The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-08-10
quently shipped by his employer.
How Voter Should Proceed.


How Voter Should Proceed.
] Any voter coming within the pro-
visions given above, expecting to be
absent from his township on the 9th
day Of August, 1918, and desiring to
vote by mail at said election, must
make application either in person or
by mail to the undersigned township
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. If this
request be made by mail, it may be in
the following form:-
To the Clerk Of the Township of
|
Please mail to my address given
below, suitable blank form for use in
making application for ballots to be
voted by myself in the township Of. :.
............, Precinct No.. .........
County Of Baraga, State Of Michigan,
August 9th, 1918, under the provis-
ions of Chapter XII, Act No. 203,
Pubic Acts of 1917.
ADDRESS ................. .......
When to Make Application to Clerk
| for Ballots.
Application for ballots on the form
provided by the township clerk can be
made at any time within thirty days
prior to the date Of election, provided
it reaches said clerk not later~than
the second day preceding the election.
Upon receipt Of the blank applica-
ton form, the voter must fill it out
fully and completely and mail same to
the township clerk at the address Civ
en- below, or deliver in person to said
clerk.
Township Clerk to Mail initiated Bal
C lot to Applicants.
AS soon as the ballots are printed
the clerk will mail Immediately to said
applicant, the ballot or ballots to be
voted by said applicant at said cleo
ton, or deliver the same in person,
provided the applicant is duly regis
| tered.
How Voter Should Prepare Ballot.
Upon receipt of such ballot or ball
lots, the absent voter shall mark on
them in accordance with the printed
instructions and shall fold and en-
close it or them in the envelope pro-
vided therefor and after sealing the
envelope, he shall fill out, sign and
swear to the affidavit printed on the
back therefor before notary public,
or other person authorized to admin
lister oaths. The absent voter shall
then place on the envelope the neces-
sary postage and deposit it in the
postoffice or in some government re-
ceptacle provided for the deposit of
mail matter. This must be done suf-
ficiently early so that the ballot will
reach the Clerk in time to be delivered
by him to the board Of election in
spectors before the close 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 pre-
cinct, notwithstanding that he may
have made application for an absent
voters ballot or ballots and the same
may have been mailed by the said
clerk: Provided, That suca voter has
not awaited himself Of the privilege of
an absent voter, as provided by this
act, and voted the ballot or, ballots
mailed him by the said clerk, aid pro-
vided he return such ballot or ballots,
if received, to the board, by whom
same shall be marked Cancelled" and
placed in the regular ballot box with
other ballots.
Any voter voting at any election
both in person and by means Of an
absent voters ballot, or who shall at.
tempt so to vote, shall, on conviction,
be deemed guilty Of felony.
Note-The old law required absence
from the county. Now absence from
the township is sufficient.
Dated July 25th, A. D. 1918.
MICHAEL COMMON,
Clerk of said Township Of L'Anse,
County of Baraga, Michigan.
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