River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

even II the voter shall have neglected to
remove the names that he did not wish to
vote Cor from the party sheet.
2. Should the names of two or more
candidates for the same office stand upon
an equality as regards the evident intention
OF the voter, then neither shall be counted,
for example: two loose coupons OF the same
number not accompanied by party sheet.
The voter must not write any name upon
any part Of the ballot and the writing or
any name or any other evident attempt to
identify his ballot shall be sufficient grounds
fro rejec4-ng such identified ballot.
Section 44a-29. (a) Should the voter
wish to vote for any person whose name IL
not on the ballot, he may do so by writing
such name and Office on one of the blank
sheets hereinafter mentioned folding II so
as to conceal the writing and voting It
separately from the coupon ballot, and
such name shall be counted for the office
named, provided that the total number of
votes for that office shall e less than the
total number of electols voting &C such
polls, provided, however, that no name upon
such written ballot shall be counted IL the
same name is on the coupon ballot
(bl The county clerk of everey county In
which the coupon ballot Is used shall fur
nish, with the other supplies sent to each
polling place, q number of sheets Of ordi-
nary white paper, equal to the number or
ballots furnished, which shall be elk inches
wide and of sufficient length for the pur-
pose of writing thereon n complete ticket
for voting. One such sheet may be given
to each voter by the ballot clerks with the
ballot, and one such sheet must be given to
any voter requesting 1t. Such blank so
furnished for the purpose Of writing and
voting names not on the coupon ballot
must be endorsed by the ballot clerks before
delivering to the voter and so folded by the
voter to show such endorsement to tho
inspectors without exposing contonta.
Section 44a-~-20. At the cloEa OF the
polls, after the poll list has been verified
in the manner now provided by law, the
inspectors shall proceed 10 number the bal
lots consecutively Both paTta Of each
ballot (the official ballot folder and the TO
maiDder envelopel shall be designated by
as they are separated After thus number
ing both parts Of the ballot and separating
them the remainder envelopes, cont hing
the remaindera OF the ballots, shnu - put
back into the ballot box immediately, IN
opened, the of8cial ballot folders shall then
be opened and their contents recorded upon
the tally nhsets without removal fr~m tho
folders, D. the following n&nner.
Section 44a--31. offlcdai ballet folder
number shall hrst be oponed s2d ita con-
tents recorded by a Number upon the tally
sheet In ballot column nur0ber i, whcrcupon
II shall be closed and string passed
through II by means OF a needle In snch a
manner as to pass through the gido Asp OF
the folder and the body Of the folder Ia or
der to hold it securely closed when the
string is fnlly tied as hereinafter pro-
vided. Ballot number two shall then be so
opened, recorded and strung upon the same
string In the same manner, and the process
secutiyeIy until all shall have been so
opened, recorded and strung, whereupop the
string shall be passed around the bundle
sidewise and endwlse and securely tied and
the wax seal of the election board hfaxed
over the knot
Section 44a--a2. After the canvass IL
completed the inspectors shall take tho
remainders from the ballot box and tie and
seal them In bundle and place them In
the sack rs now provided by law.
Section 44a--93. In case q recount OF
the ballots is ordered the remainders Of the
ballots may be used for that purpose, giving
each one the value of the absent portion.
They may also be- checked and compared by
number with the contents Of ths Ofacial
ballot folders.
Section 44a-s4. 1aliy sheets made ac-
cording to the plan Of tho sample tally
sheet hereto attached and made q part OF
this act shall be used Ia all counties whore
the coupon ballot is used Instruction for
their use must be printed on the tally
theots and they mist be kept aecordingly
and signed and preserved with the ballots,
enc tally sheet with the o6aCtal ballot foiiars
and one with the remembers.
Scottish 44a--SH The sample ballot,
sample o1scial hallSs folder. and ganple
remainder envelope, hereto attached Ind
illustrative Of sections A4Ar--d, 44a,--4 and
44a--6 Of this act and may b represented
by illustration for the purpose OF publica-
ton Of this aot Ia newspapers.
Section 44n,--80 In the counties that
adopt the provisions Sf this act in accord
ance with section 4AA,-1 Of this act, the
elections shall oe conducted In all respects
the same as now provided by law except
with the provisions Of this act in which
case the pEovtstoea Vt this set shall con-
troll.
be in force from and after its r@Ssags and
Approved Juno II, 1904