Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-08
Getting Ballots
Ready for State
Election Sept. II

over a million ballots Will be
printed for the biennial State cleo
| ton which will be held on the second
Monday of September and Deputy
Secretary Of State Edgar c. Smith,
With a crew of men and women. is
getting the machinery into shape for
the work. 1t is expected that all the
| ballots will be printed by August
Goth.
Five hundred and thrty-six thous-
and, two hundred and eighty reg
ular" ballots, that is, ballots contain
ing the names of candidates for Of
fee, Will be printed and the same
| number containing the referendum
question which will be passed upon
, by the people.
The referendum question is as fol-
lows: shall Chapter .l3 of the
! public laws of 1921 entitled An act
, to provide for fun time State
! highway commission amending
| Section three and Section four OF
| Chapter p Of the revised statutes
| relative to State highways and also
amending Section 81 Of Chapter III
Of the revised statutes relative To
| salary Of the State highway commits
! sion" become a law?
! This act was passed at the last
session Of the legislature but 1e,oo0
names We're filed at the Department
| of State within 90 days :ftcr the
Adjournment of the legislature, with
the result that the operation Of the
| law was suspended. Coy. Baxter
| by a proclamation issued October %,
1921, declared the act suspended ana
! fixed Monday, September II, 1922.
! as the date when the question should
! be voted on by tho people.
One set of the ballots are mailed
| TO the city, town and plantation
clerks at least - hours before the
| date of the election and the other
| set is mailed at least IS hours before
| the election.
Nineteen Women Candidates
The names of 10 women VIII APP
! pear on the ballot as candidates for
office in the coming election. The
| women candidates are as follows:
Republican-Dora +. Pinkham Of
Of Representatives Nettie c. Bur
leigh Of Nassalboro, candidate for the
House of Representatives Mary
Thomas Bunker of Thomaston. can
didate for register of probate for
Knox county; Mary p. Rich of Rock
port. candidate for county commits
sioner for Knox county; Abby 7.
Andrews of F'ryeburg, candidate for
register of deeds for the western
district Of oxford county; Louise
/ Royal of Belfast, candidate for reg
lister of deeds for Waldo county:
Emily G. Bradbury of Machias. cam
/ dIdate for register of deeds for
Washington county; Grace NJ. Rid
ley Of Alfred, candidate for register
Of deeds for York county.
Democrat-Annie r. Rihhor Of
Houlton, candidate for rcgiste. Of
deeds for the southern district Of
Aroostook county; Marie l. Barrett
Of Caribou, candidate for the House
Of representatives; Ida H. McNa-
mara of Pressure Isle, candidate for
the House of Represo Rose
A. Warren of Portland, candidate for
the State Senate from Cumberland
county; Minna s Mann OF Portland,
candidate for the House Of Repre-
sentatives; Mary B. Gorham of Port
land. candidate for the House Of
Representatives; Sarah r. Shea Of
Ellsworth. candidate for county
treasurer of Hancock county: Estclle
A. Garside Of Augusta. candidate for
register Of deeds for kennebec coun-
! ty; Eta Elmira Boynton of jefferson,
| candidate for the House of Reprcsen-
tatives; Nina G.. Colby of WisCasset,
! candidate for register of probate for
Lincoln county; Bertha Wade
| Campbell OF Dover-Foxcroft. candi-
date for the House of Representa-
tives.