The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-01
IT'S EASY TO
Vote and ALL
SHOULD DO So
Either Machine or Ballot
Method Is Simple, as
Explanations Show.
ALL DONE BY LEVERS
lust a Few Moves Will
Register Choice of
Electors.
Voting is easy!

NOClIlS 10 easy!
That, in short, is "the truth of
the matter" that workers in both
major political parties are>trying to
pound home to the voters, who, too
often, they say, take one look at the
long list of candidates and throw
up their hands in despair.
Voting, either by machine or BAL
lot, is easy and should hold no ter
rors for the timid, workers explain,
if the voter acquires some under
standing of the method and goes to
the polls with mind made up on
the candidates he will support.
The Times tomorrow will print a
list of Republican and Democratic
candidates for all the offices sub
ject to the general election next
Tuesday, Nov. 6. ~
Clip it tomorrow and before going
to the polls next Tuesday, check the
names of candidates for whom you
intend to vote. Take it with you to
the polls. 1t will speed up the voting
and prevent confusion and bewil-
derment when you get your one
minute in the voting booth.
Voting by Machine
Simple instructions for voting by
machine are:
/. Upon entering the curtain-in-
closure surrounding the machine,
pull the large lever at the left and
top Of the machine to the right as
far as it will go, thus closing the
curtain.
2. At your left are the party
levers" over the names and symbols
Of the various parties. Selecting
the lever of the party for a majority
OF whose candidates you wish to
vote, pull the lever to the right until
the bell rings. This throws down
all the keys of the presidential cleo
tors and candidates of that party.
If you wish to vote the ticket
Straight" this ends the operation,
save for opening the curtain again
by means of the lever with which
you closed it.
3. To Scratch" first pull the
lever of the party for a majority of
whose candidates you wish to vote
Gas above), thus throwing down all
the keys for electors and candidates
Of that party. Then to scratch"
any candidate of that party, push
up the key Immediately above his
or her name and pull down the cor
responding key under the candidate
for whom you wish to vote.
Voting by Ballot
The Australian, or paper, ballot
will not be used in Marion county
except where machines are unable
to record all the voters before the
closing hour, p. m.
If this occurs, the voter will be
handed two blank ballots; one, the
state ballot, presenting the names
of presidential electors, and candi-
dates for United States senator;
governor and all state Offices; the
other, presenting the names Of all
candidates for congress, legislature
and county offices.
Voters desiring to vote the ticket
Straight" simply mark a cross In
the circle containing the party en-
blem at the top of the list on each
Of the two ballots.
To Scratch" the voter must not
place the cross on the party emblem
but mark a cross in the little square
before each Candidates name for
whom he desires to vote on each Of
the two ballots.
Qualifications TO Vote
The Indiana registration law and
the absent voter law were repealed
by the 1927 legislature. Therefore,
no registration is required for voting
in the general election Tuesday and
every voter must be present in per-
son to vote.
Every citizen of the United States
of the age of 81 years and upward
is entitled to vote in the precinct
where he or she may reside, pro-
vided he or she shall have resided
in the state six months, the town.
ship sixty days, and the precinct
thirty days Immediately preceding
the election.
A person who will be 81 the day
after election is entitled to vote.
Again, clip the list of candidates
from Fridays Times and check the
names of those for whom you want
to vote. Take it to the polls with