in booth. printed name of the candidate for the office. The ballot should not be marked in any other manner. If the ballot be spoiled, it must be returned to the ballot clerk, who must issue another in its stead, but not more than three in all to any one voter. Time allowed Five minutes' time is allowed in booth to mark ballot. Unofficial ballots or memorandum to assist the voter in marking his ballot can be taken into the booth, and may be used to copy from. The ballot must not be shown so that any person can see how it has been marked by the voter. After it is marked, it should be folded so that the inside cannot be seen, but so that the printed indorsements and signatures of the ballot clerks on the outside may be seen. Then the voter should pass out of the booth or compartment, give his name to the inspector in charge of the ballot box, hand him his ballot to be placed in the box, and pass out of the voting place. A voter who de clares to the presiding officer that he is unable to read, or that by reason of physical disability he is unable to mark his ballot, can have assistance of one or two election officers in marking the same, to be chosen by the voter; and if he declares that he is totally blind, he may be assisted by any person chosen by him from among the legal voters of the county. The presiding officer may adminis ter an oath in his discretion, as to such persons disability. The party designations and candidates for the different offices are, for example as follows: insert list of party designations and candidates. When voter may be assisted to be specified. lication of No other or further publication of the notice Voting places 82 C 349 '99 Ch. 349, § 2 1901 c 457 § 3 SECTION 2. Section 38 of the Wisconsin stat- Form of bal utes of 1898, is hereby amended by inserting after described. 83 C 457 01 the word "party" where it occurs in the twelfth line of said section, the words "which columns are to be separated by heavy black lines no less than one-eighth of an inch wide," and by inserting after the word "printed" where it occurs in the sixteenth line of said section, the words "in a space separated from the other names in that column by a line not less than one-sixteenth of an inch wide," and by striking out the words "on the same line with the name of each candidate and at the end of his name," where they occur in the thirty-second and thirty-third lines of said seetion, and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "under the name of each candidate," and by striking out the words "opposite the name of such can to be used. didate" where they occur in the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth lines thereof, and by striking out the words "following that, on the same line," where they occur in the fifty-third line of said section, and insert in lieu thereof the words "under that," so that said section when so amended shall read Kind of paper as follows: Section 38. Every ballot printed under the provisions of this chapter for use at general elections, shall be upon white print paper at least twelve inches wide and of any sufficient length to afford space for all the tickets or several candidates in columns therein; said paper shall be cut form sheets twenty-four by thirty-six inches in size, and weighing thirty-five pounds to the ream; if a different sized sheet is used the weight per ream shall be proportioned as above. The several regular party tickets nominated by conventions or by regularly constituted and au thorized committees, shall each be printed in one column, under the appropriate party designation, the columns to be arranged alphabetically according to the first letter of the party name, thus dem ocratic party, labor party, prohibition party, republican party, which columns are to be separated by heavy black lines no less than one-eighth of an inch wide; such party designation to be given as hereinbefore provided. On the left hand side of the ticket shall be a column designating the office to be voted for, and on the same line, in the columns under the appropriate party desig nations of each, all the names of candidates duly nominated for that office, shall be printed in a space separated from the other names in that column by a line not less than one-sixteenth of an inch wide; provided that no county clerks shall place the name of any person upon such ballot as a candidate for the office of county superintendent of schools, unless such person shall have filed in such clerk's office, at least ten days before the day of election at which such superintendent is to be elected, proof of having successfully taught in one or more of the public schools of this state, for the period of eight months, and a copy of a cer No name to appear twice on ballot. names. tificate entitling him to teach in any such school or of a certificate known as a county superintendent's certificate unless such person, before the first day of May, 1895, had held the office of county superintendent of schools in this state. There shall be a space between the party designation at the top of each column and the name of the head of the ticket of five-eighth of an inch; and in the center of the space under the party designation, a square of three-eighths of an inch formed by black lines, in which the voter by his mark may declare that he votes for all names printed in that column, except such as are erased or written over or otherwise marked, as hereinafter specified. There shall also be left under the Space for name of each candidate sufficient space to write writing in a name therein in lieu of the one printed; and under the name of each candidate there shall be a space inclosed in a square of black lines in which the voter may designate by a cross mark, or other mark, his choice for each candidate. No pasting names over a ticket or over any names thereon shall be allowed, and no names so pasted shall be counted except as provided in section 34. When When person any person is nominated for the same office, by by more than more than one party or convention, his name file written shall be placed upon the ticket under the designation of the party which first nominated him, or if he was nominated by more than one party or convention at the same time, he shall, within the time fixed by law for filing certificates of nomination, file with the officer with whom his certificate of nomination is required to be filed, a written election indicating the party designation under which he desires his name to be printed on the ballot, and it shall be so printed. If he shall refuse or neglect to so file such an election, the of ficer with whom the certificate of nomination is required to be filed, shall place his name under the designation of either of the parties by which he was nominated, but under no other designation whatever. The names of persons nominated Paper romby paper nominations, shall be placed in one or more columns under the designation of individ is nominated one party, to election. inations. ual nominations, and on the same line with the office for which they are nominated, and after the name of each shall be printed his party designation as given in his nomination papers, and under that the space for marking, provided that the name of the same individual shall not be placed on the ticket under the head of individual nominations if his name already appears under a Filing on back party designation. On the back and outside of every ballot shall be printed the words, official ballot for -, followed by the des ignation of the polling place for which the ballot is prepared and the date of the election, the offi cial endorsement and blank certificates in the following forms: I certify that the within ballot was marked by me for an elector incapable under the law of marking his own ballot, and as di rected by him. of ballot. Ballots for city elections. -, Inspector of Election. I certify that the within ballot was marked by me for a blind elector at his request, and as dijudicial and rected by him. No party designation need be placed upon ballots for school or judicial officer, except for county or district superintendents of schools outside of cities. Ballots for judicial and city elections shall be printed upon the quality of white print paper hereinbefore specified, and shall be of sufficient size to afford space for all the tickets or several candidates in columns therein. Party candidates shall be arranged thereon as above provided for ballots at general elections, and the names of persons nominated by nomination papers, and not included in the regular convention tickets, shall be placed as is provided for individual nominations on the ballots at general elections. Such ballots shall have similar matter printed on the back and outside as other official ballots are required to have. SECTION 3. Section 40 of the Wisconsin stat utes of 1898, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 40. The official ballots for gen eral elections and for regular city elections, with the indorsements thereon, and the instructions |
