The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-18
mo EXCUSE FOR
| SPOILED BALLOT
Directions for Voting are Given by
County Auditor Who Points Out
Simplicity OF New Ballot
Law
STRAIGHT OR SCRATCH
Party Circle Will Give Voter Oppor-
tunity to Make It Unanimous or
He Can Scratch His Ticket
Too.

Lee COuuly NOlClS " SPIN SAASNA 80
lots at the general election on No
vember 2, according to County Audi
tor r. A. Gardner, who believes that
| the instructions which have been
given in the papers and through the
sample ballot to the voters are PLAIN
and that the voters should have an
easy time of it.
| Copies of the instructions will be
secured by the party workers OF botn
major parties in their campaigns OF
instructions throughout the county.
Women will be especially interested
! in the rules for voting, the county
auditor states, but male voters also
will do well to study them because
of the change in the form of the bal
} lots this year.
The instructions are given below
as follows:
Give your name and place OF resi-
dence, if required, to the judges OF
the election, one of whom shall an
nounce the same in loud and dis
tinct tone of voice, and if you are
duly registered Tin cities where regis
tration is required). and II your vote
is not challenged. you will be per-
mitted to 20 inside the guard rail.
When inside Of the guard rail you
will obtain from one of the judges
an official ballot, on the back OF
which the initials of such judge are
[ endorsed. If public measure is to
be voted upon, separate ballot will
also be given you. No other ballot
can be used.
Having obtained ballot, or bal
lots, retire at once alone to one OF
the voting booths and mark your bal
lots as hereinafter stated, and fold
it 50 as to conceal the marks and yet
expose the official endorsement on
the back, and deliver it, or them, to
the judge of the election.
If, in marking, you spoil the bal
lot, do not vote it, but deliver 1t to
the Judge, and he will give you an
other, and if that be spoiled, deliver
that also to the judge and he will
give you a third one, But if you
spoil that you canot obtain any other.
You shall not remain in the voting
booth more than five minutes, nor
In the space inside the guard rail
more than ten minutes, and must
leave it as soon as you have voted
II, after you receive ballot, you
decide not to vote, you must surren-
der the ballot to the judge of the
election. A refusal to do so will sub
iect you to arrest and punishment.
If the voter desires to vote a
straight ticket, he can do so by MAX
ing a cross in the circle at the head
OF the ticket
Scratch Ticket.
II the voter does not desire to vote
a straight ticket, he can make q
cross in the circle at the head of the
= ticket and a cross in the square op-
posite the name Of any candidate for
whom he desires to vote, or he may
place a cross in the square opposite
the name Of any candidate for
whom he desires to vote, or ne
may place a cross in the square op-
posite the name Of each candidate
for whom he desires to vote.
If there be more than one candi-
date to be elected for any office and
the voter does not want to vote for
all the candidates Of his party for
such office, he should place a cross
in the square opposite the name Of
each candidate for such office for
whom he desires to vote, for the cross
in the circle, in such case, as to such
offices, will not apply.
If you mark cross in the square
opposite the name of more candidates
than can be elected to any office,
YOUR vote as to that office will not
be counted.
Do not scratch out or cancel with
pen or pencil any names on the bal
lot. Do not scratch or mark or de-
face any ticket which you do not
vote. In marking the cross the lines
should be made to cross each other
inside of the circle or square.
Do Not Deface Ballot.
Put no marks of any kind on the
ballot. other than the crosses in the
circles and in the squares opposite
whom you wish to vote, except as
stated in the following paragraph:
II you wish to vote for some per-
son whose names is not printed on
the ballot, you can write his name
in the appropriate blank and mark
cross in the square opposite thereto
r. there is no appropriate blank space
and square on the ballot, you can
interline the name Of the candidate
of your choice in the proper place
and make a square opposite and to
the left of his name and mark a
cross therein.
In some counties some proposition
of local interest may be on the bal
lot. Opposite each proposed measure
are the words Eyes" NO" with
squares following at the right hand.
e Be careful to mark a cross in the
e proper square opposite each PROPOSE
< ton for which you wish to vote, or
s. against which you wish to vote, as
< above indicated.
" Absent or disabled voters may
l. vote by mail at this election, and the
affidavit upon the ballot envelope
constitutes registration in precincts
y where registration is required. Appli-
cation for proper blanks and further