Milford chronicle., 1922-11-03
INSTRUCTIONS
TO VOTERS
HOW TO OBTAIN BALLOTS AND
ENVELOPES FOR VOTING:

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and to carry the ballot which has been
marked to the designated polling place
in the election district of which he or
she is a registered and qualified voter
and there to vote the said ballot
HOW TO PREPARE THE BALLOTS
FOR VoTINo:
After a voter has obtained ballot he
or she shall indicate his or her choice of
candidates by marking the ballot with a
black or indelible pencil or black crayon.
This is to be done as follows: When an
elector desires to vote straight ticket,
that is to vote for all of the candidates of
a party appearing in the party column on
the ballot, he or she shall place cross
mark or ''X' within the square at the
head of the party column containing the
names of such candidates. In the event
that an elector does not desire to vote
for all the candidates whose names ap-
pear in any one party column, he or she
shall place cross mark or TX in the
square at the left of the name of the
candidate for whom it is desired to vote,
and he or she may also scratch out the
name of the candidate for whom he or
she does not desire to vote.
If the elector shall place on the bal
square containing a party designation at
the head of the column, he or she shall
be deemed to have voted for all the can
ddates whose names shall appear IN the
column under such mark, unless some
name or names be erased, or unless IN
some other column a A mark Shall
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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 Ior the same same
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.
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mark in the square at the left OF the
name of a person in theS proper place.
the elector shall be deemed to have. vot-
ed for that person, although SAID elector
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 marked
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 challeng-
ers, shall be admitted to the election
room; provided, however, there shall not
be in the room at any time more than
one voter fol. each booth therein exclus-
i've of the election officers. On entering
the room the voter shall announce his
name to the Clerk of Election, who shall
register it, and one of the Clerks shall
ballot. The voter shall then, and with |
out leaving the room, go alone into any |
of the booths which may be unoccupied. |
If said elector has already procured an |
Official Ballot and marked the same as |
he or she desires to vote, it must be |
placed in the envelope, or If said elector |
has not already prepared the ballot he |
or she may use the one handed him or |
her by the Clerk. After having placed |
this ballot in the envelope the elector |
must then deliver the same to the In
n fbn T1dpa who he fem !
porarily authorized to act for the In
spector.
The voter shall Immediately after vot-
ing leave the room. No voter to whom
an envelope has been delivered shall be
permitted to leave the room without vot-
ing or returning the said envelope to the
Put one ballot only in your envelope:
if it contains more than one ballot, all
ballots will be thrown out and your vote
will not be counted.
HOW TO OBTAIN EITHER A NEW
BALLOT OR AN ENVELOPE OR
BOTH IN PLACE OF EITHER
OR BOTH ACCIDENTALLY
DEFAcED, MUTILATE0
OR SPOILED
Any person who shall by accident or
mistake spoil, deface or mutilate the
ballot or envelope, on returning the
spoiled ballot or envelope to the Clerks
of the Election and satisfying them that
such spelling, defacing or mutilation was
not intentional shall receive another bal
lot or envelope or both in place thereof.
Any person who shall be physically un-
able to prepare or fold his or her bal
lot or deposit the ballot in the envelope,
by reason of defective eyesight, or the
loss of the use of one or both hands, or
inability to walk with safety without as
sistance, as manifestly renders him or
her unable to prepare, fold his or her
ballot, or deposit the ballot in the enVe-
lope or to reach the polling place alone
with safety shall be permitted to bring
with him or her into the election room
and booth any elector or two electors
if the nature of the disability, manifestly
requires more than one, such as to-
tai disability to walk to the polling DIS
trict, for the purpose of rendering the
necessary assistance to vote.
Section 81. One challenger appointed
and designated by each political party
as hereinbefore provided, shall be entitl-
ed to stand at the side of the passage
and near the entrance to the room. No
other person shall remain within thirty
feet of said entrance except for the pur- :
puse of Offering to vote, except as pro-
Vided in this Chapter; voters shall ap-
proach and enter the passage in the or
der in which they appear for the pur-
pose of voting. If any person Offering to
vote shall be challenged by one of the
challengers, or by any one of the cleo
tion officers, his or her right to vote
shall be at once determined by the prop
er officer, and, if his or her vote is re-
fused, he or she shall Immediately stand
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in line without delay from within the
thirty feet space around the entrance
to the room. Whoever, not in this Chap
ter authorized so to do, shall enter or
attempt to enter the election room or
within the railing leading to the entrance
Of the election room, or shall remain
within thirty feet of the polling place,
to the provisions Of this Chap &
ter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction thereof shall be fined
not more than two hundred dollars.
Section 80. Whoever SHALL during the il
election, remove or destroy any Of the -
supplies or other conveniences placed in II
the booths aforesaid or delivered to the
voter for the purpose of enabling him or -,
her to prepare his or her ballot, or shall, 81
during an election, remove tear down or
Eeface the cards printed for the instruc- W
tion of the voters, or shall, during an
election, destroy or remove any booth, @
railing or other convenience provided for
to induce any person to commit any of
such acts, whether or not any such acts T
are committed or attempted to be COM
nitted, shall be guilty of a misdemean- -
or, and on conviction shall be punished
by imprisonment for not less than six
months nor more than one year.
Section AZ. Whoever shall induce or G
attempt to induce any elector to write,
paste or otherwise place on the ballot s.
the name of any person, or any sign or
device of any kind as a distinguishing 81
mark by which to indicate to any other
person how such elector has voted, or
shall enter into or attempt to form any
agreement or conspiracy with any other
person to induce or attempt to induce
any elector to so place any distinguishing le
mark or name on the ballot, whether or