Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-10-25
HOW TO VOTE NOV. 2.


those who have recently acquired the
right to vote, who view with a sort
of horror the problem Of properly
marking their ballots. The mon.
strous size of the sheet of paper with
which they will be presented By the
election Judge, containing hundreds Of
names with eleven party tickets, is.
il must be contested, something of n
problem. but not so much 50 to The
voter as to the judges and clerks )f
election who will have to handle, fold
and finally count and tally them prop
erly.
The Free Trader-Journal has already
advised its readers as to the size Of
the ballot and the order in which The
several political parties will be ar
ranged thereon. But there may yet
be some who do not know that the
ballot will be somewhat larger than
two pages of this paper opened up tuIi
size When handed TO the voter at
the polls ii will be folded with the
initials OF the Judge Of election en-
dorsed on the outside. The tickets
will be arranged side by side-the Re
publican first followed by the Demo
cratic, Socialist, Prohibition Farmer
Labor, Single Tax and Socialist-Labor
each with a full set OF presidential
electors. Then will follow the four
Others without nominees for electors
Harding and Coolidge Republican
tthe Harlan gubernatorial ticket. Co
operative Party of America, liberal
party and Independent party. If your
interests are in the group last men
toned it will be almost necessary 20
open out the full ballot.
The polls will be open from
O'Clock in the morning to ; in the
evening The old admonition to vote
early" will surely stand good this year.
1t is anticipated that an exceptionally
heavy vote will he polled, inasmuch
as the women will vote the full ticket
for the first time. The combined vote
in some precincts will probably run as
high as 200 or 500, which will mean
that the votes must be polled at the
rate of from two to three every min
ute OF the day.
Get into line and when you haya
reached the station of the Judge III
charge of the ballots one will be
handed you. AT once pass inside a
voting booth and close the door or
curtain, no two persons being per
mitted in the same booth. Prepare
the ballot by making a cross in the
circle of the party Of your choice. il
you intend to vote straight
ticket" BY 50 doing each candidate
on the ticket receives your vote After
making the cross in The appropriate
place refold the ballot with the initials
of the judge from whom you received
1t on the outside, and then hand it to
the Judge who presides over the boxes
who will place il in the ballot box
Separate ballots and separate boxes
are provided for women and men
After voting retire from the enclosure
around the booths. Just mark in the
circle at the head Of the ticket is BY
far the most simple way
But then if you want 10 vote for
sol4le one or more on another ticket
the proces is slightly varied The law
directs that the voter may place such
cross at the appropriate place proceed
Ng the appelIatlon or title Of the party
of his choice and may also mark ut
abe appropriate place. that is in the
square preceding the name or names
of such other candidate or candidates
printed under the title of some other
party or group OF names, and as to
such the vote Shall be counted as
cast for the candidate or candidates
preceding whose name the cross shatl
have been made. In case the voter
shall desire to divide his vote for
members OF the legislature other than
equally between those on his party
ticket he may place a cross in front
of the names Of those he desires TO
vote for, whether on his party ticket
or elsewhere Whether cross is
placed in the circle at the head of the
ticket or not, whenever cross IS
.placed in the square preceding the
name Of any candidate for representa-.
tive in the general assembly, and the
ballot is not otherwise marked, the
ballot snail be counted for three votes
tor the candidate, where "A cross is
placed in the squares in front OF two
candidates for he legislature the bal
lot will be counted one and a half
votes for each OF the two so indi-
Gated and where a cross Is placed in
front Of three such candidates the
ballot will be counted one vote for
each of the three. For representa-.
tives to The legislature each voter has
three votes, and he may distribute
them as he pleases among not to eN
coed three candidates but if the bal
lot has been marked as to indicate al
intention to vote for more than three
candidates, the ballot will not be
counted for any of them.
No voter may, under penalty, OK
pose his or her ballot, when marked
to any person Should any voter FIND
il necessary TO have assistance in Pre-
pairing the ballot not being able &c
read the English language or by heint
physically disabled, such voter MAJ
make affidavit to that fact ana two OF
the election judges will accompany
the voter to the booth and render the
assistance desired. This provision OF
the law is seldom invoked.