The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1892-03-12
RULES FOR THE PRIMARIES.
The Election TO BE Conducted on Hines
Laid Down in the General Law,
Which the Committee Has Changed
in Part TO Suit the Occasion.

conduct of the election on March 22d, has is
sued the following
NOTICE OF AN ELECTION FOR DEMOCRATIC NOM
TNEEs.
Be it known that, under the authority con-
ferred upon the committee of seven by the JOINT
resolutions of the State Central Committees Of
the two factions of the Democratic party in the
State OF Louisiana passed on the goth of Febru-
ary, 1892, an election will be held throughout
the State on Tuesday, 22d day of March, 1892.
The election shall be for the purpose of de
termining as follows, viz:
First-Who shall he the candidates of the
Democratic party Of the State Of Louisiana for
the various State offices to be filed at the cleo
tion to take place on April 10, 1892.
Second-To choose members of the Democrat
ie State central committee for the several par.
ishes in the State and :wards Of the city OF
New Orleans.
Third-To decide whether Or not the basis of
representation in all district. congressional
and State nominating conventions, up to and
including the next State nominating conyen-
ton, shall be the total number OF votes cast
for the heads of the two tickets at the said
Be it further known, that said election shall
be conducted and held in conformity with the
following regulations adopted by this commit
FIRsT-LocATloS OF POLLING PLACES.
he precincts established at the late Con
gression Il election i'll 1890 in the City Of New
Orleans and III the country parishes shall be
the precincts in which polling booths shall be
established at this election.
In the several parlshes'throughout the State,
the parish of Orleans excepted, the two parish
executive committees shall agree upon and an
nou!.ee the location OF the polls. In the parish
OF Orleans the chairman OF the State executive
committee OF each side shall perform that duty.
sECoSD-sFLECTIoN OF COMMISSIONERS.
At each polling booth throughout the State
there shall be five commissioners OF election,
two to each side, the fifth to be selected in the
manner hereinafter provided for. Said two
commissioners shall be selected by the chair
main OF the parish committees representing
tue MeEnery and Foster tickets respectively
I1tr,,3 3~ ~in1Ift "a Sf.lIs n n
Orleans by the chairman OF the State executive
committees. Should any commissioner be alb
d e eane ave the no for any b sne Of tme the
| vacancy shall be filled by the remaining CON-
missioner for the faction which she absentee
i'll part represents.
The selection of the fifth commissioner shall
be determined by lot in the first instance. in
each parish of the State and ward of the city OF
parish and State executive committees. The
chairman winning the lot shall have the first
choice of the polling booth, the loser the sec
oud choice, the winner the next choice, AM. SO
on alternately until the list OF the polling
booths is exhausted, giving the odd poll, ii any
there be, to the chairman winning the first
choice. At every poll the commiss toner's who
are in the minority shall name the clerk, whose
duties shall be entirely clerical. In those par
ishes i'll which there are no parish committees
representing either side,s.the chairman of! the
state executive committee shall designate an
individual to act in lieu of the chairman of the
parish committee.
The polls shalt be kept open at each polling
place from the hour..of seven IN the forenoon
} until 6 in the afternoon, except in the city OF
New Orleans, where they shall be kept open
from 6 o'clock in the forenoon until O'Clock in
the afternoon
FouRTH-EoTTFIcATIoN OF THE POLLING PLA-
cEs AND COMMISSIONERS.
Notice, by publication, by the chairman OF
the respective committees, fixing polling
booths and designating the house in which the
. a nlaPn election
D ally be held, and naming the commissioners IN
! the several precincts and the hours Of voting
shall be given seven days in advance OF this
election
FTTH-sEcURIIY OF VOTERS.
+ Iii the city of New Orleans ropes or barriers
shall be run feet in front from each side OF
wide aud sixteen feet long, with openings OF
ingress and egress, and no person shall be al
lowed inside OF the ropes or barriers except the
person voting, and no person who has already
? voted shall be allowed TO take place In the line
of voters.
sI1TH-FoRM OF BALLOT.
2 Tickets shall be printed or written on white
], paper Of uniform size and texture, without de-
Y vice, seven inches long and three inches wide.
y | In the parish Of Orleans, white paper, to be
agreed upon by the chairmeD of the respective
| state executive committees shall be used; and
}. in the parishes outside of the city of New Or
!. leans all ballots shall be printed on white pa
per ordinarily used for printing purposes by
K newspapers. The tickets shall contain nothing
y but the names of the persons nominated by the
respective conventions at Baton Rouge, known
!. as the Foster ticket and the McEnery ticket
/; aud the offices for which they are voted, and
in addition thereto, the name of o person to
!. represent tho parish or ward upon the state
/; central committee, aud the word " for tue basis
Of representation, etc - or against the basis
% of Representation suggested by the State Cen
+; tral committees OF the Democratic party
Each voter shall deposit his ballot in the box
J. with his own hand, and in the city of New Or
/; leans ballots shall he stamped by the commIs
/; sioners representing each faction, and no bal
q lot unstanped shall be counted.
= sEyENTH-QUALIFIcATIoNo OF VOTERS.
l. Qualifications Of electors shall be as follows
% In parislles outside of the city of New Orleans
= white Democrats, with the qualifications re
: 4 quired by law, except as to registration. 10
:. the parish of orleans, white Democrats regis
= tered at least ten days pil8r to the election,
i e., up to and inclusve OF the 18th day OF March
svS 1892 The test in cases OF challenge, when {
y voters Democracy is questioned, shall be
aWil you agree to abide by aud sustain th'
. result of the eleetionao II he answers afflrna
= | fiyely his vote shall be received and counted
u and if he answers in the negative it shall b.
rejected aud he shall not be permitted to vote.
R. ETGHTH-MASNER OF VOTING.
ID The commissioners of election at each polling
place shall keep list OF the persons voting
II which list shall be numbered from one to tn
e. end and said list SO kept shall be certified
e. correct by the commissioners Immediately VI
on closi.s 6 the polls and before leaving the plac
lis or opening the ballot box.
IN Each voter shall vote III the ward or preclne
u in which he will be entitled to vote under IN
law.
" In the city vi New Orleans the commission
III ers OF election shall require every person Offer
ing to vote TO exhibit his certificate OF regstrs
ton, and when the vote OF such person IS n
L. eeived the commissioners OF election s1ia
u. stamp the certificate OF registration.
,n In the parish OF Orleans, the chairman of ID
respective State executive committees sslia
NJ provide a certified copy of the reglstratlo
,y duly authenticated by the registrar OF 20
ers, which shall be usedi by the commission
- ers of election in the same manner as the po
6; list, required to be furnished by the eleetio
M laws OF tht ) tate
- MNTH-cCEsT AND RETURN OF ELECTION.
by All ballots shall be counted and returns mad
Immediately on closing of the polls In the pre-
T.. ence OF not more than twp witnesses on eae Is
m side, to be admitted into the room where Il
count is being made Three tally sheets sla
IT. be kept of the count the tally sheets 20 haVe u
Il !. talIies marked in lines from the beginning
= = the end Of the page, and the total amount
- the ballot shall be written in figures immed