The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
MS LAST WORD
TO THE VOTERS
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home county. Such ballots, in cases
where the voter has full right TO vote
in his home precinct, shall he counted
Under the new ballot system, the vot-
ing of straight party tickets by mark
ing in circle at the head Of a party
ticket, is impossible. Dawson makes
clear in his instructions that eacn
voter must mark in the square oppo-
site the name of each candidate whom
the voter desires to support. This
situation will naturally delay the
marking and counting of ballots. I'm
der the new election law, voter Is
required to mark his or her ballot In
five minutes and leave the booth.
His Final Word.
Dawson's complete instructions to
the Kansas voters are as follows: :.
The ballot which will be presented
to the voters on the next election day
will be different from AWNING eve s
seen by them before. Instead OF the OLD
form Of ballot with all the candidates OF
one party grouped in one column ana
a circle at the top Of the column IN
which to make a cross mark ana vote
a straight ticket, the new ballot mas all
the candidates for every Office 10 De
filled grouped under the office to when
the have been nominated. Thus all the
candidates for governor will be In one
group and below this group will be IN
the same column, the names or the
candidates for lieutenant governor ana
for other state, district and county OF
fees, all grouped under the respective
offices. Each candidates name Will
be followed by his residence. his politi-
cal party and a square in which to
make a cross mark. The proper way to
cast a ballot is to go through 1T making
q cross mark in the square after each
candidate the elector desires to vote for.
There is no way of voting straight
party ticket by making a single cross
mark. This can be done only by going
through the ballot and placing a cross
mark after the name Of every candi-
date of the particular party.
No Political Designation.
The candidates for district Judge and
for the supreme court will not have
any political designation after their
names as under the new law they are
nonpartisan candidates. Where two or
more people are to be elected to the
same offices, as in the case of the JUS
tees of the supreme court, members OF
the board of irrigation. etc, that par
ticular group Of names will be headed
with the words 'Vote for two" or vote
for three" as the case may be. Under
each office to be filled a blank line will
appear below the names Of the regular
ly nominated candidates for that office
and if 1t is desired to vote for any per-
son whose name is not already on the
ballot the name should be written in
this blank line under that particular
office and a cross mark made in the
square after the name. If a name is
written in that already appears on the
ballot, the vote for that particular can
didate is lost and should not be count
ed; although this would not invalidate
the entire ballot. Only lead pencil
should be used in marking the ballot
and to avoid the possibility of any il
legality, the voter should use the pencil
which will be found in the booth; and
If no pencil is found there, the election
officials should be asked to provide one.