The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-05-07


the United States are to be elected. the presi.
Dental electors OF each political party shall
De grouped together and placed on the bal
lots iii the order of priority in which the sew
eral political conventions nominating the
said electors were held. and the name Of
each Of such presidential elector shall be fol-
lowed as in other cases with the name of the
party ne represents, and also with the sur
name OF the presidential candidate he repre-
SCENTS printed in bold type, and the groups Of
electors shall be separated from each other
by space at least an inch in width and
the words vote for one only" omitted at the
right.
In other cases, where several persons are
to be voted for the same office, as Judges Of
the supreme court etc., the names shall be
grouped and the ballots arranged substan-
TALLY as above.
SEC. IS. Nominations-Any assembly OK
convention Of delegates, held for the pur-
pose of making nominations to public office,
and also electors to the number hereinafter
specified, may nominate candidates for pub
lie office, to be filed by election within the
state.
Said nomination shall be made by deliver
ing to and leaving with the officer charged
In this act with printing the ballots upon
which the name is to be placed, within the
time prescribed by section thirty-eight (3s)
of this act, a certificate Of nomination for
each candidate. The certificate Of nomlna.
ton, which may consist Of one or more writ
1ngs, shall contain. first, the name Of the per-
SON nominated: second. the office for which
he is nominated; third, the party or political
principle he represents Expressed In not
more than three 60 Words; fourth, his
place OF residence with street and number
thereon, if any. In case of electors Of presi.
deut aud vice president OF the United States,
the names OF the candidates for president
and vice president may be added to the party
or political appellation.
SEQ. 50. The certificate Of nomination Of q
candidate for office selected by any conven-
ton of delegates. as herein defined, shall be
signed and certified by the presiding officer
and secretary of said convention, who shall
also take and subscribe an oath before some
proper officer that the facts stated in the GER
titcates are true, and the secretary shall i'm
mediately deliver such certificates Of nomi-
nation to the officer charged with the print
ing OF the ballots, upon which the name is to
be placed, and in case be shall neglect to do
so he shall be guilty of q misdemeanor.
An assembly or convention Of delegates
within the meaning of this act Is an organized
assemblage of delegates representing politi-
cal party, which at the last election before
the holding of such convention or assembly
hold at least one o. per cent of the entire
vote cast IN the state, county or other division
or district for which the nomination is made.
SEC. 81: The certificate of nomination Of
candidate selected otherwise than BY
convention of delegates, shall be signed by
electors resident wi hin the district or poliu-
cal division from which the candidate is pre-
sented 10 number equal to one U) per cent
OF the entire vote cast at the last preceding
election in the STATE county, or other politi-
cal division or district from which the NOM
ination is made. Provided, however that
the number Of signatures required in the
case Of any sta officer shall not exceed two
thousand (2.00W.
No certificate Of nomination shall con tain
the name Of more than one "a candidate.
No person shall join by certificate signed by
voters in nominating more than one a. nom.
inee for the same office. That the name Of
any person nominated by more than one GER
tiricate for the same office shall be placed
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name Of said person shall be placed the
names OF the several political parties or prln-
ciples represented by him, aud the vote for
any one party he represents shall be desig-
mated vote for such candida te
Following the facts required to be stated
in each certificate Of nomination to be signed
by electors shall be written or printed nm
oath in the following form. 81 solemnly
and purpose Of this certificate, and assign the
same of my free will" Each signer at the
time of signing shall be sworn by some
proper officer.
SEC. 49, Names must be handed to, and
fled with the secretary Of state to be placed
upon the white ballots, in accordance with
the provisions Of this act, at least twenty
eight (2s) days before the day Of election.
Names must be handed to and filed with the
county auditor, to be placed upon the ballot
tinted blue at least twelve 12) days before
the day of election. Names must be handed
to and filed with the city clerk TO be placed
days before election. In all cases provided
for III this section the secretary Of state,
county auditor, city clerk shall Immediately
give or send the person handing in any name
acknowledgment thereof upon the same day
which 1t is received. and shall file and pre-
serve such certificates, and they shall be sub
ject to inspection like other records.
SEC. 80. In case Of members Of congress,
Judges OF the district courts and all other can
didatcs voted for in any district or division
smaller than the entire state, but larger than
an entire county, whenever such candidate
is nominated by any convention OF delegates,
as specified in section thirty-fve (35) Of this
act it shall be the duty Of the president and
secretary Of such convention to file Ger.
tificale as therein specified with the county
auditor Of each county in the congressional,
judicial or other district for which the NOM
ination is made Whenever any such nomi-
nation in any such district is made by GER
ufcate OF nomination. as specified IN section
thirty-fve (35), such original certificate con-
tanning the original signatures shall be fled
with the county auditor in the county where
the candidates resides, and the said auditor
shall certify to as many correct copies Of the
same, if presented to him, as there are other
counties in the district, and one Of said Ger.
tilted copies shall be hled, within the proper
county in the district and shall be authority
for such auditors to place the name upon
the blue ballot.
SEC. 40. The state and county auditors
upon the several ballots printed BY them
the name Of each candidate for office, who
shall have been nominated as nereinbefore
provided, and whose certificate Of nomina-
spe spec and o on P payment Of the fee pre-:
scribed by law. which shall be as follows:
For each name rendered to be placed OH the
white ballot, fifty (5o) dollars. to be paid into
be placed upon the red balottive (al dollars,
10 be paid into the city treasury; for each
name rendered to be placed upon the blue
ballot ten (10) dollars. TO be paid into the
person whose name is 70 be placed upon the
blue ballot is to be voted for in more than
one county, as in case Of members OF con-
gress. judges of district courts, etc., then the
divided among the several counties as nearly
equal as may be, and the portion due each
paid at the time and in the manner as pro-
vided for single counties.
ballot by him to be printed only the names OF
candidates who are nominated for offices,
properly TO be placed upon such ballot BY
MIN to be printed under the provisions OF
judges OF election which contains the name
Of any candidate who is not properly to be
voted for In the election district where such
judges are to sit on the day Of election:
The arrangement Of names Of candidates
by their political principles shall correspond
with the arrangement OF the party principles
at the head of the ballot. On the day sue.
ceeding the last day for the fling Of nominar
tious for candidates to be placed on the va
rious ballots the officer charged with the
duty Of preparing such ballots shall. in the
presence Of the representatives Of the vari.
Gus political parties running candidates,
proceed 70 draw lots for the position at the
head of the ballot, and the political party
the name Of which is first drawn shall have
the first place q. the head of the ballot; the
second name drawn. the second place. and
so on until all the names or slips shall have
been drawn.
SEC. A. In case vacancy occurs from any
cause after nominations have been made. as
heretofore specified, such vacancy may be
filled at any time before the ballots are
printed by filing with the proper officer Q
certificate of nomination in form and sub
stance as hereinbefore provided, containing
the name of the person substituted TO oil the
vacancy; such substtutional certificate TO
be executed by the chairman and secretary
of the proper committee Of the party making
the nomination, the vacancy OF which Is to
be filed, under such directions and regular
tons as the convention shall have specihed,
or in case none have been specified, then,
under the direction Of the proper state,