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in any election precinct, at any such primary election. It Instruction shall be the duty of the election commissioners to cause in- ballots, who struction ballots for each party to be printed on yellow paper, color, etc. not exceeding ten per cent. of the number of official ballots printed for each party in each precinct, and to distribute said instruction ballots in the same manner and at the same time provided for the distribution of official primary ballots. Said yellow ballots shall have printed at the head thereof the words: "Instruction Ballots for Primary Election." The size of all official ballots shall be such as the said board of election commissioners shall prescribe.

SEC. 21. The said ballots so prepared by the board of elec- Names to be printed on tion commissioners in each county shall include the names ballots. of all candidates for the particular political party for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and United States Senator, and shall also include the names of all candidates for city, county or district offices in each city, county or district in which the direct nominating system has been adopted by such political party. No candidate shall have his name printed upon any official primary election ballot of any politi cal party in any voting precinct in this State unless he shall file nomination petitions according to the provisions of this act, and all other requirements of this act have been complied with in his behalf. If the enrolled voters of that particular Delegates to political party have voted in favor of direct nomination of county conparty candidates for county offices, the said ballots shall also contain as many lines as there are delegates to be elected to the county convention. Such lines, upon which may be written the names of proposed delegates to the county convention, shall be printed under the title "Delegates to County Convention," and no ballot for a delegate to a county convention of any such political party shall be counted unless prepared and voted under authority of this act.

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SEC. 22. The chairman of the county committee of each County political party, the enrolled voters of which have decided chairman to in favor of direct nomination of candidates for county ber of deleoffices, shall certify to the board of election commissioners county conof his county at least twenty-five days before the holding of such primary election, the number of delegates to which each election district of said county will be entitled at the county convention of said political party to be held in said county in said year for the purpose of electing delegates to a State convention called for the purpose of nominating party candidates for State offices. It shall be the duty of the Duty of board of election commissioners of any city in which city missioners in officers are not elected at the November election, in which any c political party has adopted the provisions of this act, to prepare the necessary primary election ballots for use of the enrolled voters of such political party. The said city board of election commissioners shall be governed by the same rules as are prescribed for the preparation of ballots by the board of election commissioners of the county.

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SEC. 23. The number of ballots to be printed for the use of a political party at å primary election in any election precinct shall be at least fifty per cent. more than the total number of votes cast therein at the last preceding election by such Proviso as to political party for Secretary of State: Provided, That the number of official primary election ballots which shall be prepared for any new party shall be such number as the chairman and secretary of the city, county, district or State committee of such new party shall certify to the respective boards of election commissioners shall be necessary for use at said primary election: Provided, further, That unless ballots are required for new parties in the manner herein provided, it shall be unnecessary for any board of election commissioners to prepare ballots for any such new political party even though there may be candidates who have filed nomination petitions. Proof copies of the official primary election ballot shall be on file at the office of the county clerk, or city clerk, as the case may be, for public inspection at least three days prior to the primary election.

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SEC. 24. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to cause to be printed pamphlet copies of this act and to furnish to the county clerk of each county and to the city clerk of any city in which any political party adopts the provisions of this act, a sufficient number of copies thereof to enable said clerks to furnish at least two copies to each board of primary election inspectors in the particular city or county at the same time that other supplies for an election are furnished.

SEC. 25. The official primary election ballots shall be prepared in the following manner; there shall be printed at the top of the ballot in large type the words "Official Primary Ballot." Underneath shall be printed the date of the election at which the ballot is to be used, followed, when necessary, by the designation of the political subdivision, as county, district, city, ward, etc. Then shall follow, in bold-face type, the name of the political party, below which shall appear this instruction: "Make a cross in the square to the left of as many names for each office as are indicated under the title of such office." The ballots for such election district shall be numbered consecutively, as provided for the numbering of ballots by the general election law. All names of candidates of each political party shall be printed on a separate ballot, and said ballot shall be in one or more columns, as may be determined by the election commissioners in making up the same. The order of the offices on the ballot shall be the same, as far as may be, as is required by law in making up the ballot for a general election. The title of the office shall be immediately above the names of the candidate or candidates for such office, and under such title the words, "Vote for," followed by the word "one," "two," or a word designating the number of candidates under that head to be voted for. The names of the different candidates shall be separated from each other by a light-faced rule, with a square at the left of the name, and

the spaces devoted to the several offices shall be separated by a black-faced rule so as to separate each office division clearly. If two or more columns are used on a ballot, the columns shall be separated by a black line one-sixth of an inch wide. The names under heading designating each official position shall be alternated on the ballots of each party casting at least five per cent. of the vote cast in the county or political sub-division at the preceding November election, and printed in the following manner:

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First, The forms shall be set up with the names of such Printing of candidates arranged alphabetically, in order according to sur- ballots. names. In printing each set of tickets for the several election precincts, the positions of the names shall be changed in each office division, as many times as there are candidates in the office division in which there are the most names. As nearly as possible an equal number of tickets shall be printed after each change. In making the changes of position, the printers shall take the line of type at the head of each office division and place it at the bottom of the division, and shove up the column so that the name that before was second shall be first after the change. After the ballots are printed, and before being trimmed, they shall be kept in separate piles, the one pile for each change of position, and shall then be piled by taking one from each pile and placing it upon the pile to be trimmed, the intention being that every other ballot in such pile shall have the names in a different position. After the How numpile is made in this manner, the ballots shall be numbered con- foration. secutively on the upper right hand corner upon the front of the ballot, with a perforated line across said corner, underneath the said number, so that the corner with the number can be torn off. After that, the ballots shall be trimmed and done up in sealed packages and distributed for use at the primary election the same as is required by law for the distribution of ballots at the general election. The ballots shall Form. be prepared in substantially the following form:

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SEC. 26. To obtain the printing of the name of any candi- Signatures date of any political party for United States Senator or for required for Governor or Lieutenant Governor upon the official ballot for ieut. governor any primary election held in this State, pursuant to the provisions of this act, there shall be filed with the Secretary of State nomination petitions, signed by a number of enrolled voters residing in the State and who are enrolled in the party enrollment of said party, equal to not less than two per cent. nor more than four per cent. of the number of votes that such party cast for Secretary of State at the last preceding November election.

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SEC. 27. To obtain the printing of the name of any candi- District date of any political party for any district office upon the officers, sigprimary election ballots in the various voting precincts of the quired for. district when such district is comprised of one county or less, nomination petitions, signed by a number of enrolled voters who are enrolled in the party 'enrollment of said party in said district, equal to not less than two per cent. nor more than four per cent. of the number of votes that the party cast in said district for Secretary of State at the last preceding November election, shall be filed with the county clerk of said Petitions, county, and in the case of a district office, in a district compris. where filed. ing more than one county, to obtain the printing of the name of any candidate of any political party upon the primary election ballots of the various voting precincts of said district, there shall be filed with the Secretary of State, nomination petitions, signed by a number of enrolled voters residing in such district and who are enrolled in the party enrollment of

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