The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-08-18

man, Ed. Lake, J. b. Suber. GlYmphYiile
Joel B. Heller, W. A. Hentz, A. 7. Y,
Glymph.
BY order of the Executive Committee.
NJ. A. CARLISLE, Chairman.
l. ..SIEKINs, Secretary.
Candidates are requested to- fol ward their
letters ut acceptance and pledge 20 either
the Chairman or ;hc Scclc ctary Of the EXccu-
tive Committee, by Monday, ihc % inst.
The following arc the rIcs ami rcg Ilations
snrcl ling the Primaries:
|. On the 26:'i day OF 'An,;u>t, 1890, there
shall be held at each voting Prec inct as now
established by law in Ncwberry County a
Primary Election for tie nomination Of per-
sons for the several Offices 10 be filed.
II The polls shall be opened at o'clock,
A. NJ. and kept open, without intermiSSion,
until p. t., when they shall be closed. :
III. At ~,tch election Precinct there shall
be three (3) Managers OF Election, to be ap-
pointed by the County Executive Committee
any vacancy % be filed bv the Manager or
Managers present.
". The Managers of each Precinct shall
furnish bai,of box with 4 separate depart
ment for each Office TO be filled; for the Sc
cure keeping Of which they shall he respon-
sible
V. At the opening of the polls the ballot
boxes shall be cmptied OF al contents, and
exhibited thus emptied % any persons in at
tendance upon the polls. 'fhe boxes shall
then be closed and sealed, and shall so re-
main until the polls are closed.
VI. The Managers shall keep a pol-list
and tally-list, and for this purpose shall ap-
point~a Clerk,
VIZ uere shall be separate ballots for
each Office to be nominated for, and no ballot
shall! be count ID unless it contains the name
of candidates who have been nomina; ID and
accepted, and 10 case for Represent. in
the Legislature and County Commissioners
each ba:lo. shall have three (3) names Of can
didateS as above, and each ballot shall have
written or princeton it what Office it is for.
VIZ. At such Primary Election, all per
SINS eligible to vote at the next election of
County officers shall be allowed to vote who
can satisfy the Managers by the vouching of
known Democrats, or otherwise, that they
are Democrats and mat they propose TO vote
in good faith: provided that no person who
has heretofore voted Republican ticket
shall be allowed 70 vote, unless he voted the
Democratic ticket at toe last general election.
TX For the purpose of earring out the re-
quirements of Section Viii, the Mana gers,
or any one of them, or any bystsnder, shall
be autho. zed to challenge any voter and put
any question 10 nina which they or he may
deem relevant to the object in view, and the
Managers shall determine his right TO vote
by his answer or other proof, and may ac-
ceDt or reject the vote thus offered.
Y. On tue close of the polls the Managers
shall proceed Immediately and continuously
to count the votes. When the votes snei II
have been counted the Managers shall make
out, in duplicate, returns showing the num-
Der votes cast by each person voted for. the
Office Of which he is voted for. and the total
number OF votes cast; and shall deposit one
Of the returns in the ballot box with the
votes. and file the other As one Of the re-
cords Of the Township. The returns shall
be signed by all managers, who shall like
wise certify to the correctness OF the same
X. The ballot box containing the ballots,
the poll-liSt and the certified return OF the
Managers, together with any other papers
they may deem proper TO include, shall, on
Monday following a,tcr such election be
forwarded, securely closed and sealed, to
the Secretaly y OF the County Executive Com
mittce at Eewberry Court House For the
purpose Of this forwarding the Managers, Or
any OF them, shall act as messenger.
XII. The Executive Committee shall meet
on Tuesday following the election, and the
Secretary, having IN lis presence, OpeneO
the boxes and tabulateI the returns, shall
publish the aggregate in the presence OF tho
Committee in open session.
Mi. Ii any person shall receive a ma:
jority of all the votes cast for the office for
which he is candidate, he shall be declared
TO be the Democratic Nominee for such
Office. Bnt if forany office it be found that
no candidate has received a majority Of all
the votes cast at the Primary Election for
such Office, then the County Executive Com
mittce shall fc ,thwith order secolr,i Pri.
lar 5Nr, +N hn lNaI, ny,f q
september next following. The second
Primary Election to be held and the re-
turns made Us at the first. and the re-
suit declared by the EXectiVe Committee
as in the first election.
XIV. AT such second Primary Fl ction
only the TWO candidates receiving the high
est number Of votes for each separate office
at the former election shall be voted tor un-
less there should be & tie of the second
highest, in which case the parties so tlelnS
may De voted for and the votes counted for
them as well as the votes cast for the one
having received the hjghestnunber at the
first election. Provided that in the cases
where more thar one person is to be Sc
lected tor the same Office, the Executive
Committee shall select, according to the
number OF votes previously received. tw2ce
as many persons as there are Official posi-
tions to be filed. All votes for other parties
shall be considered as scattering, anu not
be counted.
XIV. The persons receiving the n1SnesL
number OF votes at this second election
shall be eligible to election at the Primary
Election who shall not pledge himself III
writing beforehand to the Chairman OF the
Executive Committee to abide by the result
Of the election.
XVII. 1t shall be the duty ofthe Executive
Committee to hear and determine all pro-
tested and contested primary election
cases and notice OF protest or contest must
be filed with the Chairman before the elec-
ton is delared; and the grounds of protest
or contest III cases to be contested must be
submitted the same day to the Committee,
which must then be in session to hear and
determine all such cases.
XEIII. All persons voting at Primary
Elections shall be required to affirm on hon
or that they have not voted before during
the day at the other Election Precinct, and
are not voting more than one ballot for each
Office to be nominated.
XIX. The candidates for the offices OF
Treasurer and Auditor shall be voted for at
the Primary Election, and the Governor be
reuueStel to aDOOint in accordance Win the