The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-09-08
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auoptiOh au bhe behVVI"hS OOhNeheiVh oh
next Monday. Delegates should read them
carefully and vote on the resolution for.
their adoption honestly. With these rules
bossism and ring manipulation viii be
thing of the past. Read them carefully and
vote right.
RULES Ann REGULATIONS eovERN1Ne THE
DEnrocRATtc OfeAN1zAr1oN IN UARpoN co.
AnT1or.t Tho Annual countv Meeting shall
be held at the Conrt House in the borough of
Mauch chunk ON tho third Monday Of Aupnst
of each wear at one O'Clock d. m. Notice of
which sbafl he given bv the Chairman of the
Comfy Committee I'm the Democraticnewspapers
of the county.
ARTICLE 1I.-It shall be the duty of the Coun-
| tv Meeting TO fiN the day of holding the primary
or nominating elections IN the several boroughs,
townships and election districts and also the
time of holding the meeting of the Return Judges
to ascertain the nominees or result.
ARTICLE III.-All Primary Elections shall be
held at the places for holding the General Elec-
tions i'm the several election districts between
the hours of two and seven and a half p. M, and
shall be conducted by a Judge and two Inspec-
tors, who shall he appointed by the County
Meeting for that purpose; and should any such
officer be absent their places may be filed by a
vote OF the majority of the electors in attendance
ARTICLE Iv.-Delegates to State Conventions
members Of State Executive Committee, shall be
elected annually by the County COMMUNICATION
called together for that purpose, by the Chair
man, after two weeks previous notice having
been given in the Democratic papers OF the
county.
ARTICLE V.-The County Committee shall
| consist of three members from each election dis
trict, who shall be selected at the annual County
fl,nfr
man who may be Que OF their own number or not,
as the may elect, and any nine of them shall be
"a quorum when called togetherb by the Chairman.
ARTICLE VI.-The nominations for all county
oilicers-Judges, Congressman, Senators and
Representatives, shall he made in the following
manner:
SECTION lon the day fixed by the County
Meeting the Judge and Inspectors shall meet at
| the proper time and place, and after being duly
qualified according to the Act of Assembly in
such case made and provided, to receive the
votes of all duly qualified Democratic voters re-
siding within the district where they offer to
vote, and are qualified 10 vote at all general and
special elections, and as each voter shall present
his vote, his name and number shall be written
upon a list to be kept by the Inspectors or Clerks
and a corresponding number shall also be writ
| ten upon the ticket by one of the Inspectors be-
fore the ticket is deposited in the ballot box.
SECTION II.-No person shall have right to
vote at the Primary Elections who failed to vote
| the Democratic ticket at the previous General
Election.
| SECTION III.-Uanddates who desire to pre-
sent themselves to the Democratic party for
nomination, shall announce themselves for the
| respective Offices for which they ask nomination
three weeks before the primary or nominating
names to be published in the Democratic news
papers of the county, two weeks before the nomi-
mating elections are held.
SECTION IV.-The Chairman of the County
Committee, aforementioned, shall cause the
names of all candidates for office presented and
published, as aforesaid, to be printed on separ-
ate slips or tickets one week prior to said prl-
mary elections, as follows, to-wit. Judges, Con-
| gress, Senator and Representatives on one slip
or ticket, and all County Offices on another slip
or ticket, which separate Slip or ticket, printed
as aforesaid shall be placed into the hands of the
members OF the County Standing COMMITTEE rep
resenting each voting district in the County one
week before said nominating elections for dis
Irritation to the qualified voters of his district,
and for use at the polls a sufficient number of
slips or tickets, as aforesaid for the voters ofthe
district in perfect order as printed Each dis
trict shall provide an election box with two sep
arate apartments to deposit the slips or tickets
separately as above provided
SECTION V.-Before any voter shall offer his
vote he shall erase all Tut the number of names
to be chosen upon his ticket for the same Office
leaving ON sald ticket such names only as he
desires TO vote: PROVIDED, That no elector shall
vote for more candidates than are to be elected
If in ease an eector shall vote for more than one
do f,r tla f,,r
Office Shall not be counted
i SECTION VI The Judges, Inspectors and
Clerks shall proceed to count the votes cast as
soon as the polls are closed, and shah make
full return of the same, In triplieate, in all of
which the votes received by each candidate shall
be given after his name first in words and again
in figures, and shall be signed by all of said Of
ncers and any officer refusing to sign shall write
upon each OF the returns his or their reasons for
not signing them The vote as soon as counted,
shall be also publicly and fully declared from the
window to the voters present, and "a brief state
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ihehl' showing tile NoVes recelNeu oy each callu-
date shall be made and signed by the election
officers as soon as the vote Is counted, and the
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s'lie shali pe iiiieulately posteu up Oh inc uoor
of the election house. The tTiplicate returns
| shall no enclosed i'm envelones and no sealed in
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the presence oi ule oihcers, itiu one envelope,
which shall contain IN addition, list OF voters,
tolIv naner and oath of o1icers shall he oiven IN
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the Judge, anu announcer envelope, Whlch snail
also contain a list OF voters and tally paper shall
| ~, ,o,, 90 ,,,o Of tho rnsnaotors ma no ,hird
oo sf'i' w O,,O VI w ., ,'u '"0 .iii "
envelope shall be placed IN the ballot box. Alter
the votes have been counted all tickets shall be
no,,aood a, tho hoIlo, ho, ana orter tl,o ,hird
replaceu Ill tic p"iiot poA' aiiu ai'er 'i'c .nu"
envelope containing return shall also have been
nlaced therein the box shall be securely sealed
| ana ,,,aood In tho custody of tha Iudra ,,,hoea
3 ana piaceu III the CUSTODY ol lhe Juuee' Whose
duty it shall be to have the same before the Re-
, | turn Iudoes Mt THAR meeting IN the follouing
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! day Inc palo1 BOX sllall not DE opened, nor the
seal hNoken, before the expiration of one year,
exoanf in tbe event of n disnute s to the correct
eNOeP - va - : -, -, - ~ - - -,
ness OF the return, Whlcn may DE ueclueu Dy the
| Board of Return Judges by an insDection of the
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