The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-08-31
JOB PRINTING
Plan for the Primary Election.

| S'aS l iIIIldElGS
/. On the 18th day of September, 1882.
there shall be held at each voting Precinct
as now established by law in Nexberry
County Primary Election for the nonins-
tlon OF persons for the several Offices to be
filled. ~ - 70
IL. The polls shall be opened at s.
o'clock, A. b., and kept open, without in
PERMISSION, until 5. p. A., when they shall
be closed. ... -,
III. At each election Precinct there shall
he three (3) Managers of Election, to be
APPOINTED by the County Executive Com.
nittee, any vacancy to be filled by the
Manager or Managers present..
~. The County Executive COMMITTEES
shall furnish the Managers at each precinct
ballot boz with e separate department
for each office to be flied for the secure
keeping of which said Managers shall be
responsible. "
V. At the opening of the polls the ballot
boxes shall be emptied of ali contents. and
exhibited thus emptied to any persons in
attendance upon the polls The boxes shall
then be closed and sealed. and shall so
remain until the polls are closed.
| VI. The Managers shall keep poljJist
and taliy-lst, and for this purpose shan
appoint CLERK. ~ -.-.s.s :
VII. There shall be separate ballots for
each once to be nominated for, and no bal.
lot shall be counted unless it contains the
name of candidates who have been nom
mated and accepted, and in case for Rep
resentatlves IN the Legislature and County
commissioners each balIot shall have three
~ names OF candidates as above, and
each ballot shall have written or printed ON
Ii what Office it is for. u
VIII. At such Primary Election, all per.
sons eligible TO vote atthe next election of
| County officers shall be allowed to vote
who can satisfy the Managers by the
vouching of known Democrats, or other.
| wise, that they are Democrats and that
they propose to vote in good faith pro-
! Vlded that no person who has heretofore
voted Republican ticket shall be allowed
to vote, unless he voted the Democratic
ticket at the last general election.
~. For the purpose of carrying out the Z
| requirements of Section VII, the Mama
| ayers, or any one Of them, shall be authc.
rIZed TO challenge any voter and put any
| question to him which they or he may
deem relavant to the object in view, and
! the Managers shall determine his right TO
Vote by his answer or other proof, and
may accent or reject the vote thus offered.
x. On the close Of the polls the Mana
ayers shall proceeded Immediately and
continuously to count The votes. When
the votes shall have been counted the
Managers shall make out, in duplicate, re-
tnrns showing the Iuaber 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,
sud nle the other as one OF the records Of
| Township: The returns shall be signed by
all managers, who shall likewise certify to
! the, correctness of the same.
I Xl The ballot-box containing the bal
lots, the poll list and the certified return Of
the Managers, together with any other
papers they may deem proper to include,
srail, on Monday following after such elec-
ton, be forwarded, securely closed and
sealed, to the Secretary of the County Ex-
ecutive Committee at Newber-y Court
House. For the purpose Of this forwarding
the Managers, or any Of them, shall act as
messenger. '.>..s'a
XII. The Executive Committee shall
meet on Tuesday following the election,
and the Secretary, having in its pre-
seuce, opened the boxes and tabulated the
returns, shall publish the aggregate in the
! presence Of the Committee in open session.
Kill If any person shall receive ma.
jori'y of all the votes cast for the of6ce
which he is candidate, hessd4
clarvd to be the Democrats ~
such Office But if sfas ,s5ce f i -St Sa
found that no ca5Ss.e has received " =
msjority Of ,aASIe votes cast at the Pr;.
mary ElseH5n for such Office, then the
County sssecrtive Committee shall forth.
with oru.r g. second Primary Election to
be held on the 26th day of September next
following. The secoud Primary Election
! to be held and the returns made as at the
first, and the result declared by the Exc
cutive Committee as in the first election.
XIV At such Primary Election orlv the
TWO candidates receiving the highest num-
Der OF votes for each ser arate Office at the
former election shall be voted for unless
there should be tie Of the second highest,
in which case the parties so tieing NAV be
voted for and the votes counted fer them
as we'll as the votes cast for the one having
receiving the highest number at the first
election. Provided that in tie cases
where more than one person is to be Sc.
lected for the same Office, the Executive
Committee shall select, according to the
number Of votes previously received, twice
as many persons as there are official posi-
tions to be filed. All votes for other par.
ties shall be considered as scattering, and
not ne counted.
AV. The persons receiving the highest
number Of votes at this second election
shall be the nominees Of the Democratic
party.
XVI. No person shall be eligible to elec-
'ion at the Primary Election who shall not
pledge himself il writing beforehand to the
Chairman Of the Executive Committee TO
..bide by the result Of the election.
XVII. 10 both the first and second Pri-
mary Elections, when the Secretary has
published the result in the presence of the
Executive Commi,tee as required by Sec
tons ~ and u, said Committee shall con-
tinue in session for two hours thereafter for
the purpose of receiving notices and grounds
Of protest or clntcst; within which time
any person inten ling to make 4 protest or
contest IN any case shall file With said Com
ni,tee his motion and grounds Of protest:
ard contest. And al cases of protest and
contest shall be heard and determined by
The Executive Committee on some suhse-
quept day thereto, to be liked by said COM
| mittee.
XVIII All persons voting at Primary
Elections shall be required to affirm on
honor that they have not voted before
during the day at the other Election Pre-
cinct, and are not voting more than one
balIoL 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 requested to appoint in accordance
with the result.
It is better to have thorns in
the flesh with grace 10 endure
them. than TO have no thorns and