Charlevoix county herald., 1916-10-27
HOW VOTER SHOULD PROCEED

Any voter coming within the pro-
visions given above, expecting to be
absent from the county on Nov. z, 1916
and desiring to vote by mail at said
election, must make application either
in person or by mail to the undersigned
City Clerk, for blank form to be filled
out by said voter so as to constitute an
application in proper form, for ballots
to be voted at said Election. II this
request be made by mail, it may be in
the following form
To the Clerk of the City of East Jordan
Please mail to my address given be-
low, suitable blank form for use in
making application for ballot to be
voted by myself in the Ward mo.
- of the City OF East Jordan, Nov.
z, 1916, under provisions of Act 270,
Public Acts of 1915.
My name. ........ Address ...
WHEN TO MAKE APPLICATION TO
CITY CLERK FOR BALLOT
Application for ballots on the form
provided by the City Clerk can be
made at any time within thirty days
prior TO the date of election, provided
it reaches the City Clerk in time for
mailing out the ballots.
Upon receipt of the blank application
form, the voter must fill il out fully and
completely and mail the same to the
City Clerk at the address given below,
or deliver in person to said Clerk.
CITY CLERK TO MAIL INITIALED
BALLOT TO APPLICANT
AS soon as the ballots are printed,
and at least ten days before the election
the City Clerk will mail to said appli-
cant the ballots to be voted by said ap-
plicant at said General Election, pro-
vided the applicant is duly registered
or will be qualified elector at said
Election.
HOW VOTER SHOULD PREPARE
BALLOT
Upon receipt of the ballots, the elec-
tor should proceed to mark the ballots
in accordance with his choice, FOL-
LOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN,
after which he will fold them so that
the cornor bearing the initials of the
City Clerk may be seen without unfold
ing the ballot, which he will place in
an envelope sent him for the purpose
and securely seal name. Upon the
back of this envelope will be found 4
blank affidavit, which the voter must
fill out and swear to before notary
public or other person authorized to
oaths. The envelope is
then to be mailed to the City Clerk and
must be sent sufficiently early so as to
reach the City Clerk in time to be de-
livered by him to the Board of Election
before the closing OF the
polls on election day. -
WHEN ABSENT VOTER RETURNING,
CAN VOTE IN PERSON
No absent voter returning to his place
of residence, will be prohibited from
voting in person within his precinct,
Notwithstanding That He May Have
Made Application For an Absent Vot-
er's Ballot or Ballots and the Same May
Have Been Mailed by the Said Clerk:
Provided, That such voter has not
availed himself of the privilege of an
absent voter, as provided by this act,
and voted ballot or ballots mailed him
by the said clerk, and provided he re-
turn such ballot, or ballots, il received,
to the board by whom same shall be
marked Cancelled" and placed in the
regular ballot boxes with other ballots.
BY Opinion of Attorney General, Mem
bers of the National Guard Are Not En-
titled to Absent Voters Ballots Under
This Law
Dated the 7th day of Oct A. d. 1916.
OTIS j. SMITH,
Clerk of the said City Of
East Jordan.
My office is located at Post Office
in said city.