Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-20 | Page 17 | Welling Finds Ballot Errors

WELLING t FINDS BALLOT ERRORS Some Counties Counties' Fail to Arra Arrange Arrange Ar Ar- ra range ge Names in Legal Order I The eagle eye of Secretary tary of State Stat Milton H. H W Welling Friday discovered error an-error in the repeal ballot for severa several coun counties les which he said aid might have made the vote on the twenty first amendment illegal megal Th error j-error was speedily ordered rea re rec rec- Scrutinizing the sample ballots o ohalf of half a dozen counties which counties which he refused refused re re- fused to name name Mr Welling found that names of candidates pledged against the twenty first repeal amendment were were not not listed alphabetically alphabetically alphabet alphabet- as required by a new state lawHe law He immediately sent telegrams t to the clerks of these counties calling callin attention to the error and ordering the ballots bf reprinted then followed explaining the 1933 s session sion law which requires alphabetical list lis' lis lisIng listing Ing tag of two or more candidates for lor on one office Although Mr Welling said he had been told by Franklin Riter Biter and John F. F Bowman respectively leaders o of w wet t and dry forces that they did no not believe the error error would affect the elec elec- lion tion he declared he would take no chances repeal delegates vere listed list list- ed cd lawfully on on n the ballots he said He ascribed the error to a probability ity the ballots were printed from p pet ti lions for candidates f for r delegates which did not list names in proper order County clerks are responsible for lawful printing of ballots he pointed point point- ed out