2256                               Municipal Charters

in said City, the names of the persons who have filed statements of their
candidacy and have deposited the filing fee as hereinbefore provided,
designating the office for which such person is a candidate [and the ward
in which such person is a candidate if the office is one to be filled by
the voters of a single ward and if the office is one to be filled by the voters
of the entire City, voting by wards, the said advertisement shall so state].

(e)   Ballots. The Supervisor of Elections shall at least two days prior
to the date of said City Election prepare the ballots for such primary
elections, which ballots shall be authenticated by a facsimile of his signa-
ture, and no ballots other than those so authenticated shall be used at said
election, and he shall deliver to the Judges of said election at the polling
place in each ward [wherein said election is to be held] the registries
of voters and a number of ballots equal to twice the number of registered
voters in the ward in which such polling place is located, to be furnished
to the voters upon application at the respective polling 'places. The ballots
shall be printed upon plain, substantial white paper in fair, legible type,
and shall be headed "Primary Ballot", and the names of the candidates
for the respective office thereon shall be arranged in alphabetical order,
and grouped according to their ward residence, and upon each group of
names shall appear the words "Vote for One", and after the name of
each candidate shall be a square in which the voter may make a crossmark
for the candidate of his choice. In other respects, the form and arrange-
ment shall be in the discretion of the Commissioners of Cambridge, except
that nothing deceptive or calculated to mislead a voter shall be allowed to
be printed upon said ballots, and sample ballots furnished by the candidates
themselves or printed by the Commissioners of Cambridge, and advertised
in the newspapers, if in the discretion of said Commissioners the cost
of such printing and advertising to be wise and judicious shall be freely
allowed to the voters.

(f)    Voters; challenges. The persons who are qualified to vote at the
general election shall be qualified to vote at the primary election, and
challenges can be made by not more than two persons to be appointed at
the time of the opening of the polls by the judges of election, or such
challenge shall be made in person by the candidate themselves.

(g)    Tally of ballots; canvass. Upon the closing of the polls the judges
of election shall immediately count the ballots and ascertain the number
of votes cast in each ward or polling place for each of the candidates,
and make return thereof to the Supervisor of Elections, at the City Hall,
upon blanks to be furnished by said Supervisor of Elections before the
noon hour of the day following said primary election, and at said time
shall return the poll books and registry books, and on the same day the
said Supervisor of Elections shall canvass the returns so received from
all the wards or precincts or polling places wherein such primary election
has been held and shall publish at least once in a daily newspaper, and
in such other newspapers as he may deem proper the result of such
election.

(h) Nominees. The two persons receiving the highest number of
votes for [the respective offices for which they are candidates] Mayor
shall be the candidates and the only candidates for said office and their
names shall be placed upon the ballot at the ensuing municipal election
as the [officers] candidates whose election is hereinafter provided. For
the office of Commissioner, the two residents of each ward receiving the
highest total number of votes shall be the candidates and the only can-
didates for said office and their names shall be placed upon the ballot