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50. The form and arrangement of the ballots shall be as fol-
lows: All ballots shall contain the name of every candidate
whose nomination for any office specified in the ballot has been
certified to and filed according to the provisions of this article
and not withdrawn in accordance herewith, and shall contain
no other names, except that in the case of electors for President
and Vice President of the United States, the names of the can-
didates for President and Vice-President may be added to the
party or political designation, and the name of a city or county
in which a candidate resides shall be added to the name of each
candidate on ballots for State offices. The names of candidates
nominated by each party shall be grouped together upon each
ballot, and each group shall be headed by the name of the
political party by which the candidates comprised in said group
were placed in nomination, as described in the certificate of
nomination. When the name of a political party is given in
connection with the name of a candidate nominated as provided
in section 38 of this article, it shall be stated on the ballot; but
if there shall have been any nomination for the same office by
a convention or primary election claiming the same party name,
duly certified, as hereinbefore provided, the word "independent"
shall precede the party name if the candidate is nominated under
the provisions of the said section 38. If the same party name
or emblem shall be claimed on behalf of nominations made by
more than one convention or primary election and duly certified,
as aforesaid, the officers by whom the ballot is to fee prepared,
or a majority of them, shall determine which nominees are
justly entitled to the party designation or emblem, and the word
" independent " shall precede the party name of the other group
or groups of nominees, and the emblem shall be omitted from
such "independent" group or groups. Said groups shall be
printed on said ballots in columns parallel to each other, the
group representing the party polling the largest number of votes
for Governor in the State at the last gubernatorial election being
placed first or at the left of said groups; the group representing
the party polling the next largest number of votes at said elec-
tion being placed second; and the group representing the party
polling the next largest number of votes at such election third,
and so on. Candidates of parties not having made nominations
at the last gubernatorial election and other independent candi-
dates, shall be arranged in like groups, according to the date oi
filing the certificates of nomination. If a candidate is named
for the same office on two or more certificates of nomination
his name shall be placed in each of the several appropriate
groups. Above the party name shall be printed the party
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