The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
BALLOT BY MAIL; :
PLAN TO FOLLOW
WHAT VOTER MUST DO;
RULES LAID DOWN
SIMPLE THIS SCHEME
How County Auditor Proves Big
Help To Those Away
From Home

= The man, or woman who is going
to be away from his voting precinct
on November z, election day, can
vote but he must comply with Ger
tain regulations first He or she
cannot sit down and write out bal
lot, as Is sometimes done by the
voter. Such voting doesn't get any
where. 4 s-..
The law reads: Amy person en-
titled to vote at a general election
who is absent on the day of election
from the election district in which
hei Is entitled to vote, may vote
therein by having his ballot de-
ges of such district on the day of
such election. 81
Must Register in His or Her District
However, no person residing in
city Of the first, second or third
class shall be permitted to SO vote,
unless he has duly registered in said
district prior to such election day.
This is how you are to go about
it in order to vote by mail: At any
time not more than thirty days nor
less than seven days before election,
any person may make application in
writing to the county auditor in
which he is a resident for ballots and
envelopes, and at the time OF making
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and swear to an oath printed on the
back of the application for ballots.
These applications for ballots can
be secured from the county auditor
any time after October 10.
The ballots are to be in the hands
OF the auditor fifteen days before
election.
But you can't vote by mail for mo-
thing. You must pay the amount Of
thirty five cents to the auditor when
YOU make the application. This
money must be kept IN a separate
account by the auditor, to be used
assistance used under this law, the
cost of furnishing and printing the
application blanks, the cost of print
ing and furnishing the envelopes
and voters certificates, the cost Of
the ballots and the delivery of the
ballots to the judges of election.
The auditor issues to the applicant
the ballots and two envelopes and
the voters certificate. One envel-
ope is marked Return Envelope"
and the other Ballot Envelope"
AHesting Witness Is REQUIRED
The ballot must be marked in the
but in such manner that he may
Lot know how the voter voted.
The ballot is then enclosed in the
Ballot Envelope" At the same
time the voter and the attesting wit,
ness each sign their respective
names to the Voters Certificate"
and the Certificate of Attesting
Witness"
The ballot is TO be so folded be-
fore being placed in the Ballot En-
velopc" so the cross marks cannot
be seen without unfolding but SO the
facsimile Of the officer of election
csn be seen
The voters certificate is to be
inclosed in the return envelope and
not the ballot envelope. The latter
envelope must be signed on the
back by the attesting witness. The
Return Envelope" also contains the
sealed Ballot Envelope" The at
testing witness must also see that
the envelope is mailed in his pres
ence.
If the ballot is not in the hands of
the election judges of your precinct
before the close of election day 1t
will not be counted.
The corlnty auditor places special
delivery stamps on the material he
sends to the voter and he also places
a special delivery stamp on the re-
turn envelope. This, accounts for
twenty of the thirty five cents you
have to pay him in advance.