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

2lst, 1890, adopted the following rules to
| govern the primary elections held in Union
County for the year 1880:
|. On the 10Th day of August. 1890,
there shall be held at each voting precinct
in Union County, a primary election for the
nomination of candidates for County officers,
| whether elective or appointive.
II. The polls shall be opened at s clock
A. NJ, and kept open without intermisson
until clock Z. NJ, when they shall be
| c'us"d.
Ill. At each precinct there shall be
| TIN managers of election, tn be appointed
by the County Executive Committee.
w. The managers Of each precinct shall
| furnish ballot box for the sccure keeping
of which they shall be responsible. I'M
NE iatcly before opening the polls the
managers, the committee of two and their
clerk, shall subscribe to the following pledge:
do solcmuly pledge my sacred honor
that will faithfully perform al the duties
incident 10 my position rs manager, or
clerk CT committeeman of this primary
election to the best of my ability.
" AT the opening of the polls the ballot
boxes shall be emptied of all contents and
exhibited to ull persons in attendance
upon the polls. The boxes shall then be
| closed and locked or sealed and shall 50
remain until the polls are closed.
vi. The emaragers shall keep poll list
and tally list and for this purpose shall
appoint clcrl,.
VII. No person shall be eligible TO election
at the primary election, who shall not pledge
himself beforehand, III writing, to the chair
man of the Executive Committee, TO abide
by the result of the election and support the
nominees.
VIII. The ballots uscl shall be either
in oil t1u nl MI
partly written on one sheet, and shall con-
tain the names of all the candidates voted
for and the Offices.
IN. The duty of the committee Of two
shall be to remain at the polls from its
opening until its closc on the day of the
election at each voting 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 all 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 Democrat C ticket, and are known
Democrats; and that no voter shall be al
lowed to vote at any ether precinct other
than in the township in which he resides.
Nj. For the purpose of carrying out the
requirements Of Section Y. the committee
of two, tho managers or any one of them or
any bystander shall be privileged and
authorized to challenge any voter and put
any questions to him which they or lie may
deem relevant TO the object in view, and the
committee Of two and the managers
shall determine his right TO vote by his an
swcrs or other proof and accept or reject
the vote thus offered.
MI. On the close Of the polls the man-
ayers shall proceed Immediately aud con-
tinuOusly to count the votes in The Same
manner and under the same regulations ~
are prescribed by law for general elections
NH. 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 shall deposit
opc Of the returns in the ballot box au;, 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 ba,-
lots, the poll list and the certified returns of
the managers, together with any other
papers they may hccm proper f." include
shall within three days after such election,
be forwarded. securely lacked or sealed, to
the secretary of the County Executive Com
mittcc:
managers shall select and appoint some
discreet and otherwise suitable person TO act
rs messenger.
Nv. The executive c)mmmirtcc shall
meet on Saturday after the election. and
the secretary having in itS presence opened
the boxes and tahulatcd the returns, shall
puhl'sh the aggregate returns in the pres
cncc of the committee in open session.
II
iority of all the votes for the Office iur which
he is canlia'c he shall be declared the
nominee of the Democratic party for such
Office.
XVII. If for any office it hc found that no
candidate has rcccivcla majority of all the
votes cast nj the primary election for such
Office, the county executive committee
shall forthwith order II second primary
election To be held on Sept. Sd, $3.50.
This second election shall he held under
the same rcgula tons rs the first.
NNlll. AT such second primary election
| only the two candidates receiving the high
est number of votes at the fnrncr election
| shall be voted for; Provided, that in cases
where more than one person is To be selected
| Tor the same Office the Executive Committee
shah select according to the number of
votes previously received twice a. macy
| persons rs there are Off cial positions to be
| filled
MN. At such second primary election
| the twoor more candidates thus announced
| shall bc'votcd for, all votes for other parties
| being considered as scattering and not
| counted. The rcturnsof this election shall
| be made i'll the same manner IL hcrcinhcforc
prescribed for the first.
NN. Should there he no choice at the
Scconl election the County Executive Conn
| mittcc sha!! ordcra third elections to be held
n, such lime as they may designate under
| the same regulations as the first.
NNl. The persons receiving the majority
| of the votes at the second or bird election
| shall be tH~ nominees of the Democratic
| party
xxi. 1t shall be the duty Of The County
| Executive Committee to hear and dctcrmin
| al protest and contested primary election
| cases, and notice Of protest must hc filed
| with the chairman before the election j. dc
clarcd and the grounds Of rrotc in case,
| to be contested must be submttcl The same