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ARTICLE 17.

No petition of nomination shall be received by said Supervisors of Elec-
tion after said meeting, except that in the event of any vacancy occurring
in any nominations on said date, or between said date and the date of
election, the Supervisors shall, if possible, appoint another time for receiv-
ing nominations to fill such vacancy on the ballot, which nominations shall
be in all respects the same as those hereinbefore provided for. Immedi-
ately after the sitting of said Supervisors of Election for the purpose of
receiving petitions of nominations as aforesaid, the said Supervisors of
Election shall make up the official ballot from the names of qualified voters
so submitted to them and no name shall be placed upon said ballot by
said Supervisors except such as shall be presented to them by petition of
nomination as above set out. A facsimile of the official ballot shall be
published in one or more newspapers published or circluated in the town
at least once before election. The official ballot shall be of substantial
plain white paper not less than four nor more than six inches wide, and
there shall be a square at the right of the name of each candidate and a
blank space at the end of the list of candidates for each office with a square
opposite said blank space so that any voter may write therein the name
of any person for whom he may wish to vote for any office whose name
shall not appear upon the official ballot. In order to vote for any candi-
date or candidates, the voter shall make a cross (X) in the square opposite
the name of each candidate for whom he may wish to vote. The official
ballot shall be printed as nearly as practicable in accordance with the fol-
lowing form, the date and names to be changed, but the names of all can-
didates for Mayor to be arranged alphabetically and the wards arranged
in their numerical order, and the names of all candidates for Councilmen
in each ward to be arranged alphabetically.

Official Ballot

MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF MOUNT RAINIER.
Election May 3, 1915.

FOR MAYOR.

Vote for one only.

JOHN C. JONES
THOMAS R. SMITH
HENRY T. WILLIAMS