Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-05-21
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CHALLENGERs-HOW APPOINTED.
Section IL Two chAllengers may be appointed
BY the precinct committeeman Of each political
party having candidates 70 be voted for at such
election, who shall be admitted 10 the polling
place for the purpose Of challenging electors in
such precincts where the votes are not registered
and they may keep tally OF the electors voting,
and who shall serve without compensation from
the county, city, village or township, and who
shall take the following oath, administered by
one OF the judges Of election:
you do solemnly swear Tor affirm) that you
viii support the constitution OF the United States
and Of this State; that you viii faithfully and
impartially discharge the duties as official chal-
lenger assigned by law that you will not cause
any delay TO persons offering TO vote further than
is necessary 70 procure satisfactory information
Of the qualification OF such person as an elector
and that you viii not disclose or communicate to
any person how any elector has voted at such
Any voter may be challenged fer cause by Ell
ther of the challengers, judges or clerks of the
election, and Il he be so challenged, he shall es
taolish his right TO vote as is now provided by
law.
Any elector of the precinct may send written
notification over his own signature of challenge
ting forth the reasons thereof to the judges Of
election, and such person or persons may be chal-
lenged as hereinbeiore provided.
NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES.
Section u. Nominations of candidates for pub.
lic office may be made as herein provided, and
when not invalidated or withdrawn, the names
of such candidates shall be printed on the ballots
Any convention, or any caucus or meeting Of
qualified electors or any primary election held
by such electors, or any central or executive
make one nomination for each office to be filed
at the following election, and such nomination
to be valid, must, as hereinafter provided, be
certified to the proper officers. Every such certif
oota If alont{On oh O4ota c.,ol,
facts are in this act required for its acceptance
and shall be signed by the proper officers of such
convention, caucus, meeting, primary election OF
committee, who shall add thereto their places of
residence, and shall be sworn TO by them to be
true to the best of their knowledge and belief
and a certificate of the oath shall be annexed to
the certificate Of nomination or election. Such
certificate may also state the names and ad-
dress Of a committee of such political party, and
whether such committee has power te fill vacan-
cies which may occur in such list of nominees.
Nominations of candidates for any state county
orcity Office may be made by nomination repers,
signed in the aggregate for each candidate by not
less than five hundred, one hundred or fifty
qualified electors of the state county or CITY, re-
spectively. Nominations of candidates for other
offices may be made by nomination papers,
signed in the aggregate for each candidate by
qualified electors of the district or division for
which such candidates are nominated, not less in
number than one for every two hundred persons
| who voted at the next preceding annual election
in such district or division SignerE of such NOM
lnaLlOn papers may insert IN them the names and
addresses of such persons as they desire, to the
| number of five, as a committee, who may fill va
| cancies caused by death or withdrawal Each
| elector signing nomination paper shall add to
| his signature his place of residence, and each
elector may subscribe to one nomination for each
Office to be filled, and no more. One of the sign
ers to each such separate paper, shall swear that
the statements therein are true to the best OF his
knowledge and belief, and the certificate of such
| oath shall be annexed.
| All certificates of nomination and nomination
papers shall, besides containing the names OF
candidates, specify es to each Q) the office fol
| which he is nominated; ~ the party or political
| principle which he represents expressed in moi
more than three words; (3) his place of residence
| with street and number thereon, If any.
TLING OF CERTIFICATES.
| SectioH 49, Certificates of nomination and
| nomination papers for the nomination of candi
dates foristate offices shall be filed with the secre
tary of state not less than thirty days previous tC
| the day of the election at which the candidates
| are to be voted for. Such certificates and papers
| for the nomination of candidates for county
township and municipal Offices and offices to bt
filed by the electors of any district lying withir
| county shall be filed with the election boards
of the respective counties, and for offices to bt
filed by the electors Of district or circuit com
posed OF two or more counties, with the clerk o.
the county board OF elections for the county con
tanning the greatest number of inhabitants, a.
ascertained by the last federal census, not les
than twelve days previous to the day of elec
ton provided, that in cities having election
boards certificates for the nomination of city
officers may be filed with such city boards, no
less than eight days previous to the day of suct
election; and all certificates of nomination anG
nomination papers, when filed, shall be open, un
der proper regulation to public inspection, an(
the boards of elections shall preserve the same IL
their respective offices.
II The certificates of nomination and nomination
papers being so filed, and being in apparent con
tormity with the provisions of this act, shall bt
deemed to be valid, unless objection thereto
drI1v ms a writing in davis off
fling thereof Such objections or other question
arising in relation to the nominations OF candi
dates for state offices shall be considered by th
secretary of state, and his decision shall be final
Such objections or questions arising in tn
course of nominations of candidates for count
or city Offices, shall be considered by the count
Or city board Of elections respectively, land i
electors of district or circuit composed
of two. or more counties. by
J board to be composed of the presidents Of tn
boards of elections of the several counties com
posing said district or circuit, which board shal
meet at the Office of the board of elections of th
! county which contained the greatest number Q
inhabitants at the last federal census, and Its de
nj In case no decision can be arrived at by tn
county board, the matter in controversy shall
submitted to one of the judges of the court Q
e common pleas, and If the board can not othel
; wise agree, such judge shall be chosen by lo
= Such Judge shall summarily decide the questio
a thus submitted to him, and his decision shall b
nu6l. 6nOulu any person 80 uOm1naDeU Ole, ,W1Cf
draw or decline the nomination, or should an
certificate of nomination be insufficient or In
perfect, the vacancy thus occasioned may
i filled in the manner required for original nom
II nations, but must be certified to the state boar
a of elections twenty (20) days, or to the count
: board of elections twelve (12) days previous {
) election day. II, when the original nominatio
70 was made, there was delegated to committe
the power to fill vacancies 1t may proceed 10 fl
y the same. The chairman and secretary of sue
/ committees shall thereupon make and file wit
, the proper officer q certificate setting forth th
!, cause of the vacancy, the name of the perso
!. . nominated, the Office for which he was nom
" mated, the name of the person for whom the me-
70 nominee is to be substituted, the fact that th
g. committee was authorized to fill vacancies, an
such other information as is required to be give
" in an original certificate of nomination. The ce
!. tiicate SO made shall be executed, acknowledge
: and sworn to in the manner prescribed for tt
70 original certificate of nomination, and shal
y upon being filed with the state board, at lea
twenty COY days. or with the county board twely
12 days before election, have the same force an
effect as an original certificate of nomination.
n If the certificate of nomination of any sta
conventions shall request that the 6gure or devi(
selected by such convention be used to designa
the candidates of such party on the ballots for a
Is elections throughout the state, such figure or
l. vice shall be SO used until changed by request
,a subsequentstate convention of the same part
A Such device may be the figure offs star, an eagl
aplow or some such appropriate symbol, but ii
coat of arms or seal of the state or of the Unite
States, the national flag, or any other emble
Y common to the people at large shall not be ust
d as such Device
q Immediately upon the expiration of the tin
u within which certificates OF nomination may