Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-01


proper regulations to public inspection
and the secretary of state shall preserve
the same in his Office not less than one
year.
Sect T. Whenever at the regular ses-
sion of the legislature next to meet after
any primary election. so to be held as
aforesaid biennially on the third Monday
in June, one or more United states Sem
ators are to be elected. the nominee. or
nominees for such office or offices of
each political party shall be chosen at
such primary election. Nominations
therefor shall be made and filed as here
inbefore provided Where but one United
States Senator is so to be elected, the
nomination papers and official ballot shall
specify simply the office of United States
Senator When, however. two United
States Senators are so to be elected, the
nomination papers and ballots shall by
apt words designate the respective terms
for which they are to be nominated
Sect S. Every ballot which shall be
printed in accordance with the provisions
of this act shall contain the names and
residences of all candidates whose nomi-
nations have been duly proposed here
under for any office specified in the ballot.
and not withdrawn in accordance here
with. and the Office for which they have
been severally proposed through the
nomination papers filed as aforesaid, and
shall contain no other names. The order
of offices shall be the same as in the
regular September election. except that
when nominations for United States Sem
ators are to be made. said office of United
States Senator shall be first on said bal
lots. The name of each person for whom
as a candidate for nomination valid
nomination has been filed shall be printed
on the ballot in but one place. The names
of the candidates for nomination to each
office shall be arranged under the desig-
nation of the office in alphabetical order.
according to surnames. There shall be
left at the end of each list of candidates
for nomination to each office a blank
space or spaces. in which the voter may
write or paste the name or names of any
person or persons not printed on the bal
lot for whom he desires to vote as a
nominee or nominees for such office. the
number of blank spaces so left to be equal
to the number of nominees to be selected
for such office The ballot shall be
printed so as to give each voter a clear
opportunity to designate his choice for
candidates for nomination by making a
cross (X) to the right of the name of
each candidate he wishes to vote for as
a nominee to each office; and on the bal
lot shall be printed such words as will
aid the voters to do this Vote for one"
"Vote for two" and the like At the top
of the ballot there shall be printed in
capital letters. Make cross tX) in the
square to the right of the name OF the
person you wish to vote for. Follow di-
rections as to the number of candidates
to be marked for each office Add names
by writing or FASTING stickers in blank
spaces and mark cross (X) to right of
such names. Do not erase Names" The
ballots shall be printed on tinted paper,
of separate tint for each political party,
white for the party casting the highest
vote for Governor at the last preceding
state election. yellow for the second high
est. blue for the third highest. green for
the fourth highest, other eolors 4or
others if any. and brown for specimen or
sample ballots. They shall be of uniform
size for all political parties and folded
before distribution in marked creases so
as to be of uniform length and width and
conceal the interior contents. On the
back shall be printed so as to be visible
when folded. "Offieial Nominating Bal
lot" followed by the designation of the
polling place for which the ballot is pre-
pared. the date of the primary election
and a fac-simile of the signature of the
Secretary of State.
Sect. Q. All ballots. printed notices.
sample ballots and cards of instruc-
tons shall be furnished by the Secre-
tary of State, at the expense of the
State. in the same manner as in the
case of regular elections. All the ex-
pense of the calling and holding of the
primary elections and the making and
forwarding of the returns thereof shall
be paid for by the municipalities. All
other expenses hereunder shall be
borne by the State.
Sect. 10. The Secretary of State
shall fourteen days at least previous
to the day of any primary election
| transmit to the clerks in each city.
town and plantation printed lists con-
tanning the names, residences and
party or political applications of all
candidates proposed for nomination as
herein provided for such election and
to be voted for at each polling place in
each such city. town and plantation
respectively substantially in the form
of the ballot to be used therein; and
the clerks shall Immediately cause the
lists of each plantation, town or ward,
as the case may be, to be conspicuous
ly posted in one or more public places
in such plantation, town or ward. The
Secretary of State shall likewise cause
to be published prior to the day of any
such election hereunder, in at least two
newspapers, if there be so many,
printed or published in each county,
representing so far as practicable, the
political parties which. at the preced-
ing gubernatorial election, cast the
largest and next largest number of
votes, list of all the nominations pro-
Eposed as herein provided and to be
voted for hereunder in such county, SO
far as may be in the form in which
they shall appear upon the general
ballots. New nominations proposed as
Iherinbefore provided. to fill vacancies
| shall he transmitted, posted and pub