Columbia Voting ordinance (Charter § 134)

Ordinances submitted to the voters in accordance with the initiative referendum provisions of this charter shall be submitted by ballot title, which shall be prepared by the city counselor. The ballot title shall be a clear, concise statement, without argument or prejudice, descriptive of the substance of such ordinance. The ballot used in voting upon any ordinance, if a paper ballot, shall have below the ballot title the following: "For the Ordinance" and "Against the Ordinance." Immediately at the left of each proposition there shall be a square in which by making a cross (X) the voter may vote for or against the ordinance. Any number of ordinances may be voted on at the same election and may be submitted on the same ballot, but any paper used for voting on ordinances shall be for that purpose only.