River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-08-28
Every Loyal Citizen
Should Vote Tuesday
Primary Is Deciding Ballot In Wis
consin-"If You Don't Vote You
Can't Kick

IF you don't vote you have no
right to kick afterwards" And as
everyone likes to kick it's up to each
and every voter to register his choice
at the polls next Tuesday, September
2, the primary election date.
But remember, voters, the primary
ballot is a one-way ticket-you've
got to stay on one party line, and be
either Republican, Democrat, Pro-
hibitionist or Socialist. You can't
pick candidates from more than one
party list--if you do your entire vote
will be thrown out. Nor will it do
any good to write in the name of say
a Democratic candidate on the Re-
publican ballot, or visa versa. You
may, of course, write in the name of
some person who does not appear on
any other ballot for any Office on the
party list which you are voting.
Writing in the name of a person
listed on another ballot will not kill
y,,;r vote, but it will kill it SO far as
! that particular office is concerned.
In Pierce county there are no con-
tests except on the Republican ballot,
where there are three for governor,
four for Secretary of State, two for
State Treasurer, two for State Sena-
tor, three for the state Assembly and
five for county sheriff. St. Croix
also has two for the Assembly and
five for county sheriff.
Therefore the battle Of ballots will
be staged on the Republican ticket.
Some Democrats will cast their
party ballot, however, just to show
that the Donkey is still rampant in
Badger political pastures. In st.
Croix county contest for sheriff
nomination will probably inspire
more Democratic votes.
There will also be a few martyr"
votes for the Prohibition and Socia-
list tickets, hopeless of election, but
registered as matter of principle,
and to keep these organizations be-
fore the people, in the hope that at
some future date a turn of affairs
might bring them to the front.
Don't waste your ballot by erron-
eous marking. 1t is simple mat
ter to vote correctly, but past cleo
tions prove that many fail to observe
the rules and thereby lose their
vote. By this time practically all of
you have decided who you want to
vote for.
First pick out the party ballot
which you wish to mark-either the
Republican, Democratic, Prohibition
or Socialist. Then go down the list
and mark a cross X in the square
after the name of each candidate for
whom you wish to vote. Don't vote
for more than one candidate for the
same office. If you want to vote for
someone whose name does not APP
pear on the ballot, and who is not
listed in the other party ballots,
write his name on the blank line pro-
vided in the space allotted to that
Office, and mark the cross (X) after
the name you have written. Don't
cross out names you don't want to
vote for-that doesn't mean any
thing, and might be misinterpreted
Don't sign your name to your ballot
it isn't required.
And if it isn't all clear to you now
go to one of the election officials for
further information. They can't tell
you who to vote for, but they can and
will tell you how to vote for your
own choice so that there will be no
danger of your vote being wasted.