French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26
EDWARDS GIVES INFORMATION
ON HOW TO MARK YOUR BALLOT.
'olowlng these Directions Voting with the New Ballot will
be Sinple--You can Scratch Ticket.

10 the Editor OF the Hustler: y
l recently wrote to the State Board
OF Elections asking them the following
questions in regard to whether or not
certain scratched ballots would he
legal and good If voted in the coming
election. The questions / asked the
State Board to- answer for me are as
follows:
1. If a voter should vote the follow
Ing ticket marked as shown, and with
the names Of McCarson and Kuyken-
dali written therein, would it be a
regal ballot and would all the candi-
dates including McCarson and Kuyken-
dali each receive one vote in the count?
z. If a voter should vote the follow
ing ticket marked as shown, and with
the names of McCarson and Kuyken-
dali written therein as shown, would it
be a Legal ballot, and would all the
candidAEes Except these whose names
are s~cratched) including McCarson
and K~uykendall, each receive one vote
in the county at the close of the cleo
ton?
3. If a voter should vote the follow
ing ticket in the general election,
marked as shown, and with the names
of Case and Brown scratched, and
names CT McCarson and KuykendaIl
written in the ballot as shown, would
it be a legal ballot, and would each
candidate Except those whose names
are scratched) including McCarson
and Kuykendall, each receive one vote
in the count at the close Of the cleo
ition?
The ticket referred to in the LIST Of
above questions was a straight Repub-
ljcan county ballot, and had the name
Of Mr.. Case as candidate for sheriff
: scratched and the name Of his OppO-
uent, J. w. McCars0n. written therein,
and also had the name of Mr.. Brown as
candidate fC- tx collector scratched
Land the name Of GTr. k~uykendaIl writ
ten therein. And the ticket was mark
i ed with q cross mark GhUs X in the
circle at t0p,O Of ticket and q cross mark
(thUs X N the square Immediately
before the name of each candidates
appearing on the ticket. The Chair
man Of the Stale Board Of Elections
said this would be a good ticket. ac-
cOrding to the decision Of the Attorney
Generals Office, and each nal would
receive, in the count, one vote, includ-
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-
Iferred 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
tabulation of the vote at the close of the
election.
4 will be seen from the answers
made by the Chairman Of the State
Board of Elections to the above ques-
tions that in the coming election any
voter shall lave the right to scratch
the name of any n Or more candi-