The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-05-25

TENDER l. In section "a it is provided
that where in municipal elections the
boundaries OF the districts are not the
same as those of the Assembly districts,
II shall be the duty of the boards of cleo
tlon to make . complete registration of
all the legal voters within their respec-
tive election districts, conforming as
nearly as may be to the requirements of
the act The governing body of the mu-
nicipality is to designate the time when
the boards shall begin canvassing for the
registry and the day or days on which
they shall meet for all the subsequent re-
visions
AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE.
Section % provides for the printing
OF the ballots at the public expense, and
Section 20 provides that names may be
placed on the ballots by nominating CON
yentions and by petition. a Convention
of delegates or nominating body of a
political party within the meaning of
the act is an organized assemblage of
delegates or voters, representing politi-
cal party which, at the election for mem
beers Of the General Assembly next pre-
ceding the holding of such convention or
nominating body, polled at least five per
centum of the total vote astin the State,
county or other district in which the nom
ination Is made
be certified according TO a form which is
given, to be signed by the presiding Off
Ger and secretary of the convention, who
shall give their residences and post office
addresses, and swear to the contents Of
the certificate.
In case two factions claim to be regular,
preference is to be given to the one which
met at the time and place designated by
the proper officials of the party and If
the other faction shall present no other
party name or title, the Secretary of
State or county or municipal clerk, as the
case may require, shall select a name
OF title and place the same at the head
OF the list of candidates of the faction on
the ballot, If two for more conventions
be called by authorities or bodies claim.
ing to be the regular constituted autAer-
ity or body of any party, the SECRETARY of
State or county or municipal clerk, as
the case mny require. shall select suitable
names or titles TO distinguish the several
factions, and the ballots shall be printed
accordingly.
Section % provides that candidates for
public office may also be nominated by
petition addressed to the Secretary of
State or clerk of such county, city or
other municipality, and setting forth the
names and places of residence and post
office addresses for the offices to be flied
and so on. The petition may also desig-
nate, in not more than three words, the
title of the party or principle which the
candidates represent, and shall be signed
by legally qualified voters of the
district, equal in number to at least one
per centum Of the vote cast at the last
preceding election for members of
Assembly, in the State, county,
district or other division When a
State officer lis nominated the signatures
must not be less than eight hundred, and
for county, city or district officer not
less than five for every one hundred votes
cast in the district. Each signature must
be acknowledged before a proper official,
and no one can sign more than one petit
tion for each officer. Five signers must
swear that the petition is in good faith
and that they believe all the signatures
to be genuine
Section 90 provides that the names Of
candidates for president and vice presi-
dent nominated in any certificate or Pc
tition may be printed on the ticket.
FILING OF PETITIONS.
In section 30 it Is provided that all GER
tificates of nomination, and all petitions
naming candidates for Office to be filed
by voters of the entire State, or any dis
trict or division thereof greater than sim
gle county shall be filed with the Secretary
of State at least forty days previous to
the election at which the candidates are
to be voted for: all certificates
and petitions naming candidates for As
sembly, and candidates TO be voted tor by
all the voters of a single county, or more
than single subdivision thereof, shall
be filed with the clerk of the county at
least twenty days prior to the election;
all other certificates and petitions shall
be filed with the clerks of the respective
municipalities at least fifteen days before
the election. All certificates and petit
lions when filed shall be open for public
inspection and shah be preserved for
ii ofa So.
Office in any certificate or petition shall
manifest their acceptance in writing.
The name of any candidate who does not
signify his acceptance will not be printed
on the ticket.
THE OFFICIAL BALLOTS.
The Secretary of State is directed by
Section 81, within twenty days before the
election, to forward to the clerks Of the
several counties properly certified lists of
all the candidates filed in his Office and
the names of the parties by whom they
were nominated.
Section 80 provides for the printing of
ballots at the public expense for each
party or group OF petitioners, and makes
it the duty of the county clerks to pro-
vide said ballots in all cases where candi-
dates have been certified to him by the
Secretary of State or filed with him or
iginally. City clerks are to do likewise
IN case of municipal elections. The form
of the ticket is then provided for as
follows
The nominations of each party or group of
petitioners shall be printed on separate tickets
underneath the title or name of the party or
petitioners making such nominations so that all
the candidates OF each party or group of petit
TONERS shall be and appear on its own separate
ticket, after the form and manner now prevail
ing, or If there be no designation OF name or
title then under the title of independent nomi-
nations.n the clerks shall not be required to
print any name upon any ballots when such
name was mot included in any certificate or petit
tion filed with him at least ten days before the
election; all ballots prepared by any county or
municipal clerk for any election TO be held
within his county or municipality shall be
printed on plain white paper; al ballots to be OF
thickness that the printing thereon cannot be-
distinguished from the back of the ballot and
without any mark, word, device or figure
thereon except as in this act provided; there
shall be printed on each ticket the name of but
one candidate for each Office to be filled.
On the back of each of the said ballots to be
provided by the clerks shall be printed the words
i'official ballot for" after the word for" in
each case shall follow the designation of the
election district or voting precincts for which
the ballot is prepared, the date of the election
municipal clerk; the clerks snail provide for
each political PARTY, for each election district or
voting precinct in his county or municipality,
$50 ballots for every fifty or fraction of fifty
votes cast therein by such party at the last pre-
eeding election for members of the General
Assembly In cases Of independent nominations
or OF nominations by any party, organization or
petitioners, that cast no votes for any candidate
or candidates at the last preceding election
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