Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

| = Of the statutes it shall be the
| duty Of the county CLERK or city clerk
~ to Immediately notify
| the secretary Of state of such adoption.
Section 44a-21. After the adoption Of
this ballot in any county or city one
half of the number of ballots now au-
thorized by law to be furnished, shall be
deemed sufficient unless there shall be
some special reason for furnishing a
larger number.
Section 44a-22 After the adoption Of
the coupon ballot in any county or city
| county or city shall be prepared by the
county clerk or city clerk and shall inform
the public of the names of all candidates
for offices to be filled at the election:
stating their political designation. II
any, and shall also state that the coupon
ballot will be used at such election. The
notice Shall then state the coiorS or the
various sheets of the ballot to be used. and
the parties that are represented by such
colors, after which shall follow the In
structions to voters which are to be print
ed upon the official ballot folder. Such
election notice shall further state that
any qualified elector who wishes to vote
for any person, for any office, whose
name is not on the coupon ballot may do
SO in writing, which must entirely sep
arate from the coupon ballot, or It's en-
elOpe or official ballot folder. In sucA
manner that such written vote or ballot
shall in no way identify such voters
coupon ballot
Section 44a-23 Whenever proposed
amendment to the constitution or other
question shall be submit tied to the people.
in counties or cities where the coupon
ballot is in use, such question shall be
submitted upon separate ballot, IN the
manner now provided by law.
Section 44a-24 Each county clerk or
city clerk shall, at the time of ordering
official ballots printed. in counties or
cities where the coupon ballot is to be
used, cause unofficial sample
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the official ballots in all respects, except
that the envelopes and folders shall be
of different color and the word .'Unof-
ficial' shall be printed i'll the place OF the
word "Offcial and. the words Sample
Ballot" shall appear on the back of each
sheet at the top. Such unofficial ballots
shall be furnished in like number and
manner as now or hereafter provided by
law, and used in ali respects the same eX-
cept that voters shall not be permitted
to take any part Of sample ballot into
the booth. i;
Section 44a-5 In counties
and cities where the coupon ballot is used.
one of the ballot clerks shall
deliver to each qualified elector one full
and complete ballot, one official ballot
folder and one remainder envelope. The
other ballot clerk shall have charge Of
the booths and 1t shall be his duty to
look into each booth as soon as it is va
Gated by voter and In case the voter
has left any part OF his ballot therein 10
call his attention to it and insist that
such voter properly prepare his ballot.
Such ballot clerk shall not. however. in
terfere with the secrecy of the ballot in
any manner. He shall also keep all per-
sons away from the booths when they are
filled with voters. The ballot clerks may
instruct the voter how to properly pre-
pare his ballot but must not influence
nor try to influence any voter as to whom
he should vote for.
=
Section 44a-29 (a) Should the voter
wish to vote for any person whose name
is not on the ballot, he may do so by
writing such name and office on one of
the blank sheets hereinafter mentioned,
folding it so as to conceal the writing and
voting it separately from the coupon
ballot, and such name shall be counted
for the office named provided, that the
total number of votes for that office shall
be less than the total number of electors
voting at such polls; provided, however
that no name upon such written ballot
shall be counted if the same name is on
the coupon ballot.
CD The county clerk or city clerk Of
every county or city in which the coupon
ballot is used shall furnish, with the other
supplies sent to each polling place, a
number of sheets Of ordinary white pa
per, equal to the number of ballots fur
nished, which shall be six inches wide
anu Oh sufficient lcllS III IOT tue purpose Oh
writing thereon a complete ticket for
voting. One such sheet may be given to
each voter by the ballot clerks with the
ballot. and one such sheet must be given
to any voter requesting it. Such blank so
furnished for the purpose of writing and
voting names not on the coupon ballot
must be indorsed by the ballot clerks be-
fore delivering to the voter and so folded
by the voter as to show such indorse-
ment to the inspectors without exposing
contents.
Section 6. Section 44a-26 of the stat
utes is repealed.
| Section Z. There is added to the stat
utes a new section to be designated and
to read: Section 44a-26. 1t shall be the
| duty of any election officer and any
elector may challenge any voter who
comes from a booth with any part of his
vote carelessly wilfulIy exposed to
view, thereby invalidating the secrecy of
his ballot. When so challenged such
voter shall be required to return to a
! booth and remain concealed therein long
enough to rearrange his ballot and then
come out of. his booth with his ballot
properly concealed; otherwise his ballot
shall not be received by the inspectors.
/ Section s. Sections 44a-27 and 44a-30
of the statutes are amended to read:
! the eector shall forthwith re-
| tire alone to one of the booths or com
| partments to prepare the same. After
preparing his ballot and before coming
! out of the booth the elector shall close the
same so as to conceal the contents of both
the official ballot folder and the remain
! der envelope i He shall then
proceed to the presence of the inspectors
| and deliver both the official bal
! lot folder and the remainder envelope to
the inspectors. Whereupon the inSpec-
tors shall seal the remainder envelope
with ballot seal and securely connect
both parts by placing the official ballot
folder into the pocket on the side of the
remainder enelope and seal it in with a
ballot seal so that both parts of the bal
lot shall be kept together. Then the in
spectors shall put such attached parts of
the ballot into the ballot box. After re-
ceiving his ballot the voter must not leave
the polling place until he has returned
the ballot to the inspectors The voter
must not carry away any part of the bal
lot from the polling place.
Section 44a-30. (a) At the close OF
the polls. after the poll list has been YER
flied in the manner provided by
| law, the inspectors shall proceed to num-
Der the ballots consecutively on
the ballot seals which close the remain
der envelopes. After thus numbering
the official ballot folders shall
then be opened and their contents re-
corded upon the tally sheets without re-
moval from the folders in the following
manner.
Co The official ballot folder of the
ballot number one shall first be opened