The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-08-08
Rules Governing the Pri-
mary Election.

Il
govern the primary elections held in Union
County for the year 1890:
| 1. On the 10th day of August, 1890,
there shall be held at each voting precinct
in Union County, q primary electian for the
nomination of candidates for County officers,
1 whether elective or appointive.
III. Tho polls shall be opened at o clock
A. NJ, and kept open without intermission
until o'clock p. NJ, when they shall be
| c'os"d.
III. At each precinct there shalt be
thr managers Of election, TO be appointed
by the County Executive Committee.
Nv. The managers Of each precinct shall
furnish n ballot box for the secure keeping
Of which they shall be responsible. Inn
me lately before opening the polls the
managers, the committee of two and their
clerk, shall subscribe TO the following pledge
do solemnly pledge my sacred honor
that will faithfully perform all the duties
incident 10 my position as manager, or
clerk CT committeeman of this primary
election to the best of my ability.
V. AT the opening of the polls the ballot
boxes shall be emptied Of all contents and
exhibited 10 all persons in attendance
upon the polls. The boxes shall then be
closed aud locked or sealed, and shall so
remain until the polls are closed.
vi. 1hemanagers shall keep poll list
and tally list aud for this purpose shall
appoint clerk.
VII. No person shall be eligible to election
at the primary election, who shall not pledge
himself beforehand, m writing, 70 The chair.
man Of tho Executive Committee, TO abide
by the result Of the election and support the
nominees.
VIII. The ballots used shall be either
printed or written, or partly printed and
partly written on one sheet, and shall con-
tain the names of all the candidates voted
for and the Offices.
TX. The duty of the committee of two
shall be to remain at the polls from its
opening until its close on the day of the
election at each vo'iug precinct, and to de-
eide by majority Of the committee and
managers the eligibility of any voter and
all challenged votes.
y. At such primary election oil persons
eligible to vote at the next general election
shall be allowed to vote who can satisfy the
committee and the managers that they have
voted the Democratic ticket, and are known
Democrats; and that DO voter shall be al-
lowed to vote at any other precinct other
than in the township in which he resides
nj. For the purpose of carrying out the
requirements of Section X. the committee
OF two, the managers or any one of them or
any bystander shall be privileged and
authorized 10 challenge any voter and put
any questions to him which they or he may
deem relevant to tho object in vicw and the
committee Of two" and the managers
shall determine his right 10 vote by his an-
swers or other proof, and accept or reject
the vote thus offered.
NIL On the close OF the polls the man
ayers shall proceed immediately aud con-
tinuously to count the votes in The samo
manner and under the same regulations as
are prescribed by law for general elections.
XIII. When the votes shall have been
counted the managers shall make out in
duplicate, returns showing the number of
votes cast for each person voted for, and the
total number of votes cast and shalt deposit
one Of the returns in the ballot box and file
the other as one Of the records of the club
The returns shall be signed by all the mana
gers who shall likewise certify 10 the correct
ness Of the same.
XIV. The ballot box, containing the bal
lots, the poll list, and the certified returns of
the managers, together with any other
papers they may deem proper to- include,
shall within three days after such election,
be forwarded, securely locked or scaled, to
the secretary Of the County Executive Com
| mittee:
For the purpose Of this forwarding, the
managers shall select and appoint some
discreet and otherwise suitable person TO act
| as messenger.
XIV. The executive commmittee shall
| meet on Saturday after the election, and
| the secretary having in its presence opened
the boxes and tabulated the returns, shall
publish the aggregate returns in the pres
ence Of the committee in open session.
XVI. If any person shall receive q mo-
jority of all the votes for the office for which
he is candidate he shall be declared the
nominee Of the Democratic party for such
| office.
XVII. If for any office it be found that nc
candidate has received n majority of all the
votes cast at the primary election for such
office, the county executive Committee
shall forthwith order second primary
| election to be held on Sept. Sd, 1890.
| This second election shall be held unde
thcsame regula tions as the first.
XVIII. At such second primary election
only the two candidates receiving the high
est number of votes at the former election
shall be voted for; Provided, that in cases
| where more than one person is to be selected
for the same Office the Executive Committee
shall select according to the number of
votes previously received twice as many
persons as there are off cial positions to be
| filled.
| XIX. At such second primary election
the two or more candidates thus announced
shall be..voted for, all votes for other parties
being considered as scattering and not
counted The returnsof this election shall
be made in the same manner as hereinbefore
prescribed for the first.
Xxx. Should there be no choice at the
second election the County Exc cutive Com
mittee shall ordera third election to be held
at such time as they may designate under
the same regulations as the first.
| XXI, The persons receiving the maioriiy
/ - ~ y6tes ttstbe sseoud o. hffd electloi,
shall BE - nominees Of the Democratic
party. . SO sS1ti
/ x1ii. IL siiasi 90 tho duty of The Count y
Executive Committee to hear aud deermin Q
| al protest and contested primary election
cases, and notice Of protest must be filed
| with the chairman before the election is de-
clayed and the grounds Of protect in cases
ito be- contested must be submitted the same
day to the committee, which must then be in