine the voters
choice.