The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-09-12
EASY FOR THE VOTER:
1t is as Easy to Vote Under the New
Primary Law as it Was In
der the Old Law.
System Is Complicated for the Clerks
and the Returning Officers but
Not for the Voters.

W.
second choice feature of the ballot
need not trouble any one. There is
a column in which the voter can re-
cord his second choice by placing an
X mark opposite the name of the
man who is his second choice for the
Office. For instance: There are six
candidates for the republican nomi-
nation for governor-Eberhart, Lee,
Spooner, Young, Gordon and Falk.
The voter wishes to vote for Eber-
hart, but if Eberhart should not be
nominated he would like to see Lee
win. Then the voter simply puts an
X mark opposite Eberhart's name
under the caption of ''First Choice
Vote for One'' in the first column,
and an X mark opposite the name of
Lee in the second column under the
heading of ''Second Choice-Vote for
One.' By SO doing he exercises the
right Of first and second choice.
That is all there is to it. just make
an extra X mark.
If the voter does not care to exer-
else the right of second CHI dice, he
need not; there is no compulsion
about it.
Where there are only two candi-
dates there can be no second choice,
for the voter must vote for one of
the two candidates. The second
choice only applies where there are
three or more candidates for the
same office. Hence, we repeat, there
is nothing in the second choice feat
ure that need alarm or mislead any
one.
Of course, the second choice
feature may, and undoubtedly will,
entail considerable extra work on
the clerks and judges Of election and
on the returning boards, but that
does not concern the voter. All that
is required of the voter is that he
mark his ballot properly and the
clerks and returning officers will do
the rest.
There is one other feature of the
primary election ballot that is new
and to which we wish to call the at
tention of the voter, and that is the
class provision. Under the new
primary election law, where two or
more candidates are elected at large,
the candidates names appear in
classes: and the voter must remem-
Der that he can vote for only one
candidate in each class. If he votes
for two candidates in the same class
his vote does not count for either
candidate. Take the 45th senatorial
district, for instance: There are
three members Of the legislature to
be elected; on the republican ballot
there are four didates-Thomas
H. Horton and Isaac F. Walker are
candidates in class No. l; Andrew
Davis in class No. 2; and r. G. Dunn
in class No. 3. The voter has the
right to vote for three candidates,
but he cannot vote for both Horton
and Walker. A vote cast for Horton
and Walker will not count for either:
to have his vote count the voter
must vote for either Horton or
Walker. Davis and Dunn have no
opposition in their classes class No.
and class No. 3. Hence if the
voter desires to vote for three candi-
dates, and he has a right to vote
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Horton or Walker and for Davis and
Dunn. If the voter should put an
X mark opposite the names of Hor-
ton, Walker, Davis and Dunn his vote
would count for Davis and Dunn but
not for Horton or Walker. By voting
for Horton and Walker, they both
being in class No. l, the voter multi
lies his vote as far as Horton and
Walker are concerned, for he can
vote for only one candidate in each
class.
We hope we have made it clear to
the reader.
TO recapitulate: Mark your ballot
as you always have marked it; if you
have second choice, that is, if A
is the mar you want nominated but
if you can't get him you would like
to have B nominated, then place an
X mark opposite AS name and also
place an X mark opposite BIS name
in the second column. That is all
there is to it. And, remember, vote
for only one candidate in a class.
There are classes for the legislative
ticket on the republican ballot and
for the associate justices of the SUI
preme court on the non-partisan
ballot.
No matter what ballot the voter