Show POINTERS ON 0 A short sketch or of the chenow w australian ballot hystek hy the australian ballot system adopted in utah is ig similar to tho the system adopted in kansas kamm and Nebra nebraska ika instead of colorado as ye we supposed abe ballot used is large and to one unacquainted with this method of voting it secina to bo be considerably mixed up but il is very simple and emily easily it if ono one will take the pains to noto note the printed instructions As to the ballot none but regularly nominated candidates can be ba placed upon it ohis malea makes nominating conventions of moie importance in the bbate than heretofore with the exception of presidential electors which are put in groups all names of candidates must be placed in alphabetical order according acco iding to surnames under the designation of the office which they are intended to fill fall there shall be left at the end of the list of candi candidates datos for each different office ns as many blank spaces as there are persons to bo be elected to such auch office in which thoo the elector lector may write the name of any person not printed on the ballot for whom hom ho he desires to vote as a candidate for such office political parties are designated by emblems OB as well as aa by names but no two parties eki ale allowed lovied al to nee the same device in the coming general election for instance the first thin thing on the ticket will be the emblems of the political parties ulic ho have named candidates these party emblems will be place I 1 ono one under tho the other and at the liht of ew ca h will bo be printed a blank square oner cher or under cheso emblems the following instruction mast apponi 11 to ro vote a straight ticket cekot place a cross mark X with ink in the opposite your baity emblem 11 this tells the whole story to the straight patty voter next come the respective groups of presidential 1 I electors with the name of the political party they represent and the he names of the pirty candidates for president and vico vice president of the united states slates latter are anre the only names allom allowed ed on the ballot except those of candidates candi datos regularly nominated according to the state ia law all other candidates except presidential electors anro placed under tile the designation of the office for they are nominated in alphabetical older aider there is nothing in the law which forbids a lino line of classification such h as congressional ti ticket chot state ticket I 1 county ticket judicial district ticket precinct ticket etc tor for the convenience and information of the voter there may be ted ansti instructions actions such as vote for one or foi three or any other number of candidates for a similar office of ile sudi its as throe three county commiss loners naso the instructions may be included if 3 sou ou hai hae e not N voted a straight ticket above place a blob marl gnarl X with ml opposite each namo name ou wish to note iota for in tho the blank space left for that pui pin poso but no coplion or endorsement except those to aid the voter is 13 permitted on the ticket and no DO tickets inith tho the candidates of one precinct county or district are allo allowed Nied in the polling place of 0 another the arrangement of names on the ballot in their alphabetical phabe order would bo be ai follows in the present election for instance for ol of uintah county thus representative to state legislature bennion S it 11 republican 0 gibson ibson wm democrat Hu If A D populist cp X to the right of each ila line la a left a space for the voters mark in the case of the throe three county comm comonas loners the names will be arranged alphabetically but all linked mi ted up as aa to tho ibb party county commissioners Bil billing lingg frank populist bills D L i republican X bodily rubt populist collott collett rueben pop lie bep P X davis john G Demo democrat evit johnson L republican horkley Mor Aler kley kloy goo democrat slough geo democrat now as to alie voter ahe one who votes LIB his party ticket straight has the least trouble of all lie ho merely makes a cross crosa opposite his party millem mi orn blem imd id deposits his ballot with the judges it if he faila faial to make the cross his hia vote does not count jr it he bo macej a cross opposite the emblem and another opposite a name below of another fiuty then his hia vote is not counted for candidate of the office maikel but is as to the rost rest of the ticket the person who does not vote a straight ticket must mark every name ho he wants to vote for and where he wants wanta a solid party county commissioners ners ticket etc mua pick them out it if he be markes more dairies than necessary for any office his vote therefore is not counted it if his bia mark is an aa imperfect or incomplete cross yet not in excess of what ho he should ballot for the mark thus made mada is counted ns perfect but it i there bo be enough with without out tho the namo name imperfectly marked the latter 1 v ill be ignored each voter may have assistance to maik his ballot if he be desires and requests it but no voter can mark his vallot ballot except in the voting booth provided provid cd nor can ho he secure or carry away any of the official ballots or lan le 0 a duplicate thereof there is one important provision of the law however howe bow evoi vei which is of grovit assistance to tho the voter who wishes to select LIE his namos names ibis is that tho the ballot must bo be published in a newspaper prior to clec lection clention tion day if af there is a daily paper published in a county it may be for six dt daiy diy s and it may be in papers of diffrient political com plex ions but the ticket must be published the voter can then secure a copy of the paper mark at home the poison ho he wishes to vote for and at the voting booth may use uge hia paper ns na a guide to making the off official leial ballot lie ile is thus given plenty of timo lime to deliberate and at the polling place lias plenty of time to mark his ticket those voters who will read carefully mill we believe be able to mark their ballots wit without holit difficulty no MO they will be ba counted for the candidates cand idalea of their choice |