KENTUCKY ELECTION LAWS.



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publication herein provided for shall be paid as are the expenses
of other publications which the Secretary of State is required to
make in connection with elections.] (IWords in brackets added
to this section by act of May 12, 1897.)
   1460. Ballots-form of-duty of county clerks-effect of
X mark under device and opposite name of candidate. The
county clerks of the several counties shall cause the names of
all candidates of their respective jurisdictions, where nomina-
tions for any office specified in the ballot have been duly made
and not withdrawn, in accordance herewith, to be printed on
one ballot all nominations of any party or group of petitioners,
as designated by them in their certificate or petition; or if none
be designated, under some suitable title and device. If the
same device for designating candidates be selected by two par-
ties or group of petitioners it shall be given to the one which
first selected it, and the clerk shall select a suitable device for
the other. The arrangement of the ballot shall in general
conform, as nearly as practicable, to the plan hereinafter
given, and the devices named and lists of the candidates of the
various parties shall be printed in parallel columns, in such
order as the Secretary of State may direct, precedence, how-
ever, being given to the party which polled the higher num-
ber of votes for the head of the ticket in the last preceding
election. The device of each party shall be placed at the
head of the list of candidates of the party. The device shall
not be enclosed in a square, but immediately under the device
shall be placed a circle of one inch in diameter. Immediately
under it shall be placed the name or title of the party ticket,
and immediately under the name or title the list of candidates
of the party, the name of each candidate having immediately
on its right a small square large enough to contain the cross-
mark by which the voter is required to designate- his vote.
Underneath the name of each candidate shall be left a blank
space large enough to contain a written name, and the general
arrangement shall conform as nearly as possible to the fol-
lowing: