Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-05
HOW WE WILL VOTE.
PRIMARY PLAN ADOPTED BY The
CITY COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT.
The Polls 10 he Open from @ A. VI. to ~.
M.-ycry Few Changes from the
Usual Regulations.

The Democratic primary will be held en-
the Sd of April.
Then will be nominated candidates for
the municipal Offices to be filled in the
election TO be held on the fourth Thursday
in May.
The plan under which this friendly con-
test shall be conducted was adopted last
night by the City Democratic Committee.
It's most important provisions are similar
TO those that have governed elections ot
this characacter in Richmond for several
years past.
THE MEETING.
The committee held its meeting in tke
circuit-Court room. and was called 10 or
der by Vlce-Chairman Bigger IN the az
scnce Of Mr.. Jackson Guy, the chairman.
The members present were Messrs. Smell
lings, Bowery Bryant, Farrar,. Flour
noy, Loving. Gibbons, Valentine, JACKSON
Lamb. Gates. Saville, Smith, Guy, DAVIS,
Brady, 10th. Heeke. Bigger, Britain,
Mr.. Gates, who recently rendered ms
resignation as secretary on account OF pc
ing candidate for the Office OF Sherln,
only remained long enough TO turn Dis
books over 10 Mr.. Julian Bryant. the acting
secretary. and left to meet another Gu
gagement
THE COMMITTEE REPOBrs
The chief business for which this session
of the committee was held was to adopt a
plan for the primary.
As soon as the preliminaries Of the meet
ing were over Mr.. Lamb, from the commit
tee having this subject in hand, submitted
report which, after being read. was con-
sidered section by section, fully discussed
10y the members. and the advantages OF each
paragraph explained. The discussion was
full and free. and on the whole there was
great harmony in the general tenorot the
views expressed. The report was adopted
without being altered in any respect, and
now stands as the code of rules under
which Democrats may vote on the 30 OF
next month.
The Plan.
Here is the full text of the plan:
To the city Democratic Committee:
The undersigned respectfully report the
following rs the plan for the primary cleo
ton to be held on Thursday, April 8, 1880,
TO nominate candidates for the several city
offices and aldermen. cOuncimen, and JUS
tices of the peace for the several wards OF
the city. to be voted for az the nominees of
the Democratic party Mt the general cleo
ton TO be held on Thursday, May q, 1880:
POLLS.
/. Polls shall be opened in every pre-
cinct in the city on the said Sd day of
April. 1890 at the usual voting-place CT az
near thereto as possible. The polls nhall
be opened at A. NJ. and closed at L. NJ.
on the dav named. Ii shall be the duty of
the several ward superIntendents TO secure
suitable places for holding said polls and TO
provide boxes for the receipt of ballots.
JUDGES AND CLERKS.
2. The City Democratic Committee shall
elect two Judges and one clerk for each
voting place, who shall before entering
upon the performance Of their duties as
such take and subscribe the oathprescrlbed
by section 1lS Of the Code of Virginia; said
oath may be taken and subscribed before
any person authorized to administer Oaths.
But no person shall be appointed judge
or clerk who is directly interested in the
result Of said election. The said judges
and clerks shall receive for their services
five dollars each, to be paid by the Trea-
surer Of the City Committee upon the GER
titicate of the Secretary of said committee
that all registration-books, poll-books, and
other papers intrusted to them have been
returned TO him.
WHO ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE.
3. All registered white Democratic voters
of the city of Richmond who will pledge
themselves as hereinafter provided to sup
, port the nominees of the Democratic party
shall be eentitled TO vote at the said primary
election. But no voter shall be entitled 10
vote except in the precinct III which hehves
and unless his name appears on the regls-
tration-books: provided that voter who
since the last general election has moved
from one ward or precinct TO another and
hiss not been transferred to the registra-
tion-books of his new ward or precinct
NAV vote in tho ward or precinct from
which he has moved. ANY white male who
NAV not be twenty-One years OF age at the
time of said primary, but who VIII attain
that age at or before the time of the gene
raj election next ensuing, shall upon pro-
ducing to the judges of election satistac-
tory evidence to that fact be allowed to
vote at said primary.
CANDIDATES TO BE NOMINATED.
4. There shall be nominated at said pri-
mary candidate for each of the following
offices-viz.: Mayor, Commonwealth At
tOrnev Sheriff, Auditor, City Collector,
Commissioner of the Revenue, High Con-
stable. and City Sergeant; also five
councilmen for each ward Of the city and
aldermen, rs follows Clay Ward, 2; Mon
roe Ward. 2: Madison Ward. l Jefferson
Ward. .; Marshall Ward. ?, and Jackson
Ward, 2, and three justices Of the peace
for each of said wards.
WHO TO BE DECLARED NOMINEES.
..
highest number of legal votes cast shall be
declared the nominee or nominees for the
respective offices.
HOW TO VOTE.
6. Every voter shall vote for one candi-
date for each of the city offices and the full
number of councilmen, aldermen, and
justices of the peace 10 be nominated IN
his ward, and no more and no less; and
every ballot found to contain greater or
lesser number of names than those TO he
nominated, or found to contain the names
of persons not upon the printed ticket
hereinafter mentioned, shall be discarded
i'm the count of ballots as hereinafter pro-
vided.
TICKETS.
7. The City Committee shall provide
printed tickets to the number of $4,000,
containing the names IN alphabetical order.
of all persons who shall have announced
themselves, or been announced by their
written authority, as candidates for the
position named, to the Chairman OF SAID
committee on or before o'clock L: VI. OF
Tuesday, April /, 1890. There shall bo
printed at the foot of each of said tickets
the following words THE person voting
this ticket hereby pledges himself to sup
port the nominees of the Democratic
party ut the ensuing general election"
No other ticket shall be used at said prl-
mary election, and if any other be used 1t
shall be discarded in the count of ballots,
as herein after provided.
HOW BALLOTS ARE TO BE RECEIVED.
g. Every voter shall deliver his ballot to
one of the Judges of election, who shall re-
ceive the same. Having first warned the
voter to see that his ballot contains the tuu
number of candidates and no more, the
Judge shall call aloud the name OF the
voter. If his name be found on the regis
tration-book, the judge shall, without
opening the ballot except TO ascertain
whether it is a single BALLOT. deposit the
same in the ballot-box, whereupon the
name of the voter shall bechecked on the
recistratiOn-book by one of the judges ana
entered by the clerk on the poll-book TO be
provided for that purpose.
THE COUNT.
Q. Immediately after the closing or the
polls the judges and clerks, in the presence
of not more than three Democratic voters
should they desire to be present, shall ascer-
tain the whole number of votes cast. III the
ballots in the ballot-box are found 20 eH-
ceed the number Of names on the pol-pooK
all the ballots shall be replaced in the ooXi
and after the same shall have been Wen