Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-10-31
RULES GIVEN
FOR VOTING
Example Of How to Properly
Sign Ballots Shown
Interesting

down TUESDAY Dy Attorney General
Tanner. when voter moves out OF
his precinct less than 30 days before
an election, he cannot vote.
1t appears that one Mr.. Barlow.
who lived in PomerOy continuously
for eighteen months with his family
on October 81 moved out of the cit
of Pomeroy into the country, but
within the county thereby changin
his precinct.
In reply to the question as to
whether or not he can vote, Attorney
General Tanner says that at the date
of the election he will be lacking Ii
that qualification prescribed by tn,
constitutional provision, Of having liv
ed in the precinct thirty days i'm.
mediately preceding election" and
that therefore, he will not be entitl-
ed to vote either in the old precinct
or in the new on November 5.
Just how the voter of Aberdeen ana
Chehalis county will vote at the polls
next Tuesday morning, Is OF no par
ticrlar business to anyone but the
voter, yet it is safe to say that thous
ands of voters will visit the polls
undecided as to just how to vote. lie.
gaf advice comes to their aid at the
eleventh hour however, and here it
is.
If voter desires to vote stra ght
party ticket all he has to do is to
place cross in the circle occurring
at the head of the ticket. This means
that his vote shall be counted for
every office within the column in
whose circle he places the cross. For
instance, if he places it in the circle
under the words Republican Ticket
as above, it will count in favor of
every candidate running on said tick
et
Assuming that voter has placed
his cross in the circle under the
heading Socialist Ticket" if he goes
outside of the Socialist ticket to mark
cross in the square following the
name of any other candidate for rep
resentative in congress and makes il
ether mark, his vote will be countes
only for the person after whose name
the cross appears. For instance, if
column and marks cross in the
square following the name of J. f.
Frost though he can vote for two
re representatives. in congress-at-large
his vote would not be counted for eth
er NJ. E. Giles or A. Wagenknecht
running on the Socialist ticket, al.
though he had placed his cross in
the circle at the head Of the Soc altst
ti,ilet. Hence if a voter wants to
c" st vote for candidate outside of
his party ticket where there is more
than one position to be filled. he
should place cross after the name
CT each candidate for whom he de-
sires to vote. For instance, If he
places his cross after the name OF
Mr.. Frost and desires to vote for Mr.
Giles on his own ticket, the elector
voting the Socialist ticket should
place cross after the name of Hr.
Giles. In the event that he failed to
do this, his vote would be counted
only for the candidate after who's,
name his cross appears.
he voter may omit to place a
cross in the circle at the head of his
ticket and mark a cross in the square
after the name of each candidate upon
any ticket. in which event his vote
shall be counted for every name az
ter which same occurs.
at the head of his party ticket and
at the same time assuming, for in.
stance that he voted in the circle
under TIE words Democratic Tick.
ct" he may 90 over into any other
ticket and place cross after the
name OF any candidate. in which
event all parties upon the Democratic
ticket VIII receive enc vote eXcep,
the. person for whom such elector
votes upon some other ticket.
In the event an elector fails to
place a cross at the head of his tick
ct his vote shall be counted only in
behalf of those names after which
he places his cross.
II he votes by placing a cross in
the circle at the head of his ticket,
for instance by placing his cross in
the circle under the words Democrat
ic Ticket" and goes outside said tick
ct and votes for Mr.. Hay, candidate
for governor on the Republican tick.
ct by placing cross in the square
after his name this does not mean
that he has voted for the Democratic
party candidates down to the position
Of governor and for all the candidates
rLnning Jpn the Republican ticket
hose name appears upon sad tick
ct below that CT the candidate for
governor. 1t means that the vote
would be counted for all Democratic
candidates except the Democratic
nominee fer governor, Mr.. Lister In
counting the ballot therefor the
judges after counting the vote In fav-
or of Mr.. Hay, would return to the
Democratic ticket ard count the bal.