ELECTIONS AND INFORMAL VOTING.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 October 1911, Page 3

ELECTIONS AND INFORMAL VOTING.

To the Editor. Sir, - -In view ill' ilie General Elections ji'boiifc to take place, ami tlio byo-olection til Levin bore on odnesdav Inst, wlmro ilirci l informal votes' -won- rccordcd. it behoves the eloftofs to ' c:: iv' 'il !i:ivv they rector tlK'ir 1 cannot lor tlio lit, of tno understand how threo persons voted informally hero oil 'Wednesday on such a simple matter as to have the names of three candidates placed in front, of' iJiom and t.i'i-v had to <(•!(•;•{ i vo of them for <(i!o r.ir matter). In my opinion f><<* liosi- iilf!! i.-: lor mo to 101 l the electors tlio siinp!ost loual way; all von liavo io ivmemlior is that, in iihe papers yon scratch tlio member vo-n vote against, : nl in the lioi you do the sa.ae: the iteUl von vote against is scratched oft. fn n district whore there i.s n prolialiili y of a sec-md ballot, every roio i'- importa id. some! inios when candif'; 1 ios aro chr-e In one another, it -would 1).,' a oity to see informal votes, when p'nhay-s there were intend e'l to be cast for one of such candidates. Of course, an ('lootor who is. wo will ■'••ay. very >h'u-t-si'.ihtod, or cannot road, lias foil privileges to ask the 1"-.-iliming ofliiin the booth, to help him throng-It .Tiiy difficulty ; and tl o elector can rest assured tliat any communication between liim or bor and tbe Returning Officer is a secret; tbe Upturning Officer he- | in'i pi .need under a very severe T>en- ; ally ii" be were to divulge Anything I that occurred. T hovo that wo will have no "Informal Votes" en election day, and that each elector will make it his, or her, business to be accurate in easting their rotes. ours, etc.. P R KOI KE.

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