The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-09-02
Instructions to Voters at Prlm-
ary Election.

These instructions are copie,
from the book of instructions lie
sued to the election officers by tn
Board of Elections for conduc
of the Primary Election Sept.
1909.
The joint Primary Election 70
the Republican and Democrat
parties will be held on Tuesday
Sept. Z, 1909.
The polls will be open from 5 :3,
in the morning to 5 80 in the even
, ing.
A full board of election ofllcer
will lie on duty in each voting pre-
cinct.
The three Republican and thre,
Democratic election officers shall
act in conjunction on all matter.
the same as at the November elec
tion.
A person desiring to vote will
enter the polling place, and state
his name and residence to the
judges, and if he is registered in
such precinct and his right to vote
is not challenged, he will be given
a ballot.
The voter must state to the
judges whether he desires to vote
Republican or Democratic tick
ct.
Under no circumstances will be
given ballot of both parties
The voter must affiliate with
either the Republican or Demo.
cratic party.
Any person entitled to vote at
the Primary Election must be
registered in the precinct in which
he resides at the time he votes.
Any person who becomes twenty
one years of age on or before the
3rd. day of November, 1909, is
entitled to register and vote at
this Primary Election.
An elector will be allowed to
vote only the ticket of the party
with which he is affiliated.
His party shall be determined
by the number of candidates he
voted for at the November election,
1908.
If he voted at such election for
more candidates on the Republi-
can ticket than on the Democratic
ticket, he will be held to have
affiliated with the Republican
party and will be allowed to vote
the Republican ticket at this
Primary Election.
The party affiliation of a voter
is not determined by the vote cast
for the head of the ticket.
Separate tickets will be provid.
ed for both Republican and Demo.
cratic parties at this primary elec.
tion; such tickets will conform, as
nearly as practicable, to the form
known as the Australian Ballot"
except that no party device or
emblem can be used at the head
of the tickets.
The names of candidates for
Board of Education will be printed
on separate ballots.
The judges of elections will not
receive any ballot rendered them
by any elector unless said ballot
was issued by such judges of elec
tions.
All tickets that can be voted by
the electors must be furnished by
the election officers in the various
precincts. There will be no off
cial ballots outside the voting
booth.
No "strip ballots" such as
were used in the past primary
elections, or any other ballot not
authorized by, or bearing the sig
natures of the members of the
board of elections will be received
or counted by the judges of elec-
tions.
The voter may mark his ballot
by placing cross mark In the
column to the left and opposite
the name of the candidate for
whom he wishes to vote, or he
may scratch out the name of any
candidate for whom he does not
desire to vote.
This primary election will be
conducted the same as a general
November election.
An elector can only vote the
primary ballot of the party ma
jOrlty of whose candidates he
voted for at the November cleo
tion in 1908.
A voter is not bound to vote for
the candidate of any Office whose
petition he may have signed, but
may vote for any candidate on the
ticket for the same office at this
primary election.
An elector is not bound to vote