Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1890 — THE BALLOT AND THE STAMP. [ARTICLE]

THE BALLOT AND THE STAMP.

The new election law provides that after all the nominations of different parties have been duly certified to the State and County Boards of election Commisio ners, and the devices agreed upon which are to designate the different tickets, the Boards of Commissioners shall cause the different tickets to be printed on one ballot, “all nominations of any party being placed under the title and device of such party.” All State ballots are to be printed on red tinted paper, and all county ballots on white paper. The county clerk is required to make publication of all legal nominations, for the two last issues previous to the election, in two papers representing the two leading political parties. These nominations appear this week, in The Republican and will also appear in the Democratic Sentinel. As published and as the law requires, they are substantially fac-similies of the ballots as they will appear wheff voted at the coming election. The state ballots will be printed n Indianapolis’ under the direction of the State Board ot Election Commissioners: The county ballots will bo printed, uiider the direction of the County Board oLElection Commissioners, at Thf Republican job printing office.—— —. ...d.Y - The Democratic ticket will occupy the first place to the left, then the Republican tic ket, then the Pro hibition, and finally the Peop 1 e’s ticket. Each one will be a rranged in the same general > cruder with a device at the top, the title of the party following, and then the names of candidates, with a square in front of each one. It should be clearly understood that the will of the voter is expressed by the stamp, and by that alone. The use of a pen or penci 1 on the ballot either to write a name in or to scratch a name off will cause its rejection. The voters must vote for the regularly nominated candidates or for no one at all. If the voters wish to vote a straignt Republipan ticket he will stamp.the square at tbr top and to the left of the title “Republican Ticket.” The stamp covers the entire Republican ticket ■ fronre ceru bu execriged in folding the ballot. Each one will have the initials of the poll clerks o n the lower left-hand corner of the back, and the ballot should be so folded as to leave the initials exposed. The State and county ballots must be folded separately, as they go into different boxes. If a perso n should fold and deposit a ballot without stamping any part of it, no pa rt of it would be counted, and he would lose his Vote.