Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-10-29
MARKING THE BALLOTS
From Five to Seven Ballots To Be Handed Out to
Fulton County Voters Next Tuesday, Novem-
ber Second Some Suggestions in Regard
to Marking The Ballots

1t is not the purpose of this ar
ticle to urge voters to vote for or
against any proposed question or
candidate but to help them to mark
their ballots so that their votes will
count as they wish them to.
Each elector who goes to the polls
in Fulton county next Tuesday will
be handed at least five ballots in the
of the precincts there will be special
ballots on some local question before
the voters. Following is the list of
regular ballots: Constitutional Amend
ments, Referendum, Township Of
fcers, Board of Education and JUS
tees of Peace (JudiciaD. The first
ballot named will contain four pro-
posed amendments to the Constitu-
ton of the State of Ohio; First, to
amend Article XIV, Section 9, so as
to prohibit the Sale and Manufacture
for Sale of Intoxicating Liquor as a
Beverage; the words eyes" and sNo"
are placed in black ruled squares, the
eyes" above the "No" at the left
hand side of this amendment, and
squares will appear at the left of
these words. If you desire to vote to
prohibit the Sale and Manufacture
for Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in
Ohio, mark cross (X) in the blank
square at the left of the word "Yes".
If you wish to vote not to prohibit,
mark a cross at the left of the word
"No" on the ballot. Do not mark or
deface any printed words on the bal
on the ballot is a cross (X) at the
left of the word that indicates his
wish in the matter. Do not mark
more than one cross at the left of any
one amendment on this ballot, if you
place cross before both the "Yes"
and the "No" your vote will not be
counted on that amendment, the judg-
es have no means of knowing how you
intended to vote.
The second proposed amendment on
this ballot is "Article x, Section g."
'To fix the terms of all County Off
GERS at four years; to provide for their
election quadrenially, (every four
years., and applying the amendment
to incumbents, (present office hold
ers).
If you are in favor of increasing
the terms of county officers from two
years to four years, having county
elections come every four years in
stead of every two years and ex-
tending the terms of present county
officers two years from the expiration
of their present terms, mark cross
before the word Eyes; if you are not
in favor of this, mark a cross before
the word "No." 1t may be of inter
est to our readers, to note that the
arguments urged in favor of this
amendment are that it insures better
service to the county, in that the
county gets the benefit of the service
of experienced officers, it will lesser
the expense of elections and will keep
the election of county officers or
years when there is no presidential
election
The third amendment, "Article XII
Section, 12". "To Exempt Bonds is.
sued on or after January /, 1916. OF
the State of Ohio, or any subdivision
\ or district thereof authorized to issue
bonds, from taxation" A cross be,
fore the word eyes" at the left of this
amendment will be counted as a vott
in favor of such exemption, while {
cross before the word "No" is a vot'
against it.
The fourth and last amendment OF
this ballot is "Article XVI, Section A.
"To Limit Elections on Twice Defeat
ed Constitutional Proposals and t.
Prevent Abuse of the Initiative ant
Referendum" If you desire to s
, limit elections on questions that hav
been twice defeated mark cross be
fore the word "Yes"; if not mark tn
cross before the word "No".
The Referendum ballot contains tw
I acts of the Eighty-frst General AS
sembly that have been ordered b
referendum petitionto be submitte
to the electors of the State. They wi
appear on the ballot, with out tn
! words eyes" and "No." First on tn
ballot appears the following "Fo
House Bill No. TO (The Sprague Act
Congressional District Bill'' then TO
lows a brief statement of the bill
This IS known as the "Gerrymande
and was passed by the last Gener;
Assembly in order to secure Republ
can representation in Congress in prt
| portion to the Republican vote of tn
State. To vote for this measure plat
cross in the blank space at the le
| of the paragraph which begins "Ft
II House Bill No. TO-" the first at Il
top of the ballot; to vote against
! place the cross mark at the left of tt
| paragraph next below which reat
against House Bill No. TO-"
II The second question on this ball
] is "The McDermott Act" which plac
| the appointment of the liquor licen
commissioners in the hands of t
| Clerk of Courts, the Recorder and t
| president of the board of Coun
| Commissioners each county. IL
purpose of this act is to avoid t
possibility of building political m
! chine out of the liquor license commi
sioners by placing the appoint
| power in the hands of officers elect
by the people instead of with boa
of State Liquor License COMMISSIONS
appointed by the governor.
To vote for this measure, mark
cross at the left of the paragraph
ginning "For Amended Senate B
No. 307, (The McDermott Act)".
To vote against this measure ma
cross to the left of the paragra
beginning, Against Amended Sens
Bill 307, (The McDermott Act)." I
Township ballot and the ballot
villages of less than 1000 popuati
are non-partisan in that thew do I