Show THE BALLOT REFORM the legislature lias added another item to alic excellent record which it lias made during the present by 11 ballot reform bill similar iu ita main features to the one chich parsed the legislature of e york and waa vetoed by governor hill it puts the expense ot conducting elections upon the falate anu ensure absolute secrecy of the ballot it provided for three methods ot nomination 1 arat nominations nomina tiona may be made by am or delegate convention a al party which nt thu next proceeding lection polled at leant turco sr beuc of the entire vote iu tue rilus or iu the electoral or division divi aion iu anich the nomination ia made tee condly may be made oy papera it for arate domce by nut lead than one th botera or it for electoral by not leaa man one per cent ot the number ol 01 botera voting m ai the bet prec edmo election the number to bu in no cise leas thau alty thirdly blank are left iu the printed ballota each onice to be so that each individual voter may nominate on hid otan account ana lilt in any name which may please him provi aiona ensure a freedom ol 01 cunico as to other provia ious ot the bill are designed to stop ane practice ot at the pona aau the corrupt biao of money for election puro obes the bill has been signed by bo liaa therefore become u law hab thua put in the lead in the movement lor elec ional relura |