The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-08-25

Township NO, ,0-LOnGSnOfe S-N. =. dlSS-
gins, P. C. Smith, D. S. Johnson.
Township No. 7-WiIl;ams'-J. q. VIII
liams, &c. Simkins, F. A. league. ;
Township No. g. Dead Fall-John c. Cog
gans, Thos H. Adams, Thos. Blair.
Township No. 9-Prosperity-P. W.
Counts, E. +. C. Hunter. C. w. WEIGH.
Township No. 1O-Jolly Street,. D. A.
Kiber, J. I. P. Crosson. J. c. Neel.
Township No. 11-Pomaria-J; D. Weda-
man, E. J. Lake, J. B. Suber. G!Ymphvillc
Joel B. Heller, w. A. Heutz, A. 7. W.
Glymph.
By order Of the Executive Committee.
II. a. CARLISLE, Chairman.
L W. S1MK1Ss. Secretary.
Candidates are requested to forward their
letters Of acceptance and pledge to either
the Chairman or the Secretary of the Execu-
tive Committee, by Monday, the 23d inst.
The following are the rules and regulations
governing the Primaries:
I. On the 18th day of August. 1880, there
shall be held at each voting Precinct as now
established by law in Newberry County
Primary Election for the nomination Of per-
sons for the several Offices to be filed.
II. The polls shall be opened at 8 O'Clock,
A. NJ. and kept open, without intermission,
until P. NJ, when they shall be closed.
III. At each election Precinct there shall
be three ~ Managers Of Election, to be ap-
pointed by the County Executive Committee,
any vacancy 20 be filled by the Manager or
Managers present.
". The Managers of each Precinct shall
furnish ballot box with separate depart
ment fot each office to be filed; for the Sc
cure keeping Of which they shall be respon-
sible
V. At the opening of the polls the ballot
boxes shall be emptied OF all contents, and
exhibited Thus emptied to any persons in at
tendance upon the polls. The boxes shall
then be closed and sealed, and shall so re-
main until the polls are closed.
VI. The Managers shall keep poll-list
and :ally-list, and for this purpose shall ap-
point Clerk.
VII. There shall be separate ballots for
each Office to be nominated for, and no ballot
shall be counted unless it contains the name
OF candidates who have been nominated and
accepted, and in case for Represeut tatives in
the Legislature and County Commissioners
each ballot shall have three (3) names Of can
didates as above, and each ballot shall have
written or printed on it what office it is for.
VIII At such Primary ELECTION, all per.
sons eligible to vote at the next election OF
County officers shall be allowed to vote who
can satisfy the Managers by the voucbing Of
known Democrats, or otherwise, that they
are Democrats and that they propose to vote
in good faith: provided that no person who
has heretofore voted a Republican ticket
shall be allowed to vote, unless be voted the
Democratic ticket at the last general election.
TX. For the purpose Of carrying out the re-
quirements Of Section VIII, the Managers,
Or any one of them, or any bystander, shall
be authorised to challenge any voter and put
any question to him 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-
cept or reject the vote thus offered.
X. On the close of the polls Che Managers
shall proceed Immediately and continuously
TO count the votes. When the votes sha4l
have been counted the MenaGeIs snail make
ont, in duplicate, Iethrns showing the num-
her 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 nke:
wise certify to the correctness of the same.
Managers, together with any other papers
they may deem proper to include, shall, on
Monday following after such election, be
forwarded, securely closed and sealed, to
the Secretary Of the County Executive Com,
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 its presence, opened
&1, fo1 1nfa a tt,foCI ha11
publish the SssGsareSat5 IN the presence OF the
Committee In open session.
XIII. If any person shall receive ma
jority of all the votes cast for the office for
which he is candidate. he shall be declared
to be the Democratic Nominee foI such
no candidate has received a majority of all
the votes cast at the Primary Election for
such office, then the County Executive Com.
mittee' shall forthwith order q seconI Pm:
mary Election to be held on the nth day OF
September next following The second
turns mace as at the first, and the re.
suit declared by the Exective Committee
as in the first election.
XIV. At such second Primary Eli ctiol
only the two candidates receiving the hign,
est number Of votes tor each separate ONCE
at the former election shall be voted for un.
less there should be tie Of the second
highest, in which case the parties so tie1ng
may be voted for and the votes counted for
them as well as the votes cast for the one
having received the highest number at the
first election. Provided Shat 10 the cases
where no-a tlan one person is to be Sc
lected tor the same office, the Executive
Committee shah select, according to the
number OF votes previously received. twice
as many persons as there ape Official posi-.
tions to be filed. All Fates for other parties
shall be considered IS scattering, ana not
be counted.
XH. The persons receiving the highest
| number of votes at this second election
the nominees of the Democratic party.
tion at the Primary Election who shall not
pledge himself in writing beforehand to
| the Chairman OF the Executive Committee
| t2 abide by the result Of the election.
| &VII. It shall be tine DUTY Of the Executive
| Committee to hear and determine all pro-
| tested and contested primary election
cases and notice Of protest or contest must
be fled with the CHAPMAN before the eiee.
9n deaEed ana the grouaas o. prosee st
| submitted the same day to the Committee.
which must then be IN session to hear and
| determine sill such cases.
| XVIII. 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, an6
| are not voting more than one ballot for each
Office to be nominated.
XIX. The candidates for the Qthees o.
\ Treasurer and Auditor -shsll be voted for al
! the Pritn$r5 Eleeaop, and the Governor be
| requested 70 appoint in accordance Wl'l the
result. aug. ~ S43-4I.
WANTED.