trial pursuits.[1] It may help to reconcile some to the rule which gives them an effectual voice in the election of no more than one member, if they know that in the United States no vote can be given for more than one member of the Honse of Eepresentatives.
The law regulating the form of voting may be thus expressed:—
XIV. Every vote shall be given on a document setting forth the name of the candidate for whom it is given; and if the vote be intended, in the events provided for by this Act, to be transferred to any other candidate or candidates, then the names of such other candidate or candidates must be added in numerical order, viz.:—
County, Division, of the County, City, or Borough of ———————————
The bearer of this voting paper records his vote for the candidate named first in the subjoined list, or in the events provided for by Statute for the other candidates successively, in their numerical order, viz.:—
| 1 | 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 9 | |||
| 5 | 10 |
In the first, or if the elector approves of more than one candidate, then in the succeeding blank spaces opposite the several numbers on a form similar to the above the elector
- ↑ Article in the Journal des Débats, Feb. 18th, 1870.
