JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.
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of nominations made by more than one convention or primary
election, and duly certified as aforesaid, the officers by whom
the ballot is to be prepared, or a majority of them, shall
determine which nominees are justly entitled to the party
name, and the word "Independent" shall precede the party
name of the other nominee. All candidates for office shall, as
far as possible, be placed in one column; but when the names
to be printed upon the ticket are over thirty, then another
column shall be added in which names shall be printed, and
when two or more columns are used the same number of
names shall, as far as possible, be printed in each column.
Any question to be submitted to the popular vote shall be
printed in a separate column, to follow immediately the names
of the candidates.
If at any election there be a question to be submitted to the
popular vote, the said question shall be placed upon said
ballot in the form following:
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"For Proposition," "Against Proposition," and said respec-
tive questions shall be placed in a column, as hereinbefore
mentioned, so that the same shall form a parallelogram or
space where the voter may clearly indicate, in the way here-
inafter pointed out, whether he shall wish to cast his ballot
for or against the proposition or propositions submitted.
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Questions for
popular vote.
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270TT. Said ballots shall be printed upon plain white
printing paper, of ordinary book weight, in black ink, and in
clear, legible type; and in printing, the names of the candidates
respectively shall be of uniform size, style and appearance
throughout the ballots, and the type used in printing the
names of the parties which said candidates respectively repre-
sent shall be uniform in size, style and appearance throughout
the ballot, such uniformity of type and printing to be fixed
and determined by the Board of Supervisors of Elections of
said city.
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Uniform size of
type and bal-
lots.
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On the back and outside shall be printed the words "Official
Ballot For," followed by the designation of the polling place
for which it is prepared, the date of the election, and a fac-
simile of the signature of the President of the Board of Super-
visors of Elections, by whom the ballot has been prepared.
Said ballot shall be printed on the same leaf, with a detach-
able stub or coupon one inch' high and three inches wide,
above the upper right hand corner of the ballot, and binding
on the upper edge thereof, but separated therefrom by a line
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Coupons on
ballots.
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