The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-09-07
JOB PRKN'TEVG
Plan for the Primary Election.

The following are the rules and rsgula.
| tlons governing the Primaries:
!. On the 18th day of September, 1882.
there shall be held at each voting Precinct
as now established BY law in Newbesr7
County q Primary Election for the nomina-
tion Ct persons for the several Offices to be
filled.
II. The polls shall be opened at 8
o'clock, A. H., and kept open, without in-
termission, until 5. P. ", when they shall
| be closed.
III. At each election Precinct there shall
be. three (3) hansgers of Election, to be
appointed by the County Executive Com.
mittee, any vacancy to be filled by the
Manager or Managers present
~. The County Executive COMMITTEES
| shall furnish the Managers at each precinct
! ballot box with a separate department.
| for each office to be filed; for tae secure
keeping of which said Managers shall be
| responsible.
| V. 1t the opening of the polls the ballot
boxes shall be emptied of ali contents, and
exhibited thus emp,ied 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 poT-ifss
and tally list, and for this purpose shall
appoint CLERK.
I VII. There shall be separate bsllots for {
each office 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.
resentatIves in the Legislature and County
Commissioners each ballot shall have three z
l(3) names of candidates 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
youching Of known Democrats, or other
wise, that they are Democrats and thas
they propose to vote in good faith; pro-
vided that 90 person who has heretofore
voted q 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
| requirements Of Section VIII, the Mama
ayers. or any one of them, shall be autho-S
rized 10 challenge any voter and put any
question to him which they or he may
deem relavant 10 the object in view, and
the Managers shall determine his right TO
Vote by bis snswer or other proof, and
| may accent or reject the vote thus offered.
| x On the close of the polls the Mama
ayers shall proceeded Immediately and
continuously to count the votes. When
the votes shall have been counted the
Managers shah make out, in duplicate, re-
tnrns showing the aunber 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 Z
returns in the ballot box with The votes,
aud 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.
| XI 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,
sFall. on Monday following after such elec-
ton; be forwarded, securely closed and
sealed, to the Secretary of the County Ex-
ecutive Committee at Newberry Court
Eouse 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 its pre-
sence, opened the boxes and tabulated the
returns, shall publish the aggregate in the
presence OF the Committee in open session.
XIII. If any person shall receive ma
iority of all the votes cast for the Office for
which he is candidate, he shall De de-
clarrd to be the Democratic Nominee for
such Office But if for any Office it oe
found that no candidate has received a
majority of ali the votes cast at the Pri-
mary Election for such Office, then the
County Executive Committee shall forth.
with order second Primary Election TO
be held OIL the 26th day of September next
following. The second 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 only the
two candidates receiving the highest num-
Der of votes for each sel 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 t;eing may be
voted for and the votes counted for 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 se-Z
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 be counted.
| XIV. The persons receiving the highest
| number of votes at this second election
shall te the nominees of the Democratic
party.
XVI. No person shall be eligible to elec-
ton at the Primary Election who shall not
pledge bimsef in writing beforehand to the
Chairman of the Executive Committee to
abide By the result of the election.
XVII. In both the first and second Pri-
mary Elections, when the Secretary has
published the result in the presence Of the
| Executive Committee as required by Sec
! tions u and IL, said Committee shall con-
tinue iu session for two hours thereafter for
the purpose of receiving notices and grounds
| of protest or contest within which time
any person intending TO make protest or
contest in any case shall file With said Com
.mittee his motion and grounds Of protest
and contest. And all cases of protest and
| contest shall be heard and determined by
the Executive Committee On some subse-
quent day thereto, to be fixed by said COM
mittee.
XVIII. All persons voting at Primary
Elections shall be required to affirm on
hcIos that they have not voted before
during the day at the other Election Pre-
cinct, and ars not voting more than one
ballol for each Office 10 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.
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