Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1892 — DEMOCRATIC TICKET. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

If you want to vote a Straight Democratic Ticket, stamp within the bio square containing the Rooster at the top of the ticket. If you stamp within the big square von must not stamp anywhere else on the ticket or yon will lose your vote. Yon must not mark on the ballot with anything but the stamp. You must not stamp except on the squares. If you acddently stamp off a square, return your ballot to the poll clerks and get a new one. Don’t stamp inside the square hut once. Yon must fold your ballot before coming out of the booth, so that the face will not show and the initials of the poll clerks on the back will show. The following information will help the voter: 1. If the voter wishes any information a* to the manner of voting he may ask the poll clerks. 2. There are two ballot-boxes and two ballots to be voted. One ballot-box is painted red and is for the state ballot, which ballot is on red paper; the other ballot-box is painted white and is for the county ticket, which ticket ia on white paper. 8. The voter enters the room, tells the poll clerks his name; the clerks rive him the two ballots to be voted and a stamp; (the stamp is a little stick with a rubber on the end of it;) the voter goes alone into one of the booths with the two ballots and the stamp; in the booth on a little shelf he will find an ink pad; (this ia a cloth saturated with ink;) the voter touches the ink pad with the •tanjp and then stamps his ballots. Let the ballots dry before folding. 4. After stamping his ballots and the ink has become dry, the voter then folds, each ballot separately before leaving the Dootli; hs must fold thorn so thjftt no quo can see how he has voted, and so that the initials or first letters of the polls clerks names can be seen on the backs of the ballots; he then goes and gives the stamp back to the clerks, and hands the two ballots to the inspector; then he leaves the room. 5. After the voter comes out of the booth into the room he must fee careful not to let any one see the.iuside of his ballots; if he exposes his ballot so that it can be known,haw h* votes, his ballot will be rejected. 6; If the ' voter can not read EnglUh K blind, or is physically unawe to p his ballots, he h*« a right to on the poll clerks to stamp nis ballots fpr him; this must be done in his presence and m the. presence of both poll clerks. 7. The voter must vote the ballots given him by the poll clerks and none other. 8. The voter must not put any mark or sign on his ballots; if he does, bis vote will not be counted. If by accident he blots his ballot in stamping or makes a mistake, lot him return the ballot folded to the poll fterke and rat another.

v ote a straight Democratiff ti k stamp within the square enolosing taa rooster at the top of the. ballot, andn i* where else. If any other square is stamped in addition to the large square tba ballot will be thrown out. After stamping fold the ballot so as to leave the initials of the poll-clerk on the outside an 1 hand to the eleotion officers.