Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-09
DIRECTIONS FOR
MARKING BALLOT
TO INSURE COUNT
Defective Vote May Be Avoided
Easily if Precaution
~ Is Taken.

How to make certain that your vote
Will count on primary day and mo- be
cast aside as a defective ballot, may be
ascertained at a glance by observing
the way the accompanying fac-simile
of a Republican ballot to be used in
the Fifteenth ward, this city, is
marked.
The ballot appears just as it is
9 marked at the County Republican
Committee headquarters, ready for
mailing, and is used merely to indicate
how the marking should be done to in
sure an expression of opinion for zach
candidate. There is no contest in this
particular district and the ballot does
not contain in the right-hand column
any expression Of the choice of dele
gates for either Governor or Congress.
Republican ballots in other districts
where a contest exists bear in the
right-hand column the legend. Choice
for Governor, William p. Martin" and
Choice for Congress, Harold j. How
land" or George II. Austin, according
to the district for which the tickets
are issued.
Democratic Ballots.
On the Democratic ballots in all dis
tricts where contests for delegates to
the State convention occur the legend
Choice for Governor, William Harri-
gan" appears.
A total of 669, $50 official ballots for
use in this city alone at the primary
election were delivered today through
City Clerk James F. Connolly by Will
lam II. Shurts & Co., who have been
handling the task, which must be COM
pleted in record breaking time for sew
eral years past.
OF the total furnished about 325, 900
Will be distributed by the city clerk to
the various district boards of registry
and election for use at the various poll
ing places IN primary day. A total of
344, $50 more were ordered by the Regu-
lar and Progressive Republicans, the
County Democratic Committee, Will
lam Harrigan Association and a few
individuals.
For private distribution the Repub-
leans ordered more than double that
of the Democrats, with a total of $780,
900, or a little less than ten ballots for
every Republican vote cast at the
primary election last year. OF that
number 1901 600 were supplied to the
County Republican Committee, 7S,810
to the Progressive League and 100 10
private orders.
Harrigans Get $4,000.
OF the los, 450 ordered by the Demo-
Gratis. 50, 700 were supplied to the Will
lam Harrigan Association, &c, 900 to tie
County Democratic Committee, AMI
is. $50 on individual orders. AS soon as
the tickets arrived at the respective
political headquarters a staff of clerks
were put to work marking the ballots
ready for voters.
About half a hundred were engaged
on the work at the county Republican
headquarters, and an equal number at
the Progressive League. The Earri-
gan Association also a a big force
at work making sure that the Harrigan
delegates TO the State~convention only
remained on the ticket, and doing the
same in the ease of Owen F.. Conlon
for register, James A. Mof1tt for SUI
peryisor, George NJ. Dicker for Board
of Works and John A.. Furman for City
Home trustee.
When it came to arranging the as
sembly slate more trouble was en-
countered. Inc withdrawal of Thomas
J. d. Smith left the Harrfganites with
only ten candidates of their w Tor
the office and they want to vote for
eleven.
Puzzled by Ballots.
At first it was decided to erase none
of the eleven regulars, leaving that up
to the voter. This, 1t was shown, how
ever, might inva1idate the vote for
assembly candidates because if more
eleven names were allowed to
stand it would make the ballot void.
AS a compromise it was decided to
play no favorites. but to erase ten
alternate names from the Democratic
group of eleven, leaving William p.
Macksey. the last on the list, alone on
the first ballot erased, and on the next
Charles w. Brown. who heads the list
and so on down along the line. The
Republican ballots were all marked on
the senatorial question, the Regulars
leaving the name of Franklin Murphy
intact and the Progressives standing