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or offered to be voted for, by the
party challenged. Tho matter shall
then be decided by the County
Executive Committee, whose dccis-
ion shall be final
ii. On the close of the polls the
managers shall proceed, immediate.
ly and continuously, to count the
votes, in the same manner and under
the same regulations as arc pre-
scribed by law for general elections.
Is. When the votes shall have
been all counted, the managers shall
make out, in duplicate, returns
showing the number of votes cast
for each person voted for, tho Office
for which he is voted for, and the
total number of votes cast. One of
these returns shall be deposited in
the ballot-box, 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 the same.
l6. The ballot-box, containing
the ballots, the poll~lis 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 tho secretary of the
County Executive Committee For
the purpose of this forwarding the
President shall select and appoint
some discreet and otherwise suita~
BILE person to act rs messenger.
II. On tho Tuesday next follow
ing the day on which the primary
election is held, the County Exccu
tive Committee shall meet at
Winnsboro, at ~ 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 the Committee. The
Committee shall then cause to bo
aggregated the total vote of all the
clubs and the vote for each candi-
date. They shall, without debate,
determine all appeals; and shall
add or deduct all tho votes allowed
or disnllowed, as the caso may be.
The final result shall then be
summed up and declared.
18. If any person shall have re-
ceived majority Of all the votes
cast for the Office for which he is
candidate, he shall bo declared to be
the nominee of the Democratic
party for such Office. This declara~
tion shall be communicated to the
president Of each township club, and
shall be likewise published in some
newspaper issued at the county
scat.
10. If for any Office it be found
that no candidate has received n
majority of all the votes cast at the
primary election, for snch Office, the
County Executive Committee shall
forthwith communicate the result
to the several township clubs, and,
In like manner as hereinbefore pre-
scribod, order n second primary
election to be hold on the Saturday
next succeeding the meeting of the
Committee. This second election
shall be held under the same regu-
lations as the first.
20. At such second primary cleo
ton, only tho two candidates re-.
ceiving tho highest number of votes
at the former election shall be voted
for: Provided, That in the cases
whero more than one person are to
be SOLICITED for the samo office, the
Executive Committee shall select,
according to the number of votes
previously received, twice as many
persons as many persons rs there
are official positions to DO filled.
21. At such second primary cleo
ton, the two or more candidates thus
announced shall be voted for, all votes
for other parties being considered
rs scattering and not counted. The
returns of this election shall be
made in tho Same manner as is
hereinbefore prescribed for the
first.
%. Should there be no choice at
the second election, the County
Executive Committee shall select the
nominee from the two or more can
didates voted for in the clubs.
%. The persons receiving the
majority Of votes at this second
election, or chosen by the Executive
Committee, shall be the nominees of
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