State ex rel. Hopkins v. Pettijohn

Citations

• 107 Kan. 447
• 194 P. 328
• 1920 Kan. LEXIS 94

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Elections — Fomn of Official Ballot — How Presidential Electors are to Be Chosen. The names of party candidates for presidential electors on the official ballot should not be followed by squares, the statute • providing that they may be, voted for collectively by placing a cross in the square opposite the names of the nominees of the party for president and vice president, and that “no other space or margin shall be left in any such group of candidates.” The fact that the sample ballot which accompanies the text shows squares opposite the individual names does not control, because the form there given, being illustrative and explanatory, must in case of conflict yield to the language of the statute. One who prefers not to vote for any group as • a whole may write in the blanks provided for the purpose the names of such persons as he may see fit, whether or not they are included in any of the groups, and complete the act of voting for them by placing crosses in the corresponding squares.</p> <p>2. Same — Official Ballot — Names of Presidential Electors Need Not Be Rotated Thereon. The names of the candidates of a political party for presidential electors as printed upon the official ballot do not require to be rotated.</p> <p>3. Same — Official Ballot — Names of Candidates for Congress Follow Names of Candidates for State Offices. The names of candidates for congressmen should be printed upon the official ballot following those of candidates for state offices.</p>