The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-06-28

Nomination of Candidates.
Sec. 2. Any convention Of delegates
representing a political party which al
| the election next preceding polled al
least two per cent. Of the entire vote casi
| in the state. may for the state make one
nomination for each office therein 10 be
filled at the election, and any convention
or caucus Of delegates representing "A po-
litical party which at the election next
preceding polled at least two per cent. OF
the entire vote in any district, city on
town may for the district, city or town
make one nomination for each Office there
in 10 be filed at the election. The pre-
siding officer and the secretary Of every
convention or caucus held for the purpose
Of making nominations as aforesaid.
shall at least fifteen days previous to the
day Of election for which the candidates
are nominated, file with the secretary OF
state. certificate signed by the presiding
officer and ,secretary Of the convention
or caucus, together with place Of resi-
dence of each Of them, giving. u The
nsme Of each person nominated by the
convention or caucus. (2) The Office for
which he is nominated. (3) The party
or political principle which he represents,
al The place Of residence Of the nominee.
with street and number ifany. In case
Of electors Of president or vice president
Of the United States, the nam9s Of the
candidates for president and vice pres-
dent may be added 10 the party or politi-
cal appellation. The officers signing
said certificate shall swear that the state
ments contained in the same are true 10
the best Of their knowledge, belief and
information and n certificate Of the oath
shall be annexed 10 the certificate.
SEC. g. Nominations Of candidates for
any offices TO be filed by the voters Of
the state at large, or of congressional
district, may be made by nomination
papers signed in the aggregate for each
candidate by not less than five hundred
qualified voters Of the state in case Of n
state office, and two hundred and fifty
in the case Of representative in cor
gress. Nominations Of candidates for
member of the general assembly in n city
may be made by nomination papers
signed by fifty qualified voters of such
cityj nominations of Candidates for mem
bers Of the general assembly in any town
may be made by nomination papers sign
ed by twenty. five qualified voters Of such
town. Each voter signing n nomination
paper shall add 10 his signature his place
Of residence and each voter may subscribe
10 one nomination for each office to be
filed, and no more. The nomination
papers shall, before being filed, be re-
spectively submitted TO the city or town
clerks of cities or towns in which the sign
ers purpOrt TO be qualified voters, and
each city or town clerk 10 whom the same
il submitted shall forthwith certify there
on what number of the signatures are
names Of qualified voters in the city or
e. yhfah M 10 alnpH II ,nn,t.,,
ton papers shall contain the same state
menus M required in certificates Of
nomination. and shall be filed with the
secretary of state at least fifteen days
previous to the day of election for which
the candidates are nominated.
SEC. 4. Any person whore name has
been presented as candidate may cause
his name TO be Withdrawn from nomina-
ton, by request in writing signed
by him and filed with the secretary of
state twelve days previous To the day of
election, aud no names so withdrawn shall
be printed uyon the ballots. No nomina-
tion published and posted M herein pro
vided shall be subsequently omitted M
invalin. Whenever any candidate shall
have Withdrawn as herein provided or
whenever any candidate, duly nominated
shall die, the vacancy may be supplied
10y the political party making the nomi-
nation, or other persons, by the nomina-
tiOn of another candidate i'm the same
matter hereinbefore provided, or If there
IL not sufficient time, in such manner as
such party may have before provided by
n vote of the convention or caucus thereof,
on if there has been no such vote, in such
manner as the executive committee or
other general committee representing
such party for the state, district, city or
town, as the case may be, shall provide
In case any candidate shall die before
the election, but too late for new nom
ination to be printed on the ballots. the
voters may vote for any other person for
the same office, substituting the name of
such other in the blank space on said
ticket.
Sec. 8. All certificates of nomination
and nomination papers, when filed shall
be open To public inspection, and the sec
retary of state shall preserve the same in
his office not less than one year.
Form of Ballots.
Sec. 6. Every ballot printed in accord
ance with the provisions of this act shall
contain the names, residences, together
with the street and number, if any, and
the party or political designation Of all
candidates whose nominations for any
offices specified in the ballot have been
duly made and not withdrawn in accord
ance herewith, and shall contain no other
names; except that in the case of electors
of president and vice president of the
United States the names of the candidates
for president and vice president may be
added to the party or political designation
The names of candidates for each office
shall be arranged under the designation
of the office in alphabetical order, accord
ing TO surnames except that the names of
candidates for the offices of electors of
president and vice president shall be ar
ranged in groups az presented in tho
several certificates of nomination or nom
ination papers There shall be left at
the end of the list of candidates for each
different office as many blank spaces as
there are persons To be elected to such
office, in which the voter may assert the
name of any person not printed on the
ballot, for whom he desires to vote as
candidate for such office. Whenever the
approval of n constitutional amendment
or other question il submitted to the vote
of the people, such questions shall be
printed upon the ballot after the list of
candidates. The ballots shall be SO
printed rs to give to each voter clear
opportunity To designate 10y cross mark
(X) in sufficient margin at the right of
the name of each candidate, his choice of
candidates and his answer To the ques-
tion submitted, and on the ballot may be
printed such words as will aid the voter
To do this, as "vote for one," "yote for
three Eyes" ''no," and the like.