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FROM THE VIRGINIA
ELECTION LANS PERTAINING TO THE
NOV. 4th GENERAL ELECTION: 10. Write-in Vote* It shall be lawful for any voter to place on the official ballot the name of any person in his own handwriting for any office for which he may desire to vote and mark the same by a check (V) or cross (X or +) mark or a line (—) immediately preceding the name inserted. However, the failure of the voter to draw a block in front of the name^mserted on the ballpt. \yill pot void, the: JjaJlot It is not nec^Src:
s ifiark ordme-be*^ /’ ,>f enclosed in a square. Section 24-252.
WRITE-IN BILL CLARKE
FOR YOUR DELEGATE!
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