Border on ballot. ballot. ticket and so on; one column must be filled before another is provided. 6. Each column upon the ballot shall be bordered on either side by a broad solid printed line one eighth of an inch wide, and the edge of the ballot on the left hand side shall be trimmed off up to the border or solid line described, and on the right hand side shall be perforated along the border or solid line above described. The ballot shall be so printed as to give each voter a clear opportunity to designate, by stamping a cross (X) in a blank inclosed space, heretofore designated as the voting square, on the right of and after the name of each candidate whose name is printed on the ballot, his choice of particular candidates. The ballot shall be printed on the same leaf with a stub and separated therefrom by a perforated line across the top of the ballot. On each ballot a perforated line shall extend from top to bottom, along the border or solid line herein before described, one half inch from the right hand side of such ballot, and upon the half inch strip thus formed there shall be no Number on printing except the number of the ballot, which shall be upon the back of such strip, in such position that it shall appear on the outside when the ballot is folded. The number on each ballot shall be the same as that on the corresponding stub, and the ballots and stubs shall be numbered consecutively in each county. All ballots printed by county clerks or registrars of voters other than the separate ballots containing the names only of candidates for city and county offices, printed by the county clerks, or registrars of voters of consolidated cities and counties, shall have printed on the back, below the stub, and immediately at the left of the center of the ballot, in eighteenpoint gothic capitals, the words "general ticket," and, underneath, the respective number of congressional, senatorial, and assembly districts in which each ballot is to be voted, and all ballots printed by county clerks or registrars of voters of consolidated cities and counties containing the names of candidates for city and county officers, and also all the ballots printed by the clerk, registrar of voters, or secretary of a legislative body of any incorporated city or town, shall have printed in the Municipal same manner, on the back, the words "municipal ticket." All municipal tickets shall be printed on paper of a different tint from that of the general ticket. On the top of the face of the ballot the following directions shall be printed: General ticket. ticket. Instruc tions to voters. INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: To vote a straight ticket, stamp a cross (X) within the circle under the party heading. To vote a split ticket, that is, for candidates of different parties, stamp a cross (X) in the voting circle at the head of your party ticket, and a cross (X) after each candidate, not on your party ticket, for whom you desire to vote or stamp a cross (X) for each individual candidate for whom you desire to vote, and DO NOT STAMP your party voting circle. Where two or more candidates for the same office are to be elected and you desire to vote for candidates for that office who are on your party ticket, and also for candidates for that office who are not on such ticket, stamp a cross (X) after the names of all the candidates for that office for whom you desire to vote, whether they be on your party ticket or not. Where a party has made no nomination for an office, the space for that office in the party column is omitted on this ballot. If a party ticket does not contain the names of candidates for all offices for which the voter may vote, he may, if he vote the straight ticket of such party, vote for candidates for such offices so omitted by stamping a cross (X) in the voting square opposite the names of the candidates for such offices on any other ticket, or by writing the names, if they are not printed upon the ballot, in the blank column under the title of the office. To vote for a person not on the ballot, write the name of such person, under the title of the office, in the blank column, and do not stamp a cross (X) after the name written in the blank column. ALL MARKS EXCEPT THE CROSS (X) ARE FORBIDDEN. ALL DISTINGUISHING MARKS OR ERASURES ARE FORBIDDEN AND MAKE THE BALLOT VOID. If you WRONGLY STAMP, TEAR or DEFACE THIS BALLOT, return it to the inspector of election and obtain another. The caption "Instructions to Voters" shall be printed as a style of side heading in forty-point gothic condensed capital type, Instruc printing and the body of the instructions shall be printed in ten-point tions. lower-case gothic, except that the words printed in capital letters in the foregoing instructions shall be printed in capital letters on the ballot. must be 7. All of the ballots of the same sort prepared by any county Ballots clerk or registrar of voters, or clerk or secretary of a legislative uniform. body, or other person having charge of the preparing of such ballots, for the same polling place, shall be precisely the same size, arrangement, quality, and tint of paper, and kind of type, and shall be printed with black ink of the same tint, so that without the numbers on the stubs it shall be impossible to distinguish any one of the ballots from the other ballots of the same sort; and the names of all candidates printed upon the ballot shall be in type of the same size and character. 8. If two or more officers are to be elected for the same office Printing title of for different terms, the term for which each candidate for such office. office is nominated shall be printed on the ballot as a part of the title of the office. If, at a general election, an officer is to be elected for a full term, and another to fill a vacancy, the term for which each such candidate is nominated shall be printed as a part of the title of the office, and the name of the candidate to fill such vacancy shall be placed immediately following that of the candidate for the full term. When no "No nominomination has been made by a political party, as provided nation." by law, for an office to be filled at the election, the title of such office shall not be printed in the party column, and no voting space or square shall be provided in such column for such office. If any ticket or list of candidates contains more can Submission of propositions. Form of ballot. How voter shall prepare his ballot. didates for any office than there are persons to be elected to such office, it shall be deemed that no nomination has been made for such office. 