Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-07-22
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PRIMARY vs.. CONVENTION.

their preference as OetWeen the pIilnaiJ "hu
convention systems of making county and
Legislative nominations for the approaching
canvass, in order that they may the more
intelllgently understand the primary system,
we publish below the rules governing the
same as adopted by Lexington aud Union
counties.
LEXINGTON COUNTY.
I. On the ID Saturday of September, 1880,
there shall be held at each regular place OF
club meeting in the county, a primary elec-
tion for the nomination of persons for the
several offices to be filed.
II. The polls shall be opened at o'clock
A. NJ, and kept open without intermission,
until 8 P. NJ, when they shall be closed.
III. At each voting precinct there shall be
three managers of election, to be appointed
by the County Executive Committee
w. The Executive Committee shall fur
nish ballot.box for each precinct, for the
secure keeping of which the managers shall
be responsible. Immediately before opening
the polls the managers and their clerk shall
repeat after the presiding officer of the polls,
the following pledge: 81 do solemnly pledge
nv sacred honor that I will faithfully per-
form all the duties incident to my position as
manager of the Primary Election, to the best
of my ability" The clerk using the term
clerk instead of manager.
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 locked, and shall so re-
main until the polls are closed.
vi. The managers shall keep poll list
and a tally list, and for this purpose shall ap
point clerk.
VII. The ballots used shall be either print
ed or written, or part written and part print
ed, and shall contain the names of the per-
sons voted for and the offices, in the same
manner as is prescribed by law in the case OF
county elections
VIII. At such primary elections, 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 vouchers OF
known Democrats, or otherwise, that they
are Democrats and that they propose to vote
in good faith.
X. For the purpose of carrying out the
requirements of Section VIII, the managers,
or any one of them, or any by-stander who
shall be authorized to challenge any voter,
and the managers at the suggestion Of any
by.stander may put any question to him
which they or he may deem relevant to the
object in view, and the managers shall deter
mine his right to vote by his answers or other
proof, and may accept or reject the vote thus
offered.
x. On the close of the polls the managers
shall proceed Immediately and continuously
to count the votes in the same manner and
under the same regulations SIS are provided by
law for general elections.
XI. When the votes shall have been count
ed the managers shall make out, induplicate,
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, and shall deposit one of the returns in
the ballot box with the votes, and file the 9TH
er rs one of the records Of the club. The
returns shall be signed by all the managers,
who shall likewise certify to the correctness Of
the same.
XII. The ballot-box containing the ballots,
the pol-list, and the certified return of the
managers, together with any other papers
they may deem proper to include, shall, on
Monday following after such election, be for
warded, securely locked and sealed, to the
Secretary of the County Executive Commit.
tee, at Lexington Court House. For the pur,
pose of this forwarding, the managers shall
select and appoint some discreet and other.
wise suitable person to act as messenger, who
shall, before he enters upon the duties thereof,
repeat in the presence of the managers. the
following declaration "I dc solemnly pledge
my sacred honor that will faithfully perform
all the duties incident to my position as mes
senger of the primary election to the best of
my ability"
XIII. The Executive Committee shall meet
within FIVE days after the election, and the
Secretary having in its presence opened the
boxes and tabulated the returns, shall publish
the aggregate returns in the presence of the
committee in open session.
XIV. If any person shall receive major
ity of all the votes cast by the township clubs
for the office tor which he is candidate, he
shall be declared to be the Democratic nomi-
nee for such Office. But if for any office it
be found that no candidate has received
majority of all the votes cast at the primary
election for such Office, then the County Ex-
ecutive Committee shall, forthwith, order a
second primary election to be held on the first
Saturday in October next following. The
second election shall be held and the returns
made under the same regulations as the first.
and the result declared by the Executive
Committee as in the first election.
XIV. At such second primary election only
the two candidates receiving the highest num-
ber of votes for each separate Office at the
former election shall be voted for, unless there
should be a tie of the second highest, in
which case the parties 20 tying may devoted
for and the votes counted for them as we'll as
the votes cast for the one having received the
highest number at the first election. All
votes for other parties shall he considered as
scattering and not be counted.
XVI. The persons receiving the highest
number of votes at this second election shall
be the nominees of the Democratic party.
XVII. No person shall be eligible to elec-
ton at the primary election who shall not
pledge himself before hand to abide by the
result of the election.
XVIII. 1t shall be the duty of the County
Executive Committee to hear and determine
all protests and contested primary election
cases; and notice of protest must be filed
with the Chairman before the election is de-
clared and the grounds of protest, in 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.
Resolred, That all persons voting at prima-
ry elections may be required to affirm OH honor
that they have not voted before during the
day at any other election precinct.