. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . tes voted for at the last primary in your home ? CHAPTER IV ELECTIONS Voting by Ballot. — With us elections are car-ried on entirely by ballot; that is, by a votewritten or printed upon a slip or sheet of ballot may be simply a party ballot; thatis, the names of the candidates of one party onlymay appear on it. This is the older method,which is still used in a few states. Under thismethod, if one desires to vote for a man whosename is not on the party ticket, he will scratchout the name of the regular nominee and writethe name of
. The essential facts of Oklahoma history and civics . tes voted for at the last primary in your home ? CHAPTER IV ELECTIONS Voting by Ballot. — With us elections are car-ried on entirely by ballot; that is, by a votewritten or printed upon a slip or sheet of ballot may be simply a party ballot; thatis, the names of the candidates of one party onlymay appear on it. This is the older method,which is still used in a few states. Under thismethod, if one desires to vote for a man whosename is not on the party ticket, he will scratchout the name of the regular nominee and writethe name of the man whom he desires to beelected. This is called scratching,^ or thevoting of a split ticket. The Australian Ballot. — In most states theso-called Australian ballot has been is a ballot on which the candidates of allparties are named, either alphabetically, or ar-ranged in separate columns according to the latter case, any one voting for all the can-didates of one party will make a cross at the head 16 ELECTIONS 17. 18 CIVIL GOVERNMENT of that party column. But if he desires to spHthis ticket, he puts a cross next to the name of eachcandidate for whom he wishes to vote. Voting Machines. — The American people areso practical in labor-saving devices that votingmachines have been invented, which are alreadyin use in many states. These machines save thetrouble of marking a ballot, and they also countand register the number of votes cast for everycandidate. The machine shows these numbersat any time, so that the tedious work of countingballots is saved. The results are also absolutelyaccurate. It is important, before voting, to knowexactly how to use the machine. If one does notuse it right, his vote will be lost, as it will also beif he does not mark his ballot correctly. Therewill always be some one present at the electionto explain the proper use of the ballot or thevoting machine. Split Tickets. — It is very important that oneshould learn
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