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on honor, that I will faithfully
perform all the duties incident to-
my position Us manager Of primary
election"
7. The County Executive Conn.,
nlittee shall furnish each township
club with q suitable ballot-box, with
lock, for the safe keeping Of which
the president Of the club shall be
responsible.
8. Within ten days before the day
fixed for the primary election, the
secretary of each local club shall
begin the preparation of an alpha~
betical list OF all tho enrolled menu
bers of the club; and three days
before sTch primary election he
shall complete and close such list
and deliver the same to one of the
duly chosen managers Of primary
election:
8. On the opening Of the polls
the ballot-boxes shall be emptied Of
all contents, and exhibited, thus
en.ptied, to those persons in attend.
ance upon the polls. The boxes
shall then be closed and locked, and
shall SO remain until the polls are
closed.
10. The managers shall keep q
poll list and tally list, and for this
purpose may choose a clerk from
among their number:
II. Tho ballots used shall be
either printed or written, and shall
contain tho names of tho persons
voted for, and tho different Offices,
in the same manner as is prescribed
by lazy in the case of State and
county elections.
II. Before being permitted to
cast q vote, each person shall take
in good faith the following pledge {:
81 solemnly affirm that I am a duly
enrolled member Of this Dem ocrntic
club, that [ have not voted at this
election, and that I will abide by
and sustain all nomiEGtions made
by the Democratic party, whether
for Federal, State or county officers. |"
A refusal to take this pledge OF any
part Of tho same shall DO good
ground of challenge and rejection,
l3. When, for any cause, a voter
shall be challenged, the managers
may accept or reject the vote thus
offered. In either case it shall be
the duty Of the managers to have
entered On their poll list state-
ment Of the circumstances and of
their action therein and also the
names of the candidates voted for.
or offered to be voted for, by the
party challenged. The matter shall
then be dpcided by tho County
Executive Committee, whose decIs-
ion shall be final
Il. On the close of the polls the
managers shall proceed, Immediate, i,
ly and continuously, to count the
votes, in tho same manner and
under the same regulations rs are
prescribed by law for general elec-
tions.
Is. When the votes shall have
been counted, the managers shall
make out, in duplicate, returns,
showing the number of votes cast
for each person voted for, the Office
for which he is voted for, and the
total number of votes cast. Ono of
these returns shall be deposited in
the ballot~b and the other shall
be delivered to the secretary Of the
club, to be by HIM filed with the
records of the club. The returns
shall be signed by all the managers,
who shall likewise certify to the
correctness of tho same.
1G. The ballot box, containing
the ballots, tho poll list and the
certified return of the managers
together with any other papers they
may deem proper to include-shall
be forthwith forwarded, securely
locked, to the secretary of tho
County Executive Committee. For
the purpose of this forwarding tho
president shall select and appoint
some discreet and otherwise suitable
person to act rs messenger.
II. On the Tuesday next follow
ing the day on which the primary
election is held, the County Execu~
tive Committee shall meet at
Winnsboro, at IL o'clock M. The
secretary shall produce the certified
returns from the different clubs,
and shall open and publish the same
in the presence of tho Committee.
The Committee shall then cause to
be aggregated the total vote of all
the clubs and the vote for each
cnnlilata They shnll uithort