the county of (name of county), an election will be held for (give the title of the several offices to be filled), which election will be opened at 7:00 o'clock in the morning and continued open until 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon of that day. day of of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and... in the year A. B., County Clerk. 2. SHERIFF OR SUPERVISOR TO POST.] [§ 47, Ch. 46, R. S.] The said sheriff or supervisor, to whom the notices are delivered, shall post up, in three of the most public places in each precinct or district, the three notices therefor, at least fifteen days before the time of holding a general election, and at least eight days before the time of holding a special election. ARTICLE VII. BALLOTS AND INSTRUCTIONS. 1. BALLOTS PRINTED AT PUBLIC EXPENSE.] [§ 288, Ch. 46, R. S.J In all elections hereafter to be held in this State for public officers, except for trustees of schools, school directors, members of boards of education, officers of road districts in counties not under township organization, the voting shall be by ballots printed and distributed at public expense, as hereinafter provided, and no other ballots shall be used. 2. EXPENSE BORNE BY CITIES, ETC.] [§ 289, Ch. 46, R. S.] The printing and delivery of the ballots and cards of instructions to voters, hereinafter described, shall, in municipal elections in cities, villages and incorporated towns, be paid by the several cities, villages and incorporated towns respectively, and in town elections by the town, and in all other elections the printing of the ballots and cards of instructions for the voters in each county and the delivery of them to the several voting precincts and election districts shall be paid for by the several counties respectively. The term "general election," as used in this act, shall apply to any election held for the choice of a national, State, judicial, district or county officer, whether for the full term or for the filling of a vacancy. The term "city election" shall apply to any municipal election held in a city, village or incorporated town. 3. BALLOT WHAT TO CONTAIN HOW PRINTED-FORM.] [§ 301, Ch. 46, R. S.] The names of all candidates to be voted for in each election district or precinct shall be printed on one ballot, all nominations of any political party or group of petitioners being placed under the party appellation or title of such party or group as designated by them in their certificates of nomination or petitions, or if none be designated, then under some suitable title, and the ballot shall contain no other names, except that in case of electors for President and Vice President of the United States the names of the candidates for President and Vice President may be added to the party or political designation. If a constitutional amendment or other public measure is submitted to a vote, such question shall be printed upon the ballot after the list of candidates, and words calculated to aid the voter in his choice of candidates, or to answer any question submitted to vote, may be added, such as: "Vote for one," "vote for three," "yes," "ro," or the like. On the back or outside of the ballot so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words "Official ballot," followed by the designation of the polling place for which the ballot is prepared, the date of the election and a fac-simile of the signature of the clerk or other officer who has caused the ballots to be printed. The ballots shall be of plain white paper, through which the printing or writing cannot be read. The party appellation or title shall be printed in capital letters not less than one-fourth of an inch in height, and a circle one-half inch in diameter shall be printed at the beginning of the line in which such appellation or title is printed. The names of candidates shall be printed in capital letters not less than one-eighth nor more than one-fourth of an inch in height, and at the beginning of each line in which the name of a candidate is printed a square shall be printed, the sides of which shall not be 'ess than one-fourth of an inch in length. The list of candidates of the several parties and groups of petitioners shall be placed in separate columns on the ballot in such order as the authorities charged with the printing of the ballots shall decide. As nearly as practicable the ballot shall be in the following form: [And continuing in like manner as to all candidates to be voted for at such election.] 4. PRINTING OF BALLOTS BY WHAT OFFICERS.] [§ 302, Ch. 46, R. S.] For all elections to which this act applies, the county clerks, in their respective counties, shall have charge of the printing of the ballots for all general elections, and shall furnish them to the judges of election; the city, town or village clerk shall have charge thereof and furnish them in all city elections; and the town clerk in counties under township organization shall have charge thereof and furnish the same in all town elections to which this act applies: Provided, that in cities, towns or villages having a board of election. commissioners, such board shall have charge of the printing of the ballots and furnish them to the judges of election within the terri tory under their jurisdiction. Ballots shall be printed and in possession of the officer charged with their distribution at least two days before the election, and subject to the inspection of candidates and their agents; if any mistakes be discovered, they shall be corrected without delay. The officer so charged with the printing of the ballots shall cause to be delivered to the judges of election at the polling place of each precinct or district, not less than twelve hours before the time fixed by law for the opening of the polls therein, one hundred ballots of the kind to be voted in such precinct or district for every fifty votes cast therein at the last preceding election for State officers; such ballots shall be put up in separate sealed packages, with marks on the outside clearly designating the polling place for which they are intended and the number of the ballots enclosed, and receipt therefor shall be given by the judges of election to whom they are delivered, which receipt shall be preserved by the officer charged with the printing of the ballots. The officer or authorities charged with the printing and distribution of the ballots shall provide and retain at his or their office an ample supply of ballots in addition to those distributed to the several voting precincts or districts, and if, at any time, on or before the day of election, the ballots furnished to any precinct or district shall be lost, destroyed or exhausted before the polls are closed, on written application signed by a majority of the judges of such precinct or district, or signed and sworn to by one of such judges, he shall immediately cause to be delivered to such judges, at the polling place, such additional supply of ballots as may be required and sufficient to comply with the provisions of this act. 5. VOTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS-SEPARATE BALLOTFORM.