Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1908 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

00 HOT DISFRANCHISE YOURSELF All Voters Should Read Carefully the Following Specific hstncfes. Every year thousands upon thousands of persons have their first expert ence in voting under the Australian ballot system. It Is important that first voters especially should be carefully instructed, to the end that their voter may not be nullified through imperfections. Older voters also need Instruo tion because of changes that have been made in the election laws. At public meetings and in private, voters should be given specific information with reference to the procedure necessary in casting a ballot. To this end the following instructions may be found of value: The device at the head of the Democratic ticket Is a rooster. The device at the head of the Republican ticket is an eagle. The Democratic ticket is In the first column, the Republican ticket is in the secom column, and so on. Below Is a sample of the heading of the Democratic and Republican ticket* with the respective party devices, in the order in which they will appear oi the ballot:

•v® * *» d P- Ot . ~we» Yl* -51/ - -A\ hi ' '/X? DEMOCRATIC TICKET nEPUSLTAN TICKET For Presidential Elector- For Presidential Electordem. at Large, rep. at-Lt -ge. - ADAM HEIMBERGER. ______ WINFIELD T. DURBIN. Whon you go Into your voting place you will be handed three ballots: The State ballot—On red paper, containing the candidates to be voted on for State offices, except for Senator and Representative. The county ballot—Printed on white paper. The township ballot—Printed on yellow paper, containing the township candidates. If you want to vote a straight Republican ticket, make a cross within th* circle containing the eagle at the head of the second column of the ballot. INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERSr First. You must get your ballot and the blue pencil from the Polling Clerks in the election room. Second. If you desire to vote a straight Republican ticket, then make • cross, thus, X, within the large circle containing the eagle. If you do not desire to vote a straight ticket, you must not make a cross in the large circle containing the eagle, but must make a cross, thus, X, on the small square to the left of the name of each candidate for whom you desire to vote, on whatever list of candidates it may be. If the large circle at the head of the ticket is marked with a cross.otherwise and the ballot is marked with a cross or otherwise at any other place, it will be void and cannot be counted, unless there be no candidate for some o ce in the list printed under such marked device, in which case you may ind ate your choice for such office by making a cross, thus, X, on the square to the left of the name of any candidate for •ucb office on any other list. The cross must be placed within or on the circle or square, or the ballot will t»e void and can not be counted. Third. Do not mutilate your ballots, nor mark them, either by scratching off a name or writing one upon them, nor in any other way put a mark upou them, except by placing one in the circle or on the squares, as above described. Otherwise the ballot will not be counted. You must not put any mark of any kind upon your ballot except in the manner above described. Fourth, After you have marked your ballots, and before you leave the election booth, fold them up separately so that the face of each one can not be seen, and so the initial letters of the names of the Polling Clerks on the back thereof can be seen. Then hand your ballots to the Inspector, the pencil to the Polling Clerks, and immediately leave the election room. Fifth. If you are physically unable to mark your ballots, or can not read English, so inform the Polling Clerks, and make an affidavit to that effect. They will then go with you into the election booth, and you can then tell them how you desire to vote, and they will mark your ballot for you. Neither you nor the Polling Clerks must permit any other person to hear or see how your ballot is marked. It is a penal offense to declare you can not read English or can not mark your ballot, if, in fact, you can. [ln no case can the ballots be marked by the Polling Clerks if the voter can read the English language and is physically able to mark hi? ballot. Nor can they mark it r.ntil the voter has made the proper affidavit.] Sixth. If you should accidentally, or by mistake, deface, mutilate or spoil one of our ballots, return It to the Poll Clerks and get another one of the same kind. Seventh You must not accept a ballot from any person outside of the election room. Any ballot outside is fraudulent; and it is a penitentiary offense to have it ! n your possession, whether you attempt to vote it or not. Eighth. You must not attempt to hold any conversation in the election room except with members of the Election Board and the Polling Clerks. Ninth. Use only the blue pencil handed you by the Polling Clerks in marking your ballots. If you mark with any other pencil, your ballot so marked will be void, and will not be counted. ' r Tenth. You must not put any mark of any kind on your ballot, except as above described. VOTING MACHINES. If you are not able to vote by machine on account of disability or inability to read English, and make affidavit to that effect, you will be instructed by the Polling Clerks, as in the case of voting by ballot. If you request it you will be instructed by the Polling Clerks as to the manner of voting by machine. You cannot remain In the voting machine booth more than one minute; no person can be in or near the machine when a voter is voting unless it is the Polling Clerks while instructing and assisting the voter. THE NEW LAW AS TO BUYING AND SELI ING VOTES. (Approved March 6, 1905. Acts 1905, p. 481.) Penalty for Buying Votes. 1. That whoever, directly or indirectly, hires, buys or offers to hire or buy, or furnish any money or other means to be used, or directs or permits his money or other means to be used, or handles any money or knowing the same to be used to induce, hire or buy any person to vote or refral* from voting any ticket or for any candidate for any office, to be voted for at any election held in this State; or whoever attempts to induce any person to vote or to refrain from voting for any candidate for any office to be voted for *t any elec Mon held pursuant to law or at any primary held in this State, by offering such person any reward or favor, shall be fined in any sum not mor* than fifty tollers and disfranchised and rendered incapable of holding any office of trust or profit for a period of ten, years from the date of such conviction. Penalty for Selling or Offering to Sell Vote*. 2. Whoever sells, barters, or offers to sell or barter his vote or offers to refrain from voting for any candidate for any office Jo be voted for at any election held in thia State, either for-any money or property or thing of value or for any promise or favor or hope bt reward, given or offered by any candidate to be voted for at any election held in this state or by any other person or persons, shall be fined in any sum not more than fifty dollars and disfranchised and rendered Incapable of holding any office of trust or profit for a period of *en years from the date of such conviction. Witnesses. 3. Any person called as a witness to testify against another for the viol» tion of any of the provisions of sections one or two of this act, is a competent witness to prove the offense, although he may hav* been concerned as a party, and he shall be compelled to testify as other witnesses, but such evidence shall not be used against him In any prosecution for such er any other offense growing out of matters about which he testifies, and he shal’ not b* liable to trial by tadlotment or Information or punished for such offense.