Milford chronicle., 1918-11-01
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS
How TO Obtain Ballots and Envelopes
For Voting:

How TO Obtain Ballots and Envelopes
For Voting;
It shall be lawful for any voter to
secure a ballot at any time from the
Chairman of the various political
parties or from any other source
whatsoever, and to mark the same at
any time and at any place before
voting the same, and to carry the
ballot which he has marked to the
designated polling place in the cleo
tion district of which he is a register
ed and qualified voter and there to
vote the said ballot.
How to Prepare the Ballots for
Voting;
After a voter has obtained a ballot
he shall indicate his choice of candi-
dates by marking his ballot with a
black or indelible pencil or black
crayOn This is to be done as fol-
lows: When an elector desires to
vote a straight ticket that is to vote
for all of the candidates of a party
appearing in the party column on the
ballot, he shall place cross mark
or "X' within the square at the head
of the party column containing the
names of such candidates. In the
event that an electOr does not desire
to vote for all of the candidates whose
names appear in any one party col
umn, he shall place a cross mark or
TX" in the square at the left Of the
name Of the candidate for whom he
desires to vote, and he may also
scratch out the name Of the candidate
for whom he does not desire to vote.
If the electOr shall place on his
ballot a cross mark or TX" within
the square containing a party desig-
nation at the head of the column, he
shall be deemed to have voted for all
the candidates whose names appear
in the column under such mark, un-
less some name or names shall be
erased, or unless in some other col
umn he shall have placed a mark in
the square at the left of the name of
some other candidate for the same
office.
When the voter shall place a mark
against two or more names for the
same Office, he shall be deemed to
have voted for none of them, and the
ballot shall not be counted for either
candidate, but shall be counted for
such other candidates as it is the evil
dent intention of the voter to vote
for.
If any name be written on any bal
lot the ballot shall be void and not
counted.
When the elector shall have made
a mark in the square at the left of
the name of a person in the proper
place, he shall be deemed to have
voted for that person, although he
shall have omitted to erase or scratch
out the name printed in any other
column for the same Office.
A ballot put in without any mark
shall not be counted, and a ballot not
marked at the top shall be counted
only for the person for whom the
marks thereon are applicable.
Deposit of Ballot in Envelope
When an electOr is ready to vote he
should enter the passage way, and |
after being passed by the challengers, !
he shall be admitted to the election I
room: provided, however, there shall |
not be in the room at any time more /
than one voter for each booth there I
in, exclusive of the election officers |
On entering the room the voter shall |
announce his name to the Clerks Of I
Election, who shall register it, and |
one Oh the CleIhS SNAIL denver 10 MIN l
an envelope and ballot. The voter /
shall then, and without leaving the |
room, go alone into any of the booths /
which may be unoccupied. If he has |
already procured an Official Ballot |
and marked the same as he desires
TO vote, he must place it in the en-
velope, or if he has not already pre-
pared his ballot, he can use the one
handed him by the Clerk. After hav-
ing placed his ballot in the envelope
he must then deliver the same to the
Inspector or to the Judge who may
be temporarily authorized to act for
the Inspector.
The voter shall Immediately after
voting leave the room No voter to
whom an envelope has been delivered
shall be permitted to leave the room
without voting or returning the said
envelope to the Clerk of Election.
Put one ballot only in your en-
if it contains more than one
ballot, all ballots will be thrown out
and your vote will not be counted.
How to Obtain Either a New Ballot
or an Envelope or Both In Place
of Either or Both Accidentally