French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-19
CHAIRMAN EDWARDS GIVES
IMPORTATION ON HOW
TO MARK YOUR BALLET
Bu Following these Directions Voting Wath the Ne0
Ballot aiU be Simpte--YoW "am
Scratch Ticket

! and Kuykendall, each receive n vote
! in the count at the close of the elec-
ton?
The ticket referred to in the LIST Of
above questions was a straight Repub-
IicaA county ballot, and had the name
of Mr.. Case as candidate o sher1n
scratched and the name of his oppo-
nent. J. w. McCarsOn, written therein,
and also had the name of Mr. Brown as
candidate for tax collector scratched
! and the name of Mr.. KuykendalE writ
ten therein. And the ticket was mark
ed with a cross mark (thus KIN the
circle at top of ticket and a cross mark
; (thus X) in the square Immediately
before the name of each candidates
appearing On the ticket. The Chair
man of the State Board of Elections
said this would be a good ticket, &C
cording to the decision of the Attorney
Generals Office, and each man would
receive. in the count, n vote, 1nclud-
ing the candidates whose names were
written in the ballot.
The second of above questions re-
ferred to a ballot exactly like that re-
ferred to in the first question, but was
marked differently. The ballot re-
! ferred to-in this second question was
marked with only a cross mark thus
X) in the square immediately preceding
the name of each candidate on the
ticket, and was not marked with the
cross mark in the circle at top of bal
lot. This ticket they said. would be a
good one, and candidates on same
would receive one vote in the cOunt
The third of above questions re-
ferred to a ballot exactly like the ticket
| referred to in the first and second
questions, having the name of two Re-
publican candidates scratched and the
names Of their two opponents written
therein. But this ticket was markell
with only a cross mark (thus X in
the large circle at top of ballot and
each square in front of the name of
each candidate on the ticket was left
blank. The Chairman of the State
| board said this would not be a good
ballot and would not be counted in the
itabulation of the vote at the close of the
election.
1t will be seen from the answers
made by the Chairman of the State
Board of Elections to the above ques-
tons that in the coming election any
voter shall have the right to scratch
the name of any one or more cand1-
dates and write in the name or names
of the candidates running in opposi-
ton to the candidate or candidates
whose names are scratched. But when
this is done a o. mark (thus y
must be made in each square on the
ticket Immediately preceding the name
of each candidate on the ticket includ-
ing the name or names of those can
didates written in the ticket with pen
Icil or pen and ink. If this is done
such scratched ticket will be good and
each candidate on such ticket will re-
, ceive one vote in the count at the
close of the balloting.
1t will also be see that if the name
of any candidate or candidates on any
ticket is scratched and the name of an
other or other candidates written
therein with pencil or pen and ink and
the ticket thus formed, marked with a
cross mark in the big circle at the
top of the ballot and a cross mark in
the square preceding the name of each
candidate on the ballot, this would pc
a good ticket and each candidate
whose name appeared on the scratch
ed ticket would be entitled in the count
to one vote.
But if a ticket should be voted with
a cross mark in the large circle at the
top of ballot and a cross in the square
before the name of only a part of the
candidates on the ticket such ballot
/ would be thrown out and not counted,
for the reason that the poll-holders
couldn't know whether the voter voting