Ballots, who to prepare, etc. Proviso, instruction ballots. County chairman to certify number of delegates. missioners, SEC. 19. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county in this State to prepare and furnish the necessary official primary election ballots except for city offices which may be required for use at the August primary. Such ballots shall contain the instructions as to the method of voting. Ballots other than those furnished by the board of election commissioners, according to the provisions of this act, shall not be used, cast or counted in any election precinct, at any such primary election. The size of all official ballots shall be such as the board of election commissioners shall prescribe. It shall not be lawful for the printer of such ballots or any other person to give, or deliver to, or knowingly permit to be taken, any of said ballots by any person other than the board of election commissioners for which such ballots are being printed, or to print or cause or permit to be printed any ballots in any other form than the one prescribed by this act, or with any other name thereon, or with the names misspelled, or the names or devices thereon arranged in any other way than that authorized and directed by the said board of election commissioners: Provided, That it shall and may be lawful for the chairmen of committees, and candidates named on the official ballot to procure any number of facsimiles of the ticket to be printed on yellow paper and to circulate the same for the purpose of the instruction of voters; and said colored ballot to have printed at the head the words, "Instruction Primary Ballot." SEC. 21. The chairman of the county committee of each political party shall certify to the board of election commissioners at least twenty-five days before the holding of such primary election, the number of delegates to which each election district of said county will be entitled at the county convention of said political party to be held in said county in said year for the purpose of electing delegates to a State convention called for the purpose of nominating party candiElection com- dates for State offices. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of any city having a population of duty of. seventy thousand or more, or of any city having a population of less than seventy thousand, in which the voters have adopted the provisions of this act, to prepare the necessary election ballots for use of the registered and qualified voters. of such city. The said city board of election commissioners shall be governed by the same rules as are prescribed for the preparation of ballots by the board of election commissioners of the county. The ballots so prepared by the board of election commissioners of any city shall be separate from any other ballot. Ballots, number of. SEC. 22. The number of ballots to be printed for use at any primary election in any election precinct shall be at least twenty-five per centum more than the total number of votes cast therein at the last preceding election for Secretary of State. The official primary election ballots shall be on file at the office of the county clerk, or city clerk, as the case may be, for public inspection at least three days prior to distribution for use at the primary election. SEC. 24. The official primary election ballot shall be pre- How prepared. pared in the following manner: There shall be printed at the top, and to the right of the ballot in large type, the words "Official Primary Election Ballot." Underneath shall be printed the date of the election at which the ballot is to be used, followed, when necessary, by the designation of the political subdivision, as county, district, city, ward, etc. At the top and to the left of the ballot shall be printed the instructions. to voters. Then shall follow the names of the political parties, each at the head of a separate column and directly under such name a circle one-half inch in diameter. The party having the greatest number of votes within the State at the last preceding general election as shown by the votes cast thereat for Secretary of State shall be placed first on the ballot, the position of the other tickets to be governed relatively by the same rule. Under such heading shall appear the names of the candidates seeking nomination in that particular party. The order of the offices on the ballot shall be the same, as far as may be, as is required by law in making up the ballot for a general election. The title of the office shall be immediately above the name of the candidate or candidates for such office, and under such title the words "VOTE FOR," followed by the word, "one," "two" or a word designating the number of candidates under that head to be voted for. The names of the different candidates shall be separated from each other by a light faced rule, with a square at the left of the names, and the spaces devoted to the several offices shall be separated by a black faced rule so as to separate each office division clearly. The names under heading designating each official position where there are more names than there are persons to be nominated for that office shall be alternated on the ticket of each party casting at least ten per centum of the votes cast in the county or political subdivision at the preceding November election for the office of Secretary of State and printed in the following manner: First. The forms shall be set up with the names of such Names, candidates arranged alphabetically, in order according to alternating of. surnames. In printing each set of tickets for the several election precincts, the position of the names shall be changed in each office division, as many times as there are candidates in the office division in which there are the most names. As nearly as possible an equal number of tickets shall be printed after each change. In making the changes of position, the printers shall take the line of type at the head of each office division and place it at the bottom of the division, and shove up the column so that the name that before was second shall be first after the change. After the ballots are printed, and before being trimmed, they shall be kept in separate piles, the one pile for each change in position, and shall then be piled by taking one from each pile and placing it upon the pile to be trimmed, the intention being that every alternate ballot in such pile shall have the names in a different position. After the pile is made in this manner, the ballots shall be numbered consecutively on the upper right hand corner upon the front of the ballot, with a perforated line across said corner, underneath the same number, so that the corner with the number can be torn off. After the ballot [ballots] shall be trimmed and done up in seal [sealed] packages and distributed for use at the primary election the same as is required by law for the distribution of ballots at the general election. The ballots shall be preForm of ballot. pared in substantially the following form: IMPORTANT-DO NOT VOTE FOR ANY CANDIDATE NOT IN YOUR PARTY COLUMN. United States Senator United States Senator United States Senator United States Senator United States Senator Vote for one Vote for one [ ] JOHN DOE [] JOHN DOE [] JOHN DOE [] JOHN DOE Vote for one [] JOHN DOE [] RICHARD ROE[] RICHARD ROE [ ] RICHARD ROF [ ] RICHARD ROF[ ] RICHARD ROE [] RICHARD ROF[ ] RICHARD ROE [ ] RICHARD ROE [ ] RICHARD ROE [ ] RICHARD ROE [ ] RICHARD ROE [] JAMES POE [] RICHARD ROF[ ] RICHARD ROE [ ] RICHARD ROE [ ] RICHARD ROE [ ] RICHARD ROE [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]· Signatures re tain officers. SEC. 25. To obtain the printing of the name of any candiquired for cer- date of any political party for United States Senator or for Governor or Lieutenant Governor under the particular party heading upon the official ballots for any primary election held in this State, pursuant to the provisions of this act, there shall be filed with the Secretary of State nomination petitions, signed by a number of registered and qualified voters residing in this State, equal to not less than two per centum nor more than four per centum of the number of votes that such party cast for Secretary of State at the last preceding November election. District officers. Proviso. County] officers. SEC. 26. To obtain the printing of the name of any candidate of any political party for any district office under the particular party heading upon the primary election ballots in the various voting precincts of the district when such district is comprised of one county or less, there shall be filed with the county clerk of such county, nomination petitions, signed by a number of registered and qualified voters equal to not less than two per centum nor more than four per centum of the number of votes that said party cast therein for Secretary of State at the last preceding November election and in the case of a district office, in a district comprising more than one county, to obtain the printing of the name of any candidate of any political party under the particular party heading upon the primary election ballots in the various voting precincts of said district, there shall be filed with the Secretary of State, nomination petitions, signed by a number of the registered and qualified voters residing in such district equal to not less than two per centum nor more than four per centum of the number of votes that the party cast therein for Secretary of State at the last preceding November election: Provided, That when there are two or more candidates for representative in the State Legislature to be nominated by each political party in a single representative district, to obtain the printing of the name of any candidate of any political party under the particular party heading upon the primary election ballots in the various voting precincts of such district, there shall be filed, with the county clerk of the county of which such district forms a part, nomination petitions signed by a number of registered and qualified voters residing in such district, equal to not less than one per centum nor more than four per centum of the number of votes that the party cast in such district for Secretary of State at the last preceding November election, divided by the number of representatives to which such district is entitled in the State Legislature. SEC. 27. To obtain the printing of the name of any candidate of any political party for a county office under the particular party heading upon the official primary election ballots in the various voting precincts of a county, there shall be filed with the county clerk of said county nomination peti |