Milford chronicle., 1920-10-22

TO VOTERS
HOW TO OBTAIN BALLOTS AND
ENVELOPES FOB VOTING;

ever and to mark the same at any
time and at any place before voting the
same, and to carry the ballot which has
heen marked to the designated polling
place in the election district of which he
or she is a registered and qualified vo-
ter and there to vote the said ballot
HOW TO PREPARE THE BALLOTS
FOR VOTING:
After a voter has obtained a ballot he
or she shall indicate his or her choice
of candidates by marking the ballot with
a black or indelible pencil or black cray
ON. This is to be done as follows: When
an elector desires to vote straight tick
et that is to vote for all of the candi-
dates of party appearing in the party
column on the ballot he or she shall
Mace cross mark or TX" within the
square at the head of the party column
containing the names of such candidates.
I'm the event that an eleetor does not /
desire to vote for all the candidates
whose names appear in any one party /
column he or she shall place cross I
mark or "X' in the square at the left /
of the name of the candidate for whom 4
it is desired to vote, and he or she may
also scratch out the name of the can
didate for whom he or she does not de-
sire to vote.
If the elector shall place on the bal
lot a cross mark or TX" within the
square containing a party designation at
the head of the column, he or she shall
be deemed to have voted for all the cam
didates whose names shall appear in the
column under such mark, unless some
name or names be erased, or unless in
some other column 'X mark shall
have been placed in the square at the
left of the name of some other candi-
date for the same office.
When the voter shall place a mark
against two or more names for the same
Office the voter 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 can
didates as it is the evident intention of
the voter to vote for.
If any name be written on any ballot
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,
the electOr shall be deemed to have vot-
ed for that person, although SAID eleetor
shall have omitted to erase or scratch
out the name printed in any other col
umn for the same office.
A ballot put in without any mark shall
not be counted, and a ballot not mark
ed 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, the
said elector shall enter the passage way
and after being passed by the chaIeng-
ers shall be admitted to the election
room; provided however, there shall not
5, in the room at any time more than
lne voter for each booth therein eXclus-
We of the election officers. On entering
he room the voter shall announce his
name to the Clerk of Election, who shall
'egister it, and one of the Clerks shall
leliver to said elector an envelope and
lallot The voter shall then, and with
nut leaving the room go alone into any
# the booths which may be unoccupied.
f said elector has already procured an
official Ballot and marked the same as
e or she desires to vote, it must be
laced in the envelope, or if said elector
as not already prepared the 6aiiot he
+ she may use the one handed him or
er by the Clerk. After having placed
his ballot in the envelope the elector
lust then deliver the same to the In
pector or to the Judge who may be tenn
orarily authorized to act for the In
DectOr.
The voter shall Immediately after vot-
X leave the room. No voter to whom
n envelope has been delivered shall be
armitted to leave the room without vot-
g or returning the said envelope TO the
Jerk of Elections.
Put one ballot only in your envelope;
it contains more than one ballot all
lllots will be thrown out and your vote
ill not be counted.
ow TO OBTAIN EITHER A NEW
BALLOT OR AN ENVELOPE OR
BOTH IN PLACE OF EITHER
OR BOTH ACCIDENTALLY
DEFACED, MUTILATED
OR SPOILED
Any person who shall by accident or
istake spoil, deface or multllate the
Hot or envelope, on returning the
oiled ballot or envelope to the Clerks
the Election and satisfying them that
ch spelling, defacing or mutilatlon was
It intentional shall receive another bal
or envelope or both in place thereof.
Any person who shall be physically un-
lie to prepare or fold his or her bal
, or deposit the ballot in the envelope.
reason of defective eyesight, or the
IS of the use of one or both hands, or
ability to walk with safety without as
stance, as manifestly renders nm or
+ unable to prepare, fold his or her
Hot, or deposit the ballot in the enve-
De, or to reach the polling place alone
tn safety shall be permitted to bring
tn him or her into the election room
d booth any elector or two electors
the nature of the disability manifestly
luires more than one, such as to-
disability to walk to the polling dis
ct, for the purpose of rendering the
cessary assistance to vote.
section 81. One challenger appointed
hereinbefore provided, Shall be entiti-
to stand at the side of the passage
d near the entrance to the room. No
Ter person shall remain within thirty
t of said entrance except for the pur
Sc of offering to vote, except as pro-
ed in this Chapter; voters shall ap-
zach and enter the passage in the or
in which they appear for the pur-
ie of voting. If any person Offering to
e shall be challenged by one Oh the
llengers or by any one of the cleo
n officers. his or her right to vote
III be at once determined by the prop -
officer, and if his or her vote is re-
ed, he or she shall Immediately stand
de- give place to the person next
line without delay from within the
-ty feet space around the entrance
the room. Whoever, not in this Chap
siiitiIUr lieu 50 10 UU, sIlaH enter or -
empt to enter the election room or
hin the railing leading to the entrance
the election room, or shall remain
hin thirty feet of the polling place,
trary to the provisions Of this Chap
shall be guilty of a mlsdemeanQr Sc
on conviction thereof shall be fined Fo
more than two hundred dollars.
action AZ. Whoever shall induce or
tion, remove or destroy any OF the 70
plies or other conveniences placed IN ~,
booths aforesaid or delivered to the hoi
r for the purpose of enabling him or
to prepare his or her ballot, or shall Etpe
ng an election, remove, tear down OF -
ce the cards printed for the lnstruc- FOR
of the voters, or SHALL during an FOR
lion, destroy or remove any booth, Charl
ng or other convenience provided LOT FOR
election, or shall induce or atteIhPs Wllis
induce any person to commit any OF
acts, whether or not any such acts
committed or attempted to be COM SECO
ed, shall be guilty of a misdemean, For
and on conviction shall be punished Ifson
for not less than SIX For
tbs nor more than one year. lanes
ection 40. Whoever shall induce or For
npt TO induce any eiector 70 Wits, Georg
name of any person, or any sign or Charle
e of any kind, as a distinguishing
by which to Indicate to any other
IN how such eleetor has IS voted y6ast % or THIR
sment or conspiracy with any other & III
49,. y 20 80 nIace anv distine1iishing Denar
- ct he committed or ATTEMPTED Samue