Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-08-23
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T. u. II EELInEE, Sec-,ia-g.

=. IS. WHARTON, Chairman.
L. u. II kELInEE, Secretary
The following staies the Offices TO be Sled
''.is fall. and presents TO the reader the man
rer and rys;en, under which the primary
elections were held last August, with the date
changed 70 ,uit this year
The qualified members Of the Republican
parry o. Junaia county are requested to
meet ~ the usual places Of holding elections
IL the respective districts. on
Saturday. September ,, 1871,
al , click N aui after elecIing judgc
and clerk pro i,.4 Ian election shall be- held
tor Juig" and clerk. which shall remain open
for fhi.t1 minutes. after Whirh tho ballots
shall be counted. and fhe parties haviug the
hghsst number 'f vltes shall be declared
respectively 'he judge and clerk" and the
judge and clerk thus elected shall proceed to
bold re election agl receive The votes by
ballot for the nomination Of
Cue person. IN conjunction with Cumher-
land and Perry counrie>. fer President Judge,
Two persons for Associate Judges.
One pcIsyu tor member Of the general As
ssnbly.
oas pcr-on for County Commissioner,
One person for County Surveyor,
One person for County Auditor.
The polls 10 remain open until Z o'clock, after
which the votes shall he publicly counted,
and all the papers taken possession of by the
Return Judge who shall meet in Joint Con
ycn,ion at the Court House. in the borough
Of Mifiiintown. on
Monday. September 1, 1871,
at o clock P. NJ, TO return and add up all
the votes 30 po.led in the county. and the
person having received the highest number
Of votes for a particular Office TO be declared
the nominee for that office.
The following is the system under
which the Primary Election will be con-
Quoted
Fra. The candidates for the several
offices shall have their names announced
in one or more of the county papers at
least four weeks previous to the primary
meetings stating The office, and subject
to the action of the said primary meet
ing.
Second. The roters respoading to Re-
pD5licaR principles in each town, ward.
or borough shall meet on Saturday, Sep
tembcr ,, 1871, at the usual place of
holding the spring election. at = o'clock
p. NJ, and proceed to elect one person
for Judge and two persons for clerks,
who shall form a board to receive votes
and determine who are proper persons to
vote, and shall hold the polls open until
Up NJ. After the polls are opened the
be balloted for; the name of each per,
son voting shall be written on a list
at the time of voting, no person being
allowed to vote more than once for each
Office
Third After the polls are closed the
board shall proceed 10 count the votes that
each candidate received, and make out
the returns accordingly. to be certified
to by the Judge and attested by the
clerks.
F9urh The Judge Tor one of the
clerks appointed by the judge) of the
respective election district, shall meet at
the Court house, in Mifllintown, Mon
day following the primary meetings. at
O'Clock 7. NJ, having the returns and
a list of the voters, and count the votes,
and the person having the highest mum,
Der of votes for any office shall be de-
clared the regular nominee of the Repub-
lican party.
FIFTH. Any two or more persons hav-
har af Tor h.
office. the Judges shall proceed to ballot
for its choice, the persons having the
highest number to be the nominee.
.St.rh. The return judges shall be CON-
petent to reject, by majority, the re-
turns from any election district, where
there is evidence of fraud, either in the
returns, or otherwise, to the cztent Of the
trauds committed
.Secenth. No person shall be permitted
to vote proxies.
The following was suggested by the
County Committee on the 18th of Tune,
1870, and re-suggested on last Saturday,
the 22nd inst:
"Rcsolyed, That on the day of hold
ing the primary election, after the choice
of a Judge and clerk, pro tenn. by the
Republicans present, an election shall be
held for judge and clerk, which shall re-
main open for thirty minutes. after which
the ballots shall be counted, and the
parties having the highest number of
votes shall be declared respectively the
Judge and clerk, and after the election is
held, the same to receive the votes for
candidates. certify the same to the Coun-