This
Constitution shall be submitted for adoption or rejection, to a vote of the electors
qualified by the laws of this territory to vote at all elections, at an election to be
held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A.D. 1889. Said election
shall be conducted in all respects in the same manner as provided by the laws of the
territory for general election, and the returns thereof shall be made and canvassed in
the same manner and by the same authority as provided in cases of such general
elections, and abstracts of such returns duly certified shall be transmitted to the
board of canvassers now provided by law for canvassing the returns of votes for
delegate in congress. The said canvassing board shall canvass the votes so returned,
and certify and declare the result of said election in the same manner, as is required
by law for the election of said delegate.
At the said election the ballots shall be in the following form: For the
Constitution: Yes. No.
And as a heading to each of said ballots shall be printed on each ballot, the
following instructions to voters:
All persons who desire to vote for the Constitution, or any of the articles
submitted to a separate vote, may erase the word “no.”
All persons who desire to vote against the Constitution, or against any
article submitted separately may erase the word “yes.”
Any person may have printed or written on his ballot only the words, “For
the Constitution,” or “Against the Constitution,” and such ballots shall be counted
for or against the Constitution accordingly.