Milford chronicle., 1926-10-22
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS
HOW TO OBTAIN BALLOTS AND
ENVELOPES FOR VOTING:

1t shall be lawful for any voter to Sc
cure a ballot at any time from the
Chairman of the various political par
ties or from any other source whatso-
ever, and to mark the same at any time
and at any place before voting the
same, 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 bal
lot.
HOW TO PREPARE THE BALLOTS
FOR VOTING:
After 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 a straight ticket, that is to vote
for all the candidates of a party ap-
pearing i'm the party column on the bal
lot, he or she shall place a cross mark
or ''%" 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 of the candidates whose names
appear in any one party column, he or
she shall place cross mark or y 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
whom he or she does not desire to vote.
If the elector shall place on the ballot
n cross mark or "%' within the square
containing a party designation at the
head of the column, he or she shall be
deemed to have voted for all the can
didates whose names appear in the col
umn under such mark, unless some
name or names shall be erased, or un-
less in some other column a ''X'' mark
shall have been placed in the square
at the left of the name Of some other
candidate for the same office.
When the voter shall place mark
against two or more names for the
same office. the voter shall be deemed
to have voted for none of them, and the
ballot shall not be counted for either
candidate, but shall be counted for
such other candidates as it is the evil
dent intention of the voter to vote for.
If any name be written on any ballot
the ballot shall be void and not counted.
When the elector shall have made a
mark in the square at the left OF the
name of a person in the 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 column 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
challengers, shall be admitted to the
election room; provided, however, there
shall not be in the room at any time
more than one voter for each booth
therein, exclusive of the election OH
GERS On entering the room the voter
shall announce his or her name to the
Clerks of Election, who shall register
it, and one of the Clerks shall deliver
to said elector an envelope and ballot.
The voter shall then, and without leaV-
ing the room, go alone into any OF the
booths which may be unoccupled; II
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 cleo
tor has not already prepared the ballot
he or she may use the one handed MN
or her by the Clerk. After having
placed the ballot in the envelope, the
eIector must then deliver the same to
the Inspector or to the Judge who may
be temporarily authorized to act tor
the Inspector.
The voter shall Immediately after
voting leave the room. No voter 70
whom an envelope has been delivered
shall be permitted to leave the room
without voting or returning said enVe-
lope to the Clerk of Elections.
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, MUTILATED
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 multila-
tion was not intentional, shall receive
another ballot or envelope or both in
place thereof.
Any person who shall be physically