French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-19

such ballot intended to vote he
straight ticket or whole ticket as made
up or whether he intended to vote
only for the men in front of whose
names he had made across mark.
1t will take i've pieces of paper TO
make up a whole electoral, State, Con
gr~ essional, County n Township TICK
ct of either the Republican or Demo
cratic rarty in the coming election.
And all voters who desire to vote the
! straight ticket of their party will only
have to make a cross mark (tnus ~
in the large circle at the top of each
ballot in order to do so. The congress
81 onal tickets, however, will not have
the circle on them as there is only one
name on these tickets, namely that of
the congressional candidate. But these
congressional ballots will each have
a square Immediately before the can
didate's name, and in this square every
voter who votes for q candidate for
congress will have to make a
mark. For instance every voter who
desires to vote for Mr. Britt will have
to make a cross mark (thus X IN the
square on the ballot Immediately pre-
ceding his name. Those who desire
to vote for Mr.. weaver will have to do
the same thing. If a voter should vote
a congressional ticket without making
a cross mark in the little square on
same the ticket could not be counted
and would be thrown out by the poll
holders. DON'T FORGET THIS. LET
EVERY VOTER WHO VOTES FOR A
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS IN
THE APPROACHING ELECTION SEE
THAT A CROSS MARK is MADE IN
THE SQUARE IN THE BALLOT BE-
FORE SAME IS HANDED SO THE
ELECTION OFFICIALS OR PUT IN
THE BOX.
The manner of voting in the COM
ing election will be very much the
same as it was in the primaries. Nc
difficulty should be experienced by any
voter in preparing his ballot and vot-
ing in the November election.
The law makes it the duty of the
poll holders at each voting place to
prepare a table or desk and a booth
near where the election officers are
holding the election, where the voter
can 60 and prepare his ticket free from
the mOlestatiOn Of party workers or
others who may be present on the
grounds. The poll holders at each vot-
ing place in this county will be in
structed to comply with the law in
regard to this matter of preparing ia
bic, desks and booths.
All tickets of both parties will be
carried to the polling places by the
election officers, and will remain in the
hands OF poll holders, and each voter
when he goes up to the polls to vote
VIII be furnished the tickets he calls
for, and any register Or judge of cleo
ton, when called on by any voter who
comes to vote, to assist him in the
marking ,of his ballots, will do SO. Or
if the voter desires he can call any
bystander on the election grounds, 10
go up to the polls with him and assist
him in marking his ballots. The law
makes it he duty of any registrar of
election to assist a voter in marking
his ballot just as he wants to vote
them. 1t also provides that any voter
shall have the right to take with him
to the polls, any friend he desires to
have help him mark his ballot as he
wants to vote them.
NO VOTER SHOULD BE FRIGHT
ENED AWAY FROM THE ELECTION
BY ANY REPORT THAT HE CAN'T
VOTE UNLESS HE WANTS TO VOTE
A STRAIGHT PARTY TICKET. A
proViso at the end of Section IL of the
law applicable to the coming election
says: Nothing herein contained shall
be construed to prevent any electOr
from casting at the general election a
free n untrammeled ballot for the
candidate Or candidates of his choice"
Any Democrat who desires to vote
for Mr.. Britt for Congress in the com
/ no nlnRfIOn will he va n nnFfoaf MinHf IL
do so. And any Republican who de-
sireS to vote for Mr.. Weaver will have
a perfect right to do SO. And the same
is true as regards any other candidate
of either party.
Any voter has the right under the
aw, to permit any registrar Or Judge of
election to deposit his ballots in the
boxes, or he may deposit his ballots in
the boxes himself. Any voter has
a right, under the law. as it now is, to
prepare his ballot in secret and vote
his ballot folded If he SO desires. so
that no man, outside of the voter him
self, shall know for whom he voted.
l have made this communication
quite lengthy, but 1 want every voter
to know that he can vote in the ap-
preaching election for the candidate
or candidates of his choice, no matter
to which party they may belong, Just
as he has done in past elections, and
this too, without any difficulty what
ever.
As heretofore stated, all voters who
desire to vote a straight party ticke'.
will have nothing to do in order to do
so. but to go to the election officers, get
the tickets making up the straight bal
lot, and mark them with a cross mark
thus X in the circle at the ten of the