Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-03-15
RULES And REGULATIONS
For Conducting The Democratic Pr
mary Election for the City
Of Mexico, Mo-.

ResotUed, by n Democratic City
Central Committee of the city of
Mexico, that for the purpose of
nominating Democratic candidates
for the offices of Mayor, Marshal,
Attorney, Clerk and Recorder, and
a Councilman from each ward, that
there be held by the Democratic
voters of said city a primary cleo
ton at the Sheriff g room in the
Court House in Mexico, Mo-, on
Thursday, March Is, 1888,
from the hours of 7 O'Clock, a..
m, until shutdown of said day.
There shall be prepared by this
committee printed tickets for said
election which shall be printed on
white paper and contain the
usual margin for writing names
thereon; said tickets shall contain
all the names of all Democratic
candidates for said office who
shall have paid their assessments
levied by this committee.
There shall be a ticket for each
ward, which shall contain the
name of the Democratic candidate
for the Councilman for said ward
and the names of all the candi-
dates for the general offices of the
city to be elected.
There shall be two sets of judges
of three each; one set shall receive
the ballots and the other
shall count. The judges who
receive the ballots shall have
three clerks, and the other
set two clerks. There shall
be a ballot box for each ward,
numbered according to the ward to
which it belongs, and each ballot
cast shall be put into the box be-
longing to the ward in which the
voter casting such ballot resides
and is entitled to vote.
Immediately after voting Is COM
menced, the second set of judges
and their said clerks shall proceed
to count the votes cast and the
manner of casting up and counting
said votes shall be the same as is
provided in the general laws of this
State for elections, and entitled
chapter 1Q1, of the Revised Statutes
of this State for 1879; and, wherein
this resolution does not prescribe
a different method, the rules for
the management and conduct of
this election shall be the same as
are now in force in this State under
the general law above referred to.
Should the judges, by mistake,
put any ballot into the wrong box,
it shall, when counted, be counted
as though it had been deposited in
the proper box. In counting and
casting up the ballots cast at said
primary to ascertain the result of
the same, the judges shall count
the wards in their numerical or
der.
The judges shall, after they have
made said count, certify to this
committee the name of eaeheandi-
date voted for at said primary cleo
ton and the number of votes each
has received, and the candidate for
each office receiving the highest
number of votes shall be declared
the nominees of the party.
All poll books, ballot boxes,
ballots, counts and tallies kept,
shall, so soon as said judges shall
have made their count, be turned
over to the committee, which shall
then Immediately meet and declare
the result of said primary, where
upon this committee shall order
the names of the nominees placed
upon the city Democratic ticket.
The ballots to be used in this pri-
mary shall contain the device of
Democratic primary ticket" 1t
is further
Resolved, That all Democratic
| citizens, irrespective of past pofiti-
cal associations and differences
have a right to participate in said
primary and vote thereat, and the
test as to- q mans right. to vote
shall be
First, that he shall be 81 years
of age and q citizen of Mexico at
the time of offering to vote; or,
shall become 81 years Of age and q
citizen Of Mexico and entitled to
vote under the laws Of the City of