Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06
for CITY offices. who have been duly

first class operating under home
rule charter, the secretary Of state,
county auditor and city clerks shall
place upon the ballots prepared by
them, respectively, the names of all
candidates duly nominated, whose
certificates of nominations have
been duly filed, accompanied by
fees, as follows:
/. If to appear upon the white
ballots, fifty dollars.
2. If upon the red ballot for a
city of more than three thousand
inhabitants, five dollars; if less. two
dollars.
3. If upon the india tint ballot,
ten dollars, in case the candidate is
to be voted for in one county only;
otherwise, twenty dollars; provided,
however. that candidates for the
legislature shall in all cases pay
ten dollars and candidates for
county commissioner, whose COM
pensation is less than three hundred
dollars, five dollars.
But if no compensation be pro-
vided by law for the office or if
the office be that Of presidential
elector, no nomination fee shall be
required"
Section 5. That Mason's Mime
sofa Statutes of 1927, Section 405,
is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
"405. Each polling place shall be
provided with one white, one pink
one india tint and one red ballot
box. and, where women are entitled
to vote, a separate box for ballots
cast by them. AS many Of these
boxes shall be used at any election
as there are kinds of ballots to be
voted. Each box shall be Of sufficient
size and with sufficient aperture.
to receive and contain all the ballots
likely to be placed therein. Each
polling place shall consist of a
single room, containing at least two
booths for every one hundred voters
registered. Each booth shall be six
feet high, three feet deep, and at
least two feet wide, with shelf. at
least one foot wide, extending from
side to side at a convenient height
for writing, and be provided with
a door or curtain so that the voter
may be free from observation while
marking his ballot. 1t shall at all
times when in use be provided with
cards Of instruction, an indelible
pencil. and other supplies needful
in marking the ballots. A guard
rail shall be so placed that only
persons who are inside thereof
can approach within six feet Of
the ballot boxes or the booths, but
the boxes, booths, judges, and clerks
shall be in open public view. Such
guard rail shall be so constructed
as 10 provide a separate entrance
and exit for voters"
Section 6. That Mason's Minnesota
Statutes of 1927, Section 423, is here
by amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
"423. When the Judges are satisfied
that the person applying therefor
is voter. the judge having charge
of the ballot shall tear from the
blocks one ballot of each kind that
is to be voted, having the proper
initials thereon, and hand the same
70 the voter, who shall retire alone
to one of the booths and there
prepare such ballot or ballots.
Voters may be allowed to carry
with them to the booths sample
ballots to assist them in marking
the official ballots, but the same
shall not be printed on white, pink,
india tint or red paper; and it
shall be a misdemeanor to print
or distribute sample ballots printed
upon such paper. Sample ballots
may be printed in newspapers as
matter of news"
Section Z. That Mason's Mime
sofa Statutes Of 1927, Section 439,
is hereby amended SO as to read
as follows:
"439. Every poll list shall be
headed by the designation Of the
district, and the election at which
it is used, and, as soon as the polls
are finally closed the judges Shall
attach thereto statement sub
stantially as follows: THE number
OF persons whose names appear
above and who were present and
voted at the above named election
was ............; the number of
white ballots cast was ......;
the number Of pink ballots cast
was ......; the number Of
india tint ballots cast was ....;
the number of red ballots cast was
.....; the number of lavender
ballots cast was ..........." The
blanks in such form shall be filed
by the proper numbers, written in
words and figures, the figures In
parentheses. Such statement shall
be signed by each judge and at
tested by each clerk, and i'm
mediately thereafter they shall
prepare, sign and attest statement
at the end Of each of the registers,
substantially as follows: THE whole
number of the above named persons
who were present and voted at the
above named election was ........
Gin words and figures. The state
ment provided for herein to be at
tached to poll list shall. in cities
Of the first class operating under
a home rule charter, be attached to
the back of the tally sheet"
Section 8. That Mason's Mime
sofa Statutes Of 1927, Section AL
is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
"441. The ballot boxes shall be
opened, the votes counted, and the
results declared, one box at time
IS follows: First, the white box;
second. the pink; third, the india
tint; and fourth, the red. The re-
turns shall not be prepared until