The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-08-07
The Primary Election LAW.

eIS, county IfCQSufef, County Audi
tor, and Trial Justice in eacn town.
ship, shall be by primary election.
Resolved, l, That managers Of the
primary election for each club and
their clerks, imme diately before open
ing the polls, shall repeat aloud al
ter the presiding officer of The club
the following pledge: II do solemn
ly pledge my sacred honor that / will
faithfully perform all tho duties Incl
dent to my position as manager Of
the primary election to the best of
my ability" and also take and sub
scribe the oath required by law.
II. The polls shall open at 7 n. m.,
and close at 5 p. M, when the votes
shall be Immediately counted publicly,
openly, and i'll the presence of such
members of the club as may choose
to be present, by the managers and
clerks under the supervision of the
presiding officer of tho club, without
adjournment or interruption, until the
same is completed, and the result
shall be Immediately declared. If two
or moro ballots shall be found fold.
ell together compactly, only one shall
bo counted and the other DESTROYED,
If they bear the same name; but if
they bear different names the same
shall be destroyed and not corntcd.
If moro ballots shall be found on
opening the box than there are names
on the poll list, all the ballots shall
be returned to the box and thorllmh-
ly mixed together and ono Of the
managers, or the clerk shall, without
seeing the ballots, draw thcrcfrom
andlmmcdiatcly destroy, as many bad
lots rs there are III excess of the
number Of the names on the poll
list.
III. Only enrolled democrats of
each club, Of the age Of twcntv-onc
years, who who have resided one
year within this Stat" and sixty
days within this county, next pre-
ccding the general election, and
who have been duly registered upon
the books OF the Supervisor OF Regis
tratlon rs qualified electors Of this
county, Shall be entitled to vote.
And each person presenting hims,.!
10 vote shall, if not known to tie
managers rs q bonaiida Democrat,
furnish satisfactory proof chat he vo-
Icd or co-opcratcd with the Demo-
ratio party III the last general clcc-
non, and that he did not vote for any
,nnd'dateswho WAS i'll opposition to
Inc regularly Y nominated Democratic
ticket, and shall before drpositinw
his ballot take, in good faith the fol-
loving pledges: 81 lo solrmnlv affirm
hat L am dul Y enrolled member OF
4 Democratic club in this county,
That L have duly registered my name
with the Supervisor Of Registration
as n qualiiicd clcctor of this county,
that voted, or co-opcratcd with the
Democratic party III the last general
election, and did not vote for amy
candidate i'll opposition to the rc%u
larry nominated Democratic ticket,
that am twonty-one years of age, or
will have attained to that age before
the next general election, will have re.
sided in this State one year and in
the county sixty days immc
diatcly preceding the next gen
cral election, that I have not voted ut
this election, and that I will abide by
and support the nominations, Nation-
II, State and County, made by the
Democratic party
Nv. That when a voter has been
the challenge shall be re
erred to the Executive Committee
II the club at the precinct where the
amc is made, which committee shall
determine issue with right Of review
" the County EXccutive Committee, !
which club committee shall make
IN entry Of their action in writing TO-
5cthrr with the name Of The person
challenged, the candidates proposed
TO be voted for and the grounds of
the challenge with the reason for the |
acceptance OF ro cction Of such votes,
which statement shall lc sent up
with returns of SAID election, to DC
decided By the County Executive
Committee, whose decision in the pre-
mise shall be final
Y. There shall be list Of thc Vut-
CTS names kept by the clerk and the
shall make out, in duplicate,
returns showing the number of votes
.ast for each person voted cor, the of
liccls for which he is voted and the
total number of votes cast, with the
names of those who voted, one of
which lists shall be deposited III the
ballot box with q copy OF the club
listand the other delivered to the sec
rctary of the club. The returns shall
be signed by the managers and pre-
siding officer of the club, and the
of the said return shall ut
the same time be certified by the same
persons.
VI. The ballot box containing the
ballots, the poll list and certified re-
turns, with a copy of the club lists,
shall be forwarded IT, ,nllowimG day
securely locked or scairu through one
Of the managers, to be designated III
by the presiding officer Of the
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