The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-10-01
PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
An Act Providing for Holding Primary
Elections, and the Manner 4sad
Method by Which the sauo
Shall be Conducted.

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Method by Whi~h the saun
Shall be Conducted.
BE ia enacted by the Legislature Of
the State Of Kansas.
SECTION l. When any voluntary
political association or party i'm any
district. county, township, or NUM-
cipsl corporation, causes notice of
the holding of any primary election
to be published, as provided in the
next two sections, such election shall
be held and conducted under the
provisions of this chapter.
SEC. ,. Such notice must be order
ed by vote Of majority of the
central or controlling committee OF
such association or party, and state
the authority by which it Is publish
ed, the purpose, time. manner, con-
ditions and places of the holding of
such election, the name OF = legal
voter OF the precincI W ho is to preside
and supervise ut each poll, aud shall
prescribe the qualifications, not in
consistent with the provisions OF this
chapter, Of the persons ito vote Mt
such election.
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to any such election such notice
shall be published in newspapers
printed and Of general circulation in
each county Of the district; or,
where the election is held i'm the
territory of a single county, in such
newspaper of that county; but this
publlcat on shall not be required in
any county i'm which no newspaper
Is printed; the notice shall also be
posted in ut least three public places
In each precinct within the territory
i'm which the election is TO be heid,
and proof that the notice was so
posted In the other precincts shall
not be- required to show that any
such election was legally held ut
any precinct in which the same was
duly posted.
SEC. 4. The person named in the
notice as supervisor, oi, in his alb
sence or refusal To serve. the person
chosen by the electors present TO be
such supervisor, shall take an oath
that he il legal voter mt such poll
that he will correctly and faithfully
conduct such election, protect il
against all frauds and unfairness,
and carefully aud truly canvass all
votes east thpreat, in the manner re-
quired by the authority appointing
The election; aud thereupou, the
supervisor shall cause the electors
present, possessing the qualifications
oT persons entitled to vote under the
notice, to choose two judges and two
clerks Of election to assist him in re-
criving and taking account OF the
votes east, to each OF whom shall be
administered the same oath taken
by the supervisor; and n township
trustee, or clerk, or a supervisor NJ
election, who has been duly sworn,
may administer the oath prescribed
in this section.
SEC. 5. A qualified elector under
the notice may challenge any vote
offered, because the person Offering
it il not entitled To vote under the
notice, or IL not a citizen of the Uni
ted States, or cannot he at the next
election a legal voter of the precinct,
or has received, or been promised,
directly or indirectly, any money,
fee ar reward for his vote for any
candidate at such election, or has
voted before on the same day at that
or some other precinct, in the same
election.
SEC. q. ThereupOn the supervisor,
or one of the judges, shall admins
ter to the person offering To vote, an
oath that he will true answers make
to such questions As may be put to
him touching his qualifications to
vote at such election. and shall in
terrogate him a. to his qualifications.
III such person refuse to be sworn,
or, being sworn, refuse to answer
any question, his vote shall be re-
jected; but il the oath be taken and
the questions he answered satisfact-
Orily, and he be not successfully con-
tradicted by the sworn testimony of
witnesses who may be called. his
vote shall be received, and the word
"Sworn" shall be noted opposite his
name on the poll-book.
SEC. .. That il any candidate for
office i'm any election mentioned In
this act, or any other person, shall
directly or indirectly offer. promise,
procure, confer, or give any money,
property, thing in action, preferment
or other consideration or valuable
thing, any money, note or check,
draft, credit, or property, to be used
by the way OF fee, reward, gift, or
gratulty, for giving, or refusing to
give, any vote in any election of any
public officer. state, county, or
municipal, whatever, or OF any menu
Der OF the congress of the United
States, or electors for president and
any vice-president of the United
States, such person either offering,
asking or receiving the same shall
be deemed and taken to be guilty OF
a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof be punish by fine or i'm
prisonment, or both, at the discre-
ton Of the court, said fine not to ex-
coed one hundred dollars nor such
imprisonment six months: And
further, Such person shall, on such
conviction, and as part OF the judg-
ment OF court, be deprived of the
right Of suffrage, and such candid
ate for office be disqualified to hold
any Office to which ne was elected at
such election: dnd further, III any
person shall mark, in any way, for
the purpose Of corruptly identifying
any ticket that shall be sfterward
voted at such election, with intent
to escape, evade or violate the pro-
visions OF this act, then any such
person shall be deemed and taken
TO be guilty Of misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof be punished
by fine or imprisonment, or both, at
the discretion OF the court, said fine
not to exceed one hundred dollars,
and such Imprisonment six months.
SEC. s. That any person may be
compelled to testify In any Judicial
proceeding against any person or
persons charged with bribery, cor
rupt solicitation, or the offenses
hereby prohibited, and shsll not be
permitted to withhold his testimony
on the ground that he may criminate
himself or subject himself to punish
ment, but such testimony shall not
be afterwards used against him In
any Judicial proceedings, except for
perjury in such testimony.
SEC. 8. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
publication i'm the statute book.