9. Whenever any proposition or constitutional amendment is to be submitted to the vote of the people, there shall be printed at the right of the blank column, another column, or columns with voting squares, in which such proposition, or constitutional amendment, shall be designated, and opposite such proposition, or constitutional amendment, to be voted on, in separate lines, the words "yes" and " no" shall be printed. If an elector shall have stamped a cross (X) in the voting square after the printed word "yes," his vote shall be counted in favor of the adoption of the proposition or constitutional amendment; if he shall have stamped a cross (X) after the printed word "no," his vote shall be counted against the adoption of the same. The ballot shall be printed in accordance with the following form: [See accompanying folder.] SEC. 2. Section twelve hundred and five of the Political Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 1205. On receiving his ballot, the elector shall forthwith, and without leaving the enclosed space, retire alone to one of the places, booths or compartments provided, to prepare his ballot. If he intends to vote a straight party or independent ticket he shall stamp a cross (X) in the party voting circle at the head of such party or independent ticket, and such stamp shall be deemed to be a vote for each candidate named on such party or independent ticket. If he intends to vote for some candidates, only, on one ticket, or for candidates on different tickets, he shall stamp a cross (X) in the voting square after the name of every candidate for whom he intends to vote, and this shall be counted as a vote for each person after whose name the voter has stamped such cross, or he may vote for a candidate or person whose name is not printed on the ballot by writing a name for such office in the "blank column," in which latter case the vote of such voter for that office shall be counted for the person whose name is so written. Where a party ticket does not contain the names of candidates for all offices for which the voter may vote, he may vote a straight ticket of such party, vote for candidates for such offices so omitted by stamping a cross (X) in the voting square opposite the names of the candidates for such offices on any other ticket, or by writing the names, if they are not printed upon the ballot, in the blank column under the title of the office. Where two or more candidates for the same office are to be elected and the voter desires to vote for candidates for that office who are on the voter's party ticket and also for candidates for that office who are not on such ticket, he must stamp a cross (X) after the names of all the candidates for that office for whom the voter desires to vote whether they be on his party ticket or not. Without stamping a cross (X) in the party voting circle, a voter may vote a straight party ticket by stamping a cross in made only ery of the voting square opposite each name in the party column. In case of a constitutional amendment, or other proposition submitted to the vote of the people, he shall mark his ballot by stamping in the appropriate voting square a cross (X) opposite the answer he desires to give. All crosses shall be made only Crosses with a stamp, which with necessary pads and ink, shall be shall be provided by the officers who by this code are required to fur- with a nish election supplies for each booth or compartment provided stamp. for the marking and preparation of ballots. Before leaving Folding such booth or compartment the elector shall fold his ballot in and delivsuch a manner that the number of the ballot and the endorse- ballot. ment on the back shall appear on the outside thereof, without displaying the marks on the face thereof, and shall keep it folded until he has voted. Having folded his ballot, the voter shall deliver it folded to the inspector who shall announce in an audible tone of voice the name of the voter and the number of his ballot. The ballot clerk having the register in charge, if he finds the number to correspond with the number marked opposite the voter's name on the register, shall, in like manner, repeat the name and number, and shall write opposite the name the word "voted." The inspector shall then separate the slip containing the number from the ballot, and shall deposit the ballot in the box. The numbers of all ballots shall be immediately destroyed. SEC. 3. Section twelve hundred and eleven of the Political Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows: ballots. 1211. 1. In canvassing the votes any ballot which is not void made as provided in this act shall be void; but each ballot must be preserved and returned with the other ballots; provided, however, that two or more impressions of the voting stamp in one voting square, or a cross (X) made partly within and partly without a voting square or space shall not make such ballot void. Any name written upon a ballot shall be counted for the office under which it is written, provided it is written in the "blank column." 2. If a voter marks more names than there are persons to be elected to an office, or if, for any reason, it is impossible to determine the voter's choice for any office to be filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office. cross in and circle. 3. If a voter stamps in a circle at the head of one of the party Effect of a columns, and also stamps in the voting square after the name of both votany candidate in the same or any other column, or writes the ing square name of a person for such office in the blank column, such act does not invalidate his ballot, but his vote must be counted for the candidate opposite whose name the cross is made, or for the person whose name is so written in the blank column, and as to all other officers, the ballot must be counted as a straight party vote for the candidates for the offices under the circle stamped; where, however, there are two or more persons to be elected to the same office, and the voter places a cross opposite the name of a candidate not in the party column beneath the circle so stamped, or writes a name in the blank column for such office, then the ballot cannot be counted for the candidates Distinguishing marks. Names more than once on ticket. for such office designated in the voter's party column, except in favor of those opposite whose names he also stamps a cross. 4. No mark upon a ballot which is unauthorized by this act shall be held to invalidate such ballot, unless it shall appear that such mark was placed thereon by the voter for the purpose of identifying such ballot. 5. If the name of the same person is printed more than once on a ballot as a candidate for the same office, the placing of a cross opposite such name in more than one of the different places where it is so printed must not be regarded as putting a distinguishing mark on the ballot, and must be counted only as one vote for such person. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1st, 1903. Term of office of appointees to fill vacancies. CHAPTER CXXXV. An act to add a new section to the Political Code to be numbered one thousand and three a, relating to terms of office. [Approved March 15, 1903.] The people of the State of California, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. A new section is hereby added to the Political Code to be numbered one thousand and three a, to read as follows: 1003a. Except in the instances otherwise provided in the constitution, whenever a person has been or shall be appointed by the governor, or by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to fill a vacancy in any office, or to fill an office when the appointment is not made until after the expiration of the preceding term, the appointee holds office only for the balance of the unexpired term as provided by the law creating the office. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. |