Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-08-14
s,s4<ss for Governing Primary Election
In Oconee County for Year 1890.

RULE /. That anelection shall be
held in the various local clubs in this
county on the 22d day of August,
1890, for the purpose of nominating
candidates Tor tho following offices,
to-wit: Congressman, two members
of the House of Representatives,
Probate Judge, School Commissioners,
three County Commissioners, Trcasu-
rcr and Auditor
RULE 2. No candidate for any
county Office shall be voted for in
said election, and if voted for sncl.
votes shall not bc counted, unless
such candidate shall, at the time of
election, be a full privileged member
of some one of the Democratic clubs
in tho county, and pledge himself to
support the nominees in such elcc-
ton.
Rule 3. That the candidate or
candidates to the number eligible to
any of said offices, receiving tho
highest number of votes for such
Office, shall be deemed and declared
tho Democratic nominee or nomi-
nccs for such office; Provided, such
number be majority of the whole
number of votes cast for such office;
and in the cases of the two members
of the House Of Representatives and
three County Commissioners, tho
whole number Of votes cast shall in
the former be asccrtaincd by aggrc-
eating the votes for each candidate
and dividing that result by two, and
in the latter by dividing the said
aggregate by three. But if nomina-
tons be not thus made for all the
offices to be filled, then there shall
be a second primary election, and in
the nominations for the House of
Representative if no candidate in
the first election receive majority
of the votes cast rs ,ascertaincd as
aforesaid, the four candidates who
received greater number of votes
than any other candidate, shall be
voted for at such second election;
but if one person he nominated at
the first election, thcn only two of
the candidates, who at the first cleo
tion received 4 greater number Of
votes than any other candidate, on
ccpt the person nominated, shall be
voted for at such second election;
and in the same way in nominations
for County Commissioners, double
tho number Of those candidates re-
cciving the highest number of votes
in the first election shall be voted
for in the second election rs there
are places to be filled. For each of
the othcr Offices but one person is to
be nominated, and whenever there is
no nomination in the first election,
onl ~ the two candidates who sever
ally receive therein more votes than
any other candidate for such Office
shall be voted for in the second pri-
mary. For the second primary the
plurality plan is adopted.
Rule +. That each local club shall
elect or appoint three (3) of its MEM
hcrS as managers to hold the election
herein provided for, who shall before
entering upon their duty as such
managers subscribe to the following
oath, to-wit: 81 do solcmnly affirm
that will conduct this election fairly
and impartially to the best of my
ability" and that any one Of the
three managers is authorized to
administer this oath or obligation to
tho others.
RULE S. Votes shall be received
from 8 O'Clock a. NJ. until + o'clock
p. NJ, when the polls shall close and
the managers shall proceed to count
the votes openly and make a ccrtii-
cate of the result.
RULE 6. One of the managers at
each club or polling place, chosen by
the other managers for that purpose,
shall constitute the County Board of
Managers, and they shall meet on
Saturday, the 23d day of August,
1890, in the Court House in WalhaIla,
at 10 O'Clock a. NJ, and proceed to
aggregate the votes cast for the
various candidates at all the polling
places in the county and certify and
publish the result in the county
papers, and shall proceed to declare
the candidate or candidates receiving
the highest number of votes the
Democratic nominee for such office,
provided such number of votes be
II ma iority OF the votes raet fnr s;:c!:
Office, and they shall declare what
vacancies exist in the nominations
and what candidates are eligible to
be voted for in the second primary
election to fill such vacancies, and
provided further that in case of any
contest the same shall be referred by
the board Of managers to the cxccu-
tive committee of the county for
final decision.
RULE 7. The managers appointed
to constitute the county board of
managers shall bring with them the
ballots cast and the poll list of the
persons who voted at their rcspcc-
tive polling places, and deposit them
with the chairman of the county cx-
ccutivc committee.
RULE :. All full privileged mem
bcrs of the local clubs who are, or
may become, legal voters in the next
general election and possessing the
qualifications prescribed in Article
5 of the local clubs constitution,
may vote in the primary election,