Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1890 — INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS. [ARTICLE]

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS.

First. You must get your ballots of the polling clerks in the election room. Second. If you want to vote a straight ticket, stamp lhe square to the left of the name of the party for whose candidates yon wish to vote. If you wish to vote for a candidate not on the ticket of your party, then in addition to stamping the square to the left of the title of your party,’stamp the square tojthe left of the name candidate for whom you desire to vote. Third. Do not mutilate your ballot or mark it either by scratching a name off or writing one on, or in any other way, except by the stamping on the square or squares, as before mentioned. Otherwise the ballot will not be counted. Fourth. If you do not understand how to mark your ballots, ask the poll clerks, If you cannot read English or are physically unable to mark your ballot, ou your request, tho poll clerk will mark it for you. Fifth. If, by accident or mistake, you tear mutilate, deface or spoil your ballot, go at once to the poll clerks and explain now the accident occurred, return the ballot to them and ask for another. Stamp on the square to the left of the title of the ticket | dem | if you wish it straight—if a ‘mix’ stamp the square left of the name you desire to vote.