Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-10-31
EXTRACTS FROM
STATE ELECTION
LAWS-0BSERVE

Each voter in Audrain COUNTY
will receive six ballots as he enterI
the booths on November 5. from
which he Will select his preference
The Democratic. Republican, So
%clalist. Progressive, Prohibitionlst and
Social Labor are the six parties IN
the contaest.
For the general information Of
everyone, and in order that the cleo
ton may be conducted as the law
provides and the secrecy OF the bal
lot preserved as the law contem-
plates, a study Of the election laws
OF the State is important. Below
are extracts from the State election
laws:
Section $500 provides that each quail
ified voter shall be entitled to re-
ceive from the judges Of election one.
ballot OF each political party vot-
ed on at said election. Before de-
livering, the two judges in charge OF
the ballots are to write their ini-
tials on the back Of each ballot, with
ink or indeHble pencil.
Sec. 5000 says that the voter on
receipt OF the ballots shall without
leaving the polling places retire
alone to a booth provided and pre-
pare his ballot by selecting the one
he desires to vote. He shall erase
or strike out the name Of any candi-
date he does no wish to vote for
and write the name of his choice
underneath. After preparing his bal
lot he shall forthwith fold the same
SO that the face of the ballot shall
be concealed and SO that the initials
of the judges on the back a be
Eeen and hand the ballot he de-
sires to vote to the judge selected
to take the ballots, who shall num-
Der it and place 1t in the ballot box.
He shall also fold the other ballots
given him SO that their faces are
concealed and SO the initials Of the
judges may be seen and return them
to the other receiving Judge. who
shall place them in a box provided
for that purpose.
Other sections provide that not
more than one person shall be in a
booth at one time and that no one
shall remain in a booth longer than
five minutes.
Any one who declares under oath
that he cannot read nor write, or
by reason Of physical disability
he is unable to mark his ballot, may
declare his choice to the judges in
Of the ballots, who, in the
presence Of the e~leotor, shall pre-
pare the ballot for him. This section
provides that this shall not be con-
strued as permitting any judge to
enter the booth with a voter to as
sist him in preparing his ballot, but
they must do it without leaving their
respective positions.
AS to qualifications of voters, ey-
cry male citizen, over. 21 who has
resided in the state for n year inn
mediately preceding the election at
which he offers to vote, and in the
county, city or town for sixty days,
Immediately preceding the election
is entitled to vote, but must vote in
the township in which he resides, or
If in a city or town, then in the
election district in which he REL
sides.
Any person convicted of a felony
other infamous crime, or a mis-
demeanor connected with the exer-
else of the right of suffrage, shall not
be permitted to vote at an election
unless he shall have been granted a,
full pardon.
Polls shall be opened at Z o'clock
in the morning and closed at 6 in
Intervening unless the sun sets afterl
G, when they shall be kept open I'M
I'll shutdown.