Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-09-10
Ballots Have All Been Sent Out
For September Election
Interesting Notes About
The Coming Event
STATE HOUSE CHAT
The Library Meetings. Places
And Dates-Teachers' Meet
ing at Ellsworth-Rwo
New Corporations
Next meeting Of the Governor and
Council, 10 A. NJ, Wednesday, Sept. 80.

Council, 10 A. NJ, Wednesday, Sept. &c.
All the ballots for the coming cleo
ton have left the State House and
the crew of men who have been kept
busy at this work for the past month
finished their duties Tuesday morn
ing The majority of the ballots, in
fact, all the ballots with the exception
of those of one county were shipped
from the Capitol building last Satur-
day. In round numbers about 100000
ballots have been sent throughout the
State including the referendum bal
lots and all
In addition to the five tickets on the
ballots, the Republican, Democratic,
Progressive, Prohibitionist, and the So
cialist there wa sin some cases a sixth
party candidate, whose name was
given a place on the ballot. In Penob-
scot county Wi1bert w. Emerson S
candidate for the office of sheriff on
the Independent ticket. In Waldo
county candidate for representative
to the Legislature is running on the
Prohibition Enforcement ticket, and
an Auburn man is candidate for rep
resentative to the Legislature on the
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names on the ballots, including all the
candidates for county and State Off
GERS number upwards of 1000.
The work OF sending out the ballots
from the State House has been es-
pecially tedious because besides the
regular ballots there We're the refer
endum ballots, and of course, there
was the second set OF ballots to be
sent out after the first set. In this
second set of ballots there are over
100000, which will never be used but
which are necessary in cases of
emergency.
At places where there are no ex-
press offices the express companies
are expected to deliver the ballots at
all hazards, and of course. these COM
panies will be reimbursed for any
money paid out to secure the delivery
of their precious cargo. And in some
cases this will necesstate the toting
of the large boxes by teams over miles
of country.
Regarding the sending OF the re-
turns after the election to the secre-
tary of State, Section 81 of the act
providing for the use of uniform bal
lot boxes and for the preservation of
ballots cast att elections. reads as
follows:
The clerk of each town shall cause
to be delivered at the Office of the sec
rotary of state, the returns of the
votes given in his town, for Governor,
senators, representatives to the Leg
islature, representatives to Congress,
electors of President and Vice Pres
county officers, within three days next
succeeding any meeting for their cleo
ton, or shall deposit them, postpaid,
In some post office, directed to the Sec
rotary of State, within "A hours after
such meeting, to be transmitted by
mail, and shall also forward to such
office, as soon as practicable, state
ment attested by him of the number
of votes for said several officers, given
al such election in his town, which
shall be opened and filed by the secre-
tary. and kept for public eXamina-
ton
There are two sets Of returns which
must be sent in by the election clerks.
one of which will be opened by the
secretary of State and will be kept
open for examination at his office. and
the other, the official report which will
be canvassed by the Legislature. Five
separate returns must be made to the
secretary of State, the first of the vote
for Governor, the second of the vote
for representatives to the Legislature,
the third of the vote for State senator,
the fourth of the vote for state au-
ditor, representatives to Congress and
county officers, and the fifth of the
vote on the referendum.
Within "a hours after the election
the ballots used in the election shall
be put in sealed packages, and taken
to. express offices. the packages being
directed to the secretary of State, Au-
gusta, And these ballots are to be
preserved by the secretary of State
for period of six months as public
record.