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icate of their election. The successful candidates are notified and later installed into office. AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION. Amendments to the Constitution are handled in the same way as an election. The ballot contains the amendment proposed with "Yes" or "No" printed at the side. The party voting crosses out one of these words, puts the ballot in the blank envelope and returns it as in an election. VOTING BY MAIL. Voting by mail is often a great convenience. The world is becoming more democratic and the right to vote for representation is now arranged so that all eligible citizens of the United States, twenty-one and over, may have a part in governing his or her country. If a voter is out of the state or county and holds his residence in the same place as when he voted last--or calls home--he or she can vote by mail. He must first register, which is also done by mail. A printed ballot with return envelope is sent to him. The ballot is marked by placing a cross opposite the name of the candidate voted for, then put in a blank envelope, sealed and enclosed in an envelope addressed to the secretary or clerk of the county or chairman of the tellers. This envelope must be signed by the one voting. The blank envelope containing the ballot is opened and the ballot deposited in the ballot box. The one voting must take an oath before a notary public that he or she is eligible. ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. When the voters go to the polls on election day to vote for President and Vice President every four years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November they really cast their ballots for the electors who were nominated at the state convention. The names of the state electors of each party are printed on the ballots under the party name. The ones receiving the most votes are elected, and are morally bound to vote for the candidate of the party that elected them. The campaign continues until the election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The electors elected in November meet at their state capital in January and vote for President and Vice President. The result of this vote is dispatched at once to the President of the Senate at Washington, D. C. The electors of the different states meet at Washington on the morning of the second Monday in January after their election, and give their vote at or after twelve o'clock according to law. On the sec
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