New-York tribune., 1914-11-01
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AS FORMIDABLE As II FER

side to receive instruction as 70 how 10 vote Inc
contract calls for the printing Of 2,234OOJ oa'Io''
r. II were not for the fact that Congress dis
tricts are cut through Assembly district Ahes
ballots for every election district in an Assembly
district would be the same. As II 's however
there are more varieties than siNty-three- the
number cf Assembly districts in the city.
To vote for all the Republican candidates the
voter must place cross X marx IN the 'otns
space adjacent 70 every Republican emblem Inc
leaders fear that many voters Will get ured H'@-
ing marks before they get TO the end Oh 'ns
ballot. and many Of them deplore the lac' u'''
il is no longer possible 20 vote stralgh' ''0Ae'
with one X mark Most Of the voting booths arc
none too light and the voting spaces on tne 0a''O'
are small. ,.
There will be separate ballots for the election
o+ delegates to the constitutional convention
Tho spocial act providing for the convention
states that the delegates shall be elected III '''
same manner as Presidential electors
This mears that the candidates will be gToupe1
On the special ballot in party columns as were
candidates for general Offices under The o'd e'e0'
t;on law II is provided that candidates tor dele-
,atesat-large shall be printed in their respective
nortv columns in alphabetical order For thls
reason. it happens that the most eminent cano.-
date of the Democratic group-Judge Edgar W.
Cuuen--will head that column.
IN the other hand, Senator Elihu Root con
caded to be the most eminent OF the KepuoH0Sa
candidates. and who will be chosen chairman Oh
the convention. if the Republicans control IS away
doUn in the Republican column. Under the 81
phabetical rules he is number eleven N"'la"
Berri comes first and Edgar Truman Bracket
second -
yasco p. Abbott heads the Progressive column
and Francis W. Bird is third, although be heaas
the Independence League ticket.
The question is being asked whether in split
inc a ticket a man can vote for more than one
man on the same line across the ballot Ihis can
be done
There has been some confusion due TO seem
ingly conflicting statements in the law IN 'e'
tion 38l, headed classification OF Ballots FORM
of Ballots for Candidates" It provides tha' 'ne
following instructions shall be printed at the '0P
of the ballot for constitutional delegates
To vote for all the electors Of one party maze
a cross (X) within the circle above the par"
emblem.
"To vote for some, but not all, Of the e!ee'0"
OF one party make a cross (X) mark IN tae sque''
at the left Of the name of every candidate io'
whom YOU desire to vote. If you mark any hoi
vidual elector YOU must mark all for whom !o'
desire 10 vote, since no group marS W."
counted. il an individual eleetor has O''"
Marked -...,
Reading further in the election la"
15S. headed Preparation Of Ballots oy 'o'e''
this appears: .i.
'If voter makes cross (N) marx 10 -,
above party column and also makes q cross 80,
mark in one or more voting squares al the 'e''
of the names of one or more Presidential e'ee'o's'
ne shall be deemed TO have voted for tne 'ie''0
whose names are thus specially Indicated s"S
also for all the electors on the ticket so m"iNs'
in the circle, except those whose names aie wy
site to the names so specially marked
Corporation Counsel Polk has furnished y 80
Board of Elections an opinion that See'lO"
shall govern in all cases 10 which II app"'''
man may still vote for two men on 'he
line. However, IL wants 70 vo'e l0'
Cor three men on the same line and places CIV.
marks against their names, II then oeeoHe' -"
essary for him 20 mark every other cand'u"'
whom he wishes 20 vote; otherwise Vo'e'
counted only for the men specially marAeN ~
matter what mark appears at the head 0i WV
column
II man votes for more than fifteen de'esa
st.larSe and three district delegates, he VIII J"
validate his entire ballot