SEC. 31. Each city, village and township clerk shall provide for each polling place or election district in his city, village or township seventy-five (75) ballots of each kind to be voted in the district for every fifty (50) or fraction of fifty (50) electors registered at the last preceding election in the district.

SEC. 32. It shall be the duty of the clerks of election to whom said blocks of ballots are given, to have them, together with the printed instructions, at the polling place in the district in which they are the judges, at the opening of the polls on the day of election.

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district.

quired for each

Clerks to have

ballots at polling places.

SEC. 33. Form of Ballots.-The form of the ballots shall Form of ballot. be both in size and style substantially as printed in Exhibit "A," hereto annexed and made a part of this bill, with such headings as shall be appropriate. The name

of the candidate for each office shall follow the name of the office in capital letters, in the order in which they are handed in. Before each candidate's name shall be repeated the name of the office for which he is running, and after his name his politics shall be designated. Opposite to each candidate's name in the margin to the right shall be left a vacant space, in which the elector shall designate his vote by a cross (X) mark. The lines separating the names shall be three-eighths (3) of an inch apart, and the space at the right half (1) an inch wide. There shall be left at the left end of the list of names of candidates for each office a blank space of the same dimensions as the other spaces, in which the voter may place the name of any other person for whom he desires to vote, whose name is not printed on the ballot.

SEC. 34. Whenever a constitutional amendment or other proposition is submitted to be voted on by the people, the substance of such amendment or proposition shall be clearly indicated upon the proper ballot, and two (2) spaces shall be left upon the margin, one for votes favoring the amend ment or proposition, to be designated by the word "yes," and one for votes opposing the amendment or proposition, to be designated by the word "no." The elector shall designate his vote by a cross-mark, thus: (X).

Proposed amendment to the constitution giving Yes. judges a life tenure of office and making them appointive.

No.

Voting on con

stitutional amendments.

Voting for electors.

presidential

When a president and vice president of the United States are to be elected, the presidential electors of each political party shall be grouped together and placed on the ballots in the order of priority in which the several political conventions nominating the said electors were held, and the name of each of such presidential elector shall be followed Location of as in other cases with the name of the party he represents,

names on ballot.

Certificates of nomination to office.

To be delivered to secretary of state.

cate.

and also with the surname of the presidential candidate he represents, printed in bold type, and the groups of electors shall be separated from each other by a space at least an inch in width, and the words "vote for one only" omitted at the right.

In other cases, where several persons are to be voted for the same office, as judges of the supreme court, etc., the names shall be grouped and the ballots arranged substantially as above.

SEC. 35. Nominations.-Any assembly or convention of delegates, held for the purpose of making nominations to public office, and also electors to the number hereinafter specified, may nominate candidates for public office, to be filled by election within the state.

Said nomination shall be made by delivering to and leaving with the officer charged in this act with printing the ballots upon which the name is to be placed, within the time prescribed by section thirty-eight (38) of this act, a Form of certifi- certificate of nomination for each candidate. The certificate of nomination, which may consist of one or more writings, shall contain, first, the name of the person nominated; second, the office for which he is nominated; third, the party or political principle he represents (expressed in not more than three (3) words); fourth, his place of residence, with street and number thereon, if any. In case of electors of president and vice president of the United States, the names of the candidates for president and vice president may be added to the party or political appellation.

To be certified

secretary.

SEC. 36. The certificate of nomination of a candidate by president and for office selected by any convention of delegates, as herein defined, shall be signed and certified by the presiding officer and secretary of said convention, who shall also take and subscribe an oath before some proper officer that the facts stated in the certificates are true, and the secretary shall immediately deliver such certificates of nomination to the officer charged with the printing of the ballots upon which the name is to be placed, and in case he shall neglect to do so he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Assembly or

fined.

An assembly or convention of delegates, within the meanconvention de- ing of this act, is an organized assemblage of delegates representing a political party, which, at the last election before the holding of such convention or assembly, hold at least one (1) per cent of the entire vote cast in the state, county or other division or district for which the nomination is made.

Nominations

existing politi

cal party.

SEC. 37. The certificate of nomination of a candidate not made by an selected otherwise than by a convention of delegates, shall be signed by electors resident within the district or political division from which the candidate is presented, to a number equal to one (1) per cent of the entire vote cast at the last preceding election in the state, county or other political division or district from which the nomination is made;

Provided, however, that the number of signatures required in the case of any state officer shall not exceed two thousand (2,000).

cates for each nomination.

Name of candidate to be placed only once on ballot.

No certificate of nomination shall contain the name of Separate certifimore than one (1) candidate. No person shall join by certificate signed by voters in nominating more than one (1) nominee for the same office. That the name of any person nominated by more than one (1) certificate for the same office shall be placed only once on the ballot, and opposite to the name of said person shall be placed the names of the several political parties or principles represented by him, and the vote for any one party he represents shall be designated a vote for such candidate.

nation certifi

Following the facts required to be stated in each certifi- Affidavit of cate of nomination to be signed by electors, shall be written signers to nomior printed an oath in the following form: "I solemnly cates. swear [or affirm] that I know the contents and purpose of this certificate, and assign the same of my free will." Each signer at the time of signing shall be sworn by some proper officer.

SEC. 38. Names must be handed to and filed with the secretary of state, to be placed upon the white ballots, in accordance with the provisions of this act, at least twentyeight (28) days before the day of election.