*] [§ 303, Ch. 46, R. S.] Whenever a constitutional amendment or other public measure is proposed to be voted upon by the people, the substance of such amendment or other public measure shall be clearly indicated on a separate ballot, and two spaces shall be left upon the right hand margin thereof, one for the votes favoring the amendment or public measure, to be designated by the word "Yes," and one for votes opposing the amendment or measure, to be designated by the word "No," as in the form herein given: Proposed amendment to the Constitution (or other Yes measure) Here print the substance of the amendment (or No other measure) X The elector shall designate his vote by a cross mark, thus: (X). The said special ballot shall be printed on paper of sufficient size so that when folded once it shall be large enough to contain the following words, which shall be printed on the back: "Ballot for Constitutional amendment," or the name of any and all public measures then to be voted upon. This ballot shall be handed to the elector at * For further provisions see Articles XVIII and XIX. the same time as the ballot containing the names of the candidates and returned therewith by the elector to the proper officer in the manner described by this act. All provisions of this act relating to ballots shall apply to this separate ballot.* 6. CUMULATIVE VOTING.] [§ 304, Ch. 46, R. S.] No number of votes shall be printed on any ballot after the name of any candidate for representative in the General Assembly. In canvassing the vote for representatives in the General Assembly, the ballots shall be counted in the manner following: First. Where the names of three candidates for representatives in the General Assembly are printed under one party appellation or title and a cross, thus X, is placed at the appropriate place preceding such party appellation or title and the ballot is not otherwise marked for representatives in the General Assembly, it shall be counted one vote for each of said candidates. Second. Where the names of two candidates for representatives in the General Assembly are printed under one party appellation or title and a cross, thus X, is placed at the appropriate place preceding such party appellation or title, and the ballot is not otherwise marked for representatives in the General Assembly, it shall be counted one and one-half votes for each of said candidates. Third. Where the name of but one candidate for representative in the General Assembly is printed under one party appellation or title and a cross, thus X, is placed at the appropriate place preceding such party appellation or title and the ballot is not otherwise marked for representatives in the General Assembly, it shall be counted three votes for said candidate. Fourth. Whether a cross, thus X, is placed at the appropriate place preceding any party appellation or title, or not, whenever a cross is placed in the square preceding the name of any one candidate for representative in the General Assembly and the ballot is not otherwise marked, the ballot shall be counted three votes for such candidate; where a cross is placed in the squares preceding the names of any two candidates for representatives in the General Assembly and the ballot is not otherwise marked, the ballot shall be counted one and one-half votes for each of said two candidates; where a cross is placed in the squares preceding the names of any three candidates for representatives in the General Assembly and the ballot is not otherwise marked, the ballot shall be counted one vote for each of said three candidates. Fifth. Where the voter has indicated his intention by lawful marking of his ballot to divide his votes among the candidates in any manner other than as specified in the foregoing sections, it shall be counted for such candidates according to the intention of the voter as disclosed by the marking of the ballot. Sixth. If the ballot has been so marked as to indicate an intention to cast more than three votes for representatives in the General Assembly, such ballot shall not be counted for any of such candidates. * For further provisions see Articles XVIII and XIX. 7. PRINTED INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTERS.] [§ 305, Ch. 46, R. S.] The officer or officers whose duty it is to have the ballots printed, shall prepare full instructions for the guidance of voters at each election as to obtaining ballots, as to the manner of marking them and the method of gaining assistance, and as to obtaining new ballots in place of those accidentally spoiled, and they shall respectively cause the same, together with copies of section 4 of article VII, section 11 of article IX, sections 6, 7 and 8 of article X, and sections 15 and 16 of article XIII, to be printed in large, clear type, on separate cards, to be called cards of instruction; and such officer or officers shall furnish to the judges of election a sufficient number of such cards of instruction to enable the judges of election to comply with the provisions of this article. 8. INSTRUCTION CARDS AND SPECIMEN BALLOTS TO BE POSTED.*] [§ 306, Ch. 46, R. S.] The judges of election shall cause not less than one of such cards to be posted in each voting booth provided for the preparation of ballots, and not less than four of such cards to be posted in and about the polling places upon the day of election. Judges of election shall, not less than five days prior to an election, cause to be conspicuously posted in five or more public places in their voting precinct or election district a card of instruction, and a specimen ballot printed on colored paper containing the names, residence and party or political affiliation of all candidates nominated as herein provided and to be voted for in such precinct, substantially in the form of the general ballot to be used herein. The officer or officers whose duty it is to cause the printing and distribution of ballots shall have printed a sufficient number of specimen ballots and deliver the same to the judges of election so as to enable said judges to comply with the provisions of this act. In every county of not more than one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) inhabitants the officers or authorities charged with the printing and distribution of the ballots shall cause to be published, prior to the day of election, in at least two newspapers, if there be so many published in such county, representing the political parties which cast at the preceding election the largest and next largest number of votes, a list of all the nominations made as herein provided and to be voted for at such elections as near as may be in the form in which they shall appear upon the general ballot.* 9. JUDGES HAVE CHARGE OF BALLOTS.] [§ 307, Ch. 46, R. S.] The judges of election of their respective election precincts or election districts shall have charge of the ballots and furnish them to the voter as hereinafter set forth. ARTICLE VIII. BALLOT BOXES, BOOTHS AND POLL BOOKS. . 1. BALLOT BOXES.] [§ 40, Ch. 46, R. S.] The county board shall provide a sufficient number of ballot boxes, with secure locks and keys, at the expense of the county, for the several precincts and * For further provisions see Articles XVIII and XIX. |