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Voting Instructions

The following is the procedure for voting today on the
machines:

1. Push down officer's lever on right side of machine.
(This will be done by pole watcher, if in attendance.)

2. Pull the red handle of the curtain lever (lower left side
of the machine) from the left to right as far as it will go and
leave it there. (This will close the curtain around you and
unlock the machine for voting.

3. On the ballot shown at the right you will find the title
of office and the names of the candidates and questions. Turn
down the pointer at the right of the candidates and questions
you wish to vote for until an (X) mark appears adjacent to
each candidate's name and question for whom you intend to
vote, and leave the (X) mark showing.

4. To correct a mistake: Turn back the lever voted in error
and turn down another in its place.

5. To cast a write-in vote, push the silver button at the top
left of the machine and pull back the metal cover marked No.
1. Write candidates name on paper and proceed to mark
remaining choices as above.

6. Leave the pointers down in their voting position and
the metal sliding door open if casting a write-in vote, pull the
red handle of the curtain lever to the left as far as it will go
and leave it there (this will register your vote and return the
pointers to their first position, after which the curtain will
open.