Names must be handed to and filed with the county auditor, to be placed upon the ballot tinted blue, at least twelve (12) days before the day of election.

Names must be handed to and filed with the city clerk, to be placed upon the ballot tinted red, at least ten (10) days before election.

In all cases provided for in this section the secretary of state, county auditor, city clerk shall immediately give or send the person handing in any name or names to be placed upon the ticket an acknowledgment thereof upon the same day which it is received, and shall file and preserve such certificates, and they shall be subject to inspection like other records.

SEC. 39. In case of members of congress, judges of the district courts, and all other candidates voted for in any district or division smaller than the entire state, but larger than an entire county, whenever such candidate is nominated by any convention of delegates, as specified in section thirty-five (35) of this act, it shall be the duty of the president and secretary of such convention to file a certificate, as therein specified, with the county auditor of each county in the congressional, judicial or other district for which the nomination is made.

Whenever any such nomination in any such district is made by a certificate of nomination, as specified in section thirty-five (35), such original certificate containing the original signatures shall be filed with the county auditor in the county where the candidate resides, and the said auditor shall certify to as many correct copies of the same, if

Time when

names of candi

dates shall be

filed.

For members of

trict judges, etc.

congress, dis

Fees to be paid on filing.

Printing of ballots.

Names on printed ballots.

Vacancies after nominations.

presented to him, as there are other counties in the district, and one (1) of said certified copies shall be filed, within the proper time, with the county auditor of each said county in the district, and shall be authority for such auditors to place the name upon the blue ballot.

SEC. 40. The [secretary of] state and county auditors and city clerks shall respectively place upon the several ballots printed by them the name of each candidate for office, who shall have been nominated as herein before provided, and whose certificate of nomination has been presented within the time specified, and on payment of the fee prescribed by law, which shall be as follows: For each name tendered to be placed on the white ballot, fifty (50) dollars, to be paid into the state treasury; for each name tendered to be placed upon the red ballot, five (5) dollars, to be paid into the city treasury; for each name tendered to be placed upon the blue ballot, ten (10) dollars, to be paid into the county treasury; Provided, That where the person whose name is to be placed upon the blue ballot is to be voted for in more than one county, as in case of members of congress, judges of district courts, etc., then the fee shall be twenty (20) dollars, and shall be divided among the several counties as nearly equal as may be, and the portion due each paid at the time and in the manner as provided for single counties.

SEC. 41. Each officer shall place upon the ballot by him to be printed only the names of candidates who are nominated for offices properly to be placed upon such ballot by him to be printed under the provisions of this act. No ballot shall be furnished to any judges of election which contains the name of any candidate who is not properly to be voted for in the election district where such judges are to sit on the day of election.

The arrangement of names of candidates by their political principles shall correspond with the arrangement of the party principles at the head of the ballot. On the day succeeding the last day for the filing of nominations for candidates to be placed on the various ballots, the officer charged with the duty of preparing such ballots shall, in the presence of the representatives of the various political parties running candidates, proceed to draw lots for the position at the head of the ballot, and the political party the name of which is first drawn shall have the first place at the head of the ballot; the second name drawn, the second place, and so on until all the names or slips shall have been drawn.

SEC. 42. In case a vacancy occurs from any cause after nominations have been made, as heretofore specified, such vacancy may be filled at any time before the ballots are printed by filing with the proper officer a certificate of nomination in form and substance as herein before pro vided, containing the name of the person substituted to fill the vacancy; such substitutional certificate to be exe

cuted by the chairman and secretary of the proper committee of the party making the nomination, the vacancy of which is to be filled, under such directions and regulations as the convention shall have specified, or in case none have been specified, then under the direction of the proper state, county, district or city committee, as the case may be.

lots.

SEC. 43. Whenever it shall appear by affidavit pre- Error or omis sented to any judge of the supreme or district courts of sion in the balthe state that an error or omission has occurred in the printing of the name or description of any candidate on official ballots, or any other error has been committed in printing the ballots, or that the president or secretary of any caucus or convention have failed to properly make or file any certificate of nomination, or the name of any person has been wrongfully placed upon said ballots as a candidate, such judge shall immediately, by order, require the officer or person charged with the error or neglect to forthwith correct the error or perform his duty, or to show cause forth with why such error should not be corrected or such duty performed. Failing to obey the order of such judge shall be contempt.

SEC. 44. Arrangement at Polling Places. At the polling Four ballot places the following arrangement shall be observed: There boxes required. shall be provided boxes for voting, as many in number as the kind of ballots voted, one (1) ballot box painted white, one (1) painted red, and one (1) painted blue. There shall also be a separate box for each polling place where women are entitled to vote, in which shall be placed all ballots cast by women.

There shall be provided in the room in which the in- Booths or com spectors of election sit, or immediately adjoining thereto, partments. not less than two (2) booths or compartments for every hundred electors registered, according to the diagram below, so constructed that the voter can therein retire from observation, and there shall be placed in each of said compartments an indelible pencil to enable the voter to mark the ballot. Each compartment shall either be provided with a door or curtain, so that the voter while preparing his ballot may be shielded from observation, and shall be lighted.

SEC. 45. In case the compartments shall be in the same room in which the judges of election sit to receive the

Space between booths and bal

lot boxes.