American Ballot Laws, 1888-1910 |
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9 No provision amended by Laws Australian ballot law ballot I Official ballot-box blank column blank spaces candidate's name candidates are placed candidates nominated certificate of nomination circles for voting Code Const constitutional amendments Constitutional provisions county clerk detachable stubs direct primary election district elec election day election law election officers emblems form of ballot Hanover county individual candidates last preceding election law was adopted marking the ballot method of voting municipal names of candidates nomination papers office group officers voted opposite the names party circles party column party designations place a cross political party polling place presidential electors printed and distributed public expense questions submitted Rules for marking sample ballots separate ballots slightly amended special method split ticket straight party ticket straight ticket tion UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA vote a split voter voting a straight voting machine voting squares opposite wishes to vote writing in names
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Page 207 - All elections by the citizens, except for such town officers as may by law be directed to be otherwise chosen, shall be by ballot, or by such other method as may be prescribed by law, provided that secrecy in voting be preserved.
Page 168 - In all elections by the people the vote shall be by ballot, and the legislature shall provide for the numbering of tickets and make such other regulations as may be necessary to detect and punish fraud and preserve the purity of the ballot...
Page 168 - The legislature shall enact laws providing for a mandatory primary system, which shall provide for the nomination of all candidates in all elections for State, district, county, and municipal officers, for all political parties, including United States Senators : Provided, however, This provision shall not exclude the right of the people to place on the ballot by petition any nonpartisan candidate.
Page 83 - To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot mark a cross (X) in the square at the right of the name of the person for whom you desire to vote." "To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write or paste his name in the blank space provided for that purpose.
Page 183 - Vote for three." On the back or outside of the ballot, so as to appear when folded, shall be printed the words "Official Ballot," followed by the designation of the polling place for which the ballot is prepared, the date of the election and a facsimile of the signature of the clerk or other officer who has caused the ballots to be printed.
Page 28 - Each elector shall, in full view, deliver to one of the judges of election a single ballot or piece of paper, on which shall be written or printed the names of the persons voted for, with a proper designation of the office which he or they may be intended to fill.
Page 145 - X' in the square before the answer of the question or amendment submitted. The elector may write in the blank space or pa.ste over any other name the name of any person for whom he wishes to vote, and vote for such person by marking an 'X
Page 103 - ... may direct, precedence, however, being given to the party which polled the highest number of votes for governor at the last preceding general election for such officer, and so on.
Page 98 - The inhibitions of this Constitution to the contrary notwithstanding, the Legislature shall have power to provide that in different parts of the State different methods may be employed for receiving and registering the will of the people as expressed at elections, and may provide that mechanical devices may be used within designated subdivisions of the State at the option of the local authority indicated by the Legislature for that purpose.
Page 126 - ... together with the poll-lists aforesaid, to be delivered into the office of the Secretary of State aforesaid, on or before the first day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and on or before the fifteenth day of November annually thereafter forever. The legislature of this State may pass any law additional to the foregoing provisions, if any shall, in practice, be found necessary in order more fully to carry into effect the purpose thereof.