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Charter and Revised Ordinances of Lake City Florida (1912) Gillen & Hodges
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Charter oj the City oj Lake City
Sec. 25. Each elector upon entering the polling
place shall be given one ballot by the inspectors.
Before delivering the ballot to the elector, at least
one of the inspectors shall write in his own hand
his initials or name on the stub attached to the bal­
lot. On receiving the ballot, the elector shall forth­
with and without leaving the polling place, retire
alone to one of the booths or compartments provi­
ded for that purpose, and there prepare his ballot
by marking with pen and ink or pencil, in the
appropriate margin or place, a cross mark (X) be­
fore the name of the candidate of his choice for each
office to be filled, or by filling in the name of the
candidate of his choice in the blank space provided
therefor, and marking the cross mark (X) in the
appropriate margin.

Sec. 26. Any elector applying to vote who by
reason of blindness or the loss of the use of
his hand or hands is unable to prepare his ballot,
may have the assistanceof the inspectors in thepre-
paration of his ballot, who shall retire to a booth
or compartment with the elector and there pre­
pare the elector’s ballot, so as to indicate the
elector’s declare choice of candidates as to each
office to be filled, without suggestion or inter­
ference from inspectors. But in all cases any elect­
or before retiring to the booth as provided in this
section may have the clerk of the election to
read over to him the titles of the offices to be filled
and the candidates therefor.

Sec. 27. Before any elector applying for as­
sistance in the preparation of his ballot,as provided
for in Section 26, shall be required or permitted to
declare his choice of candidates, all electors, in­
cluding those in the booths or compartments,

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