The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1892-07-07

for the Nomination of Candidates for
Public OfacesI to Regulate the Manner
OF Holding Elections, and to Enforce
Secrecy OF the Ballot.
Be tt enacted By the General assembly Of
the State of Ioaoa:
Sec. l. That in ali elections to be held
after November l, 1S92, in the state for
public officers Except those elected at
school elections), the voting shall be
by ballots printed and distributed at
public expense as hereinafter provided,
and no other ballots shall be used.
Sec. 4 The printing and distribut.
ing of ballots and cards OF instruction
to the voters, as hereinafter described.
for any general election, shall be at
the expense of the county, and shall be
provided for in the same manner as
other county election expenses; and
the printing and distributing of ballots
for use in city elections shall be at the
expense of :he city or town in which
such election shall be held.
The term general election" as dsed
in this act, shall apply to any elecc lion
held for the choice of national, state,
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officers, whether for the full term or
for the filling of vacancy. The term
"city election" shall apply to any
municipal election held in a city or in
corporated town.
Sec. 8. Any convention of delegates,
primary, caucus or meeting of qualified
voters as hereinafter defined, and in
dividual electors to the number and in
the manner hereinafter specified, may
nominate candidates for public Office,
whose names shall be placed upon the
ballots to be furnished as hereinafter
provided
Sec. 4. Any convention of delegates,
primary, caucus or meeting represent
ing a political party, which at the gen.
eral election next preceding polled at
least two (2) per cent. of the entire
vote cast in the state or division there
of, or municipality for which the nom-
iuatlon is made, may for the state or
division thereof. or municipality for
which the convention, primary, caucus
or meeting is held, as the case may be,
by causing a certificate of nomination
to be duly fled, make one such nomi-
nation for each Office therein to be
filed at the election. Every such GER
tificate of nomination shall state such
facts as are required in section of
this act, and shall be signed by the
presiding officer and by the secre%ary Of
the convention, caucus or meeting,
who shall add to their signatures their
places of residence. When such nomi-
nation is made by primary election,
the certificate shall be signed by the
board of canvassers, to which the re-
turns of such primary election are made.
Such certificates shall be sworn to by
them to be true, to the best of their
knowledge and belief, and certificate
of the oath shall he annexed to the GER
tifcate of nomination.
Sec. s. Nominations for candidates
for any Office to be flled by voters of
the state at large ma lso be made by
nomination papers, signed in the ag-
gregate for each candidate by not less
than five hundred (5OO) qualified voters
of the state. Nominations of candi-
dates for offices to be filed by the
electors of county, district or other
division less than the state may be made
by nomination papers, signed in the
aggregate for each candidate by not
less than twenty-five (25) qualified
voters of such county, district or di-
vision. Nominations of candidates for
offices to be filed by the electors of a
city, town, precinct or ward may be
made by nomin alton papers, signed in
the aggregate for each candidate by
not less than ten (1O) qualified voters
of such city, town, precinct or ward;
provided, that the name of any candi-
date, whose name may appear in any
other place upon the ballot, shall not
be so added by petition for the same
Office. Each elector signing a certif-
cate shall add to his signature his place
of business and post Office address.
Sec. 9. All certificates of nomination
or nomination papers shall, besides
containing the names of candidates,
specify as to each:
/. The Office to which he is nomina-
ted
Q. The party or political principle
which he represents, expressed in not
more than five (5) words
8. His place of residence, with street
and number thereof, if any.
In the case of electors for president
and vice president of the United States,
the names of the candidates for presi-
dent and vice president may be added
to the party or political appellation.
Sec. Z. Certificates of nomination,
and nomination papers for the nomi-
nation of candidates for offices to be
filed by the electors of the entire
state, or any division or district greater
than county, shall be filed with the
secretary of state not more than sixty
| 1907 days and not less than thirty (80)
days before the day fixed by law for
| the election for which the candidates
are nominated. All other certificates
for the nomination of candidates shall
be fled with the county auditor of the
respective counties, not more than
sixty 1907 days and not less than TWEEN
ty (20) days previous to the day of such
/ election; provided, that certificates oi
nomination and nomination papers fol
the nomination of candidates for the
Offices in cities and incorporated
towns shall be fled with the clerks OF
recorder of the cities or incorporated
towns, not more than forty (40) days
and not less than ten (1O) days previou!
to such election.
Sec. T. Any person whose name hal
been presented as q candidate may
cause his name to be withdrawn from
nomination by his request in writing
signed by him and acknowledged be
fore an officer qualified to take &c
knowledgments of deeds, and flee
with the secretary of state not les
than fifteen (15) days, or with tn,
proper auditor, clerk or recorder no
less than eight (s) days previous Il
the day OF election, and no name st
Withdrawn shall be printed upol
the ballotA All certificates o
nomination and nomination papers
whsn aled. Ghal be open. un
der the proper regulation. 70 publ
inspection, and the secretary Of stat
and the several county auditors clerk
and recorders having charge Of nomi
nation papers shall preserve the sam
In their respective offices for not les
than six months after the election
Sec. Q. In case q candidate VIII
has been duly nominated, under tn
provisions of this act, die before cleo
ton day or decline the nomination q
In this act provided, or should any Ger
tifcate of nomination be held insui
hcient or imperative by the Office
with whom they may be hled, the va
cancy or vacancies thus occasione
may be filled by the political party o
other persons making the origina
nominations, or, If the time Is Insult