The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-12-14
TIE SPRING ELECTIONS.
What is Necessary TO DO and How to
DO II,

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officers 30 be elected next February,
and We venture some suggestions for
the consideration Of those interested
10 the subject,
The county is required by law to
defray the costs Of printing the ballots
and cards Of instruction for the cleo
tions m each county, together with
the cost of delivery of the same to the
election officers, and also pay all other
expenses incurred under the provisions
Of the act. The county is accordingly
liable to pay the election expenses for
holding city, borough and township
elections.
The certificates of nomination deter.
mine the groups into which the names
Of the candidates shall be arranged.
The political parties will hold couven.
tioDs and nominate officers Cat least
that seems the only way provided by
law aud the certificates of nomina.
ton for candidates for township and
borough officers and election officers
and school directors are by law d.
rected to be fled with the auditors of
the townships and %boroughs at least
ten days before the day of election.
Exery certificate of nomination must
be signed by the presiding officer aud
secretaries of the convention, or the
| presiding officer and secretaries of a
primary meeting, to which must be
added their places of residence. The
certificate must be sworn TO or affirmed
by the officers of the primary meeting
or convention, as the ease may be,
before a magistrate that the facts there.
10 contained are true to the best OF their
Knowledge aud belief, and a certificate
Of the oath must be annexed to the
certificate Of nomination. Objections
to form, or apparent conformity, or
nonconformity, to law of certificates
or papers designed for borough or
township officers must be made within
three days after the last day for filing
the same, and are to be decided by a
majority Of the auditors. All ohjec.
tions to the validity Of the certificate
or papers must be decided by the
court of common pleas of the county
or a judge Of such court,
Oue authority is of the opinion that
in boroughs and townships composed
of more than one election district the
officers of the primary meeting from
each electinn district should unite in
the certificate of nomination of Dor.
ough or corporate officers, as a burgess
for instance, and that the officers Of
such meeting in each separate ward
or election district should make and
file a separate certificate of nomina
ton for ward or district officers.
There is usually no convention nor
return judges or board in the election
Of borough officers, and it is believed
that a certificate of nomination for
corporate officers of a borough, di.
vided into wards and election pre-.
cincts, made and filed with the au.
ditors by the officers of the primary
meetings in each ward or district, is q
substantial compliance with the law.
The auditors of townships and Dor.
oughs are required by law to have the
ballots printed aud distributed, and
they must certify the cost of printing
aud distributing to the county com
missioners for payment.
Great care must be exercised in the
preparation of the certificates of nom.
i~nation aud papers, aud particularly
in the printing of the ballots. The
names of the candidates nominated
for office must be arranged in groups
as presented in the certificate of nom
i~nHtion under the designation Of the
office, with the party, descriptive
words or political app%ellalion at the
head Of each group, and must be print.
ed 10 the order of the vote polled by
each political party at the last pre-.
ceding election, beginning ,Oith the par
ty 'Uhich secured the highest vote. In
all other cases of nomination by pa.
pers, the names of the candidates for
each office shall be arranged under the
designation of the office in alphabet.
Cal order according to the a
The casting of the ballots is done in
the same way as at the general cleo.
ton in November of this year,
1t looks as though Santa Claus
had unloaded at Hopkins y Co.'S store.