The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-03-26
Full Textof the New Law Under
Which clarksburg Voters
VIII Vote is Given.
ALL SHOULD READ 1T
So They viii Be Prepared to
Vote in an Intelligent Man.
ller at the Polls.


Following is the Hatfield ballot
law passed at the special session of
the legislature, and which viii be in
vogue ct the coming city election
here
a BIZ to amend and rc-enate sec
Hon thirty7four Of chapter three of
che code, concerning the form. print
ing and preparation of the ballot.
BE It enacted by the Legislature of
West Virginia;
That section thirty-four Of chap
ter three Of the code, as last amend
ed BY the acts of nineteen hundred
and seven, be ameLded and re-enact-
edso as to read as follows:
80. All ballots prepared under the
provisions Of this chapter shall be
printed in black ink on number two
white book paper sufficiently thick
that the printing cannot be dis
tinguished from the back, and shall
contain the name of every candidate
whose nomination for any office to be
voted for at the election has been
certified and fled according to law,
and no others.
The tickets, except the heading,
which shall be in display type, shall
be printed from BREWER type; the
name or designation Of the Office and
the residence of the candidate in
lower case letters, and the name Of
the candidate in capital letters. The
name and residence of the candidate
may beprinted in the same line. The
name of each candidate shall b
printed In space defined by ruled
lines, and with blank square on its
left ineiosed by heavy dark line. If.
uppn any ticket, there be no candi-
date or candidates for a designated
office, blank space equal to the
space that would be occupied by such
name or names, II they were printed
thereon, with the blank space herein
provided for, shall be left. The
heading OF each party ticket, includ-
ing the name Of the party and the
device above and the large circle be-
tween the devic and such name, shall
be separated from the rest OF the
ticket by heavy line; and the circle
above the name OF the party in which
the voter is to place the cross mark,
II he desires to vote the straight
ticket shall be defined by heavier
lines than the lines defining the blank
spaces before the names of candl-
dates, and such circle shall be sur
rounded by the following words.
printed in heavy face nonpariel type:
For a straight ticket mark within
this circle. Each party ticket shall
be separated from other party tickets
Z. and bordered on either side by
heavy border, or a broad solid line,
at least one-eighth of an inch wide.
and the edges of the ballot on either
side trimmed on up TO one-half inch
fof the borders or solid line described.
The names of the candidates shall
be arranged on the ballot in tickets
or lists In separate columns under
the respective party or political or
other designation certified, each col
umn or ticket containing the names
OF candidates nominated by the same
political party and no others. In
elections for presidential electors the
names Of the candidates for presi-
dent and vice-president of the United
States shall be placed on the ticket
Immediately following the name OF
the party, and preceding the names
OF the presidential electors, and shall
be certified to the clerks Of the cir
cult courts by the chairman and sec
,retary OF the state executive com
mittee of the political party making
the nomination. The names OF the
candidates on each ticket shall be
arranged In groups with a heading
over each group printed in heavy
face BREWER type to indicate the po-
AAtlSei uAN4sAUus III WHlCu suSh 6IOup
is to be voted for. The arrangement
Of the ballot shall conform as nearly
as practicable to the plan here given.
The tickets OF the several political
parties shall be printed on the ballot
in parallel columns. each ticket in a
separate column headed by the chosen
device. and the tickets in such order
on the ballot, and the names OF the
Offices in such order on the ticket. as
the secretary Of state shall direct.
preference, however, being given to
the political party which cast the
highest number Of votes for the head
OF the ticket at the last preceding
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