The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-09-02

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held September s. A summary of the
| instructions follows:
The polls will open at l l O'Clock in
the morning. or as soon thereafter as
| the officers of election are organized
and ready to receive votes, and they
will close at 8 o'clock in the evening,
or as soon thereafter as all voters
present have had opportunity to vote.
How to Obtain a Ballot.
When the voter enters the polling
place he will call for the ballot of his
| party. If he is a republican he will
call for a republican ballot; ii
democrat he will call for democratic
| ballot and if socialist he will call for
socialist ballot. The ballot called
| for will be delivered to him by the
election officers within the polling
place as he can not use the ballot UNI
! less it has been handed to him by one
of the election officers inside of the
polling place.
| Must be Prepared i'm Booth.
| Upon receiving his ballot the voter,
Immediately and without leaving the
polling place, will retire alone to one
of the booths or compartments inside
the polls and proceed to prepare his
ballot for voting.
| Manner of Preparing Ballot.
He will prepare his ballot by mark
| ing cross, thus X in the square at
the right of the name of each person
| for whom he desires to vote. Where
the ballot under the head of an office
says ''Vote for one he must place
cross in the square at the right OF
the name of one of the candidates for
that office. When the ballot, under
the head of an office says Vote for
two" he must place a cross in the
square at the right of the name of
each of two candidates for that office.
Where the ballot. under the head of
an office, says Vote for three he
must place cross in the square at
the right of the name of each of three
candidates for that office. but in no
case is he permitted to vote for more
candidates for an office than are to
be nominated for that office as shown
by the ballot.
| First and Second Choice.
| Where the ballot under the head
of an office says ''Vote for both
first and second choice for this Of
fee" he will vote for one candidate
for his first choice by marking cross
| in the first square at the right of the
name of the candidate of his first
choice. This square will be found
in the column which has the words
"First choice" printed at its head.
He will also then vote for some other
candidate for that office for his sec
ond choice by marking cross in the
second square at the right of the
name of the candidate of his second
choice. This square will be found in
the column which has the words
Second choice printed at its head.
The voter must be careful not to vote
for the same person for his first and
his second choice. or his vote will not
| be counted for that office. and he
must be careful not to vote for first
choice alone or second choice alone
where the ballot tells him to Vote
| for both first and a second choice
for this Office because if he fails to
vote for both a first and a second
choice his vote will not be counted for
that office.
| Names and Stickers.
The voter, if he so desires, may
write in the name of some person
whose name does not appear upon
the ballot or he may paste name on
the ballot. Where he writes in a
name or pastes one on the ballot. he
should place cross in the square at
the right of such name the same as ii
it were regularly printed on the bal
lot.
Voter May Be Assisted.
If person, who is eligible to vote,
can not read. or if. through blindness
or other physical disability, he is I'M
able to mark his ballot, he may re-
ceive assistance from the election Of
ficers. but in no other instance 5
more than one person permitted TO
occupy the same booth at the same
time
Length of Time in Booth
While the law provides that no per-
son shall occupy a booth more than
ffive minutes in preparing his ballot,
| IL the other booths are all occupied,
at the suggestion of the attorney gen
eral this provision of the law will not
be rigidly enforced at the primary
election provided the voter is making
| al honest dtleilpl " pItpdlt MS bai-
lot If the other booths are unoccu-
pied there is no restriction upon the
time which booth may be occupied
except when the hour comes to close
the polls. and then the judges of cleo
ton are not obliged to await for a
voter who is occupying booth
longer than what such judges may
consider a reasonable length OF time
for the voter to prepare his ballot.
To Obtain New, Ballot.
If through accident or mistake. a
voter spoils his ballot, he must re-
turn the spoiled ballot to the judges
of election. as he is not permitted 70
destroy or take the ballot from the
poll. The judges of election will then
| give him new ballot.
Casting the Ballot.
When the voter has prepared his
ballot and before he leaves the booth
he should fold 1t in such a way that
the number on the back of il will APP
pear on the outside and the face of