The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-03-02
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clerk shall enter in book marked regis
ter of nominations, the date when the
certificate was fled with him, the name
of each candidate, the office for which he
is nominated, and the name of the party,
or convention, or assembly making the
nomination, together with the names of
the chairman and secretary certifying
the same; and in case the certificate of
nomination is made : by individual
electors. the names of the two signers
who make oath thereto, and the total
number of signatures thereto. As soon
as the acceptance or withdrawal of the
candidate is filed, it shall also be entered
upon said register.
Sec. 40. All such certificates of nomi-
nation, acceptances, and withdrawal, as
soon as filed, shall be public records,
and shall be open to public inspection
under proper regulations; and when a
copy of any certificate of nomination,
acceptance, or withdrawal is presented
at the time the original is fled. or
Mt any time hereafter, and request
is made to have such copy COM
pared and certified, the officer with
whom such certificates of nomination
was filed shall forthwith compare such
copy with the original on file, and, if
necessary, correct the copy and certify
and deliver the copy to the persons who
presented it. All certificates of nomina-
ton, acceptance, Withdrawals, pollbooks,
tally sheets, ballots, and ballot-stubs
shall be preserve as other records are,
for two years after the election to which
they pertain, at which time, unless other
wise ordered or restrained by some court,
the county clerk shall destroy the ballots
and ballot-stubs by fire. without anyone
inspecting the same.
Sec. Al. Any person who has been
nominated and accepted some nomina-
ton, as provided in this act, may cause
his name to be withdrawn from nomina-
ton at any time prior to the election, by
a writing declining the nomination
stating the reason, signed and ac-
knowledged by him before some Of
-ficer authorized by the laws of this
state to take acknowledgment of deeds,
and certified by such officer, and by
fling the same with the secretary of
state or county clerk or clerks with whom
the certificate nominating him as can
didate was filed. Such withdrawal may
be sent by telegram to the secretary OF
state through county clerk, as provided
by section A of this act in the case of
certificates of nomination.
Sec. ~. If any person nominated as
herein provided dies or withdraws be-
fore the day fixed by lawfor the election,
and the fact of the death becomes known
to the satisfaction of the officer, the Sec
retary of state or county clerk or clerks
In whose Office the certificate of nomina-s
tion nominating such person was filed,
shall forthwith give notice by posting a
certificate of the fact in conspicuous
place in his office. In every such
case the name of the candidate who
has died or withdrawn shall not be
printed upon the ballots, and if already
printed, shall be erased or cancelled be-
fore the ballots are delivered to the cleo
tors.-.---
Sec. 43. Ii the original nomination thus
vacated was made by a convention or as
sembly, and the convention OF assembly
can reconvene, it may fill the vacancy
before the day fixed by law for the cleo
ton If the convention or assembly has
delegated to a committee the power
TO hill such vacancies, such COM
mite may likewise fill the same. In
every case where the original candidate
dies or withdraws, as many certificates
OF nomination made by electors to fill
the same office shall be filed as are duly
presented to the proper officer before the
day fixed by law for the election. The
certificate to fill such vacancy shall sub
stantially conform with the REQUIRE
ments for an original certificate of NOM
ination, and shall be filed with the same
officer the original certificate was filled
with.
Sec. Al. When such original certificate
OF nomination, thus vacated, was filed
with the secretary of state, the certificate
to hll the vacancy thus oecasioned shall
oe hled with him, and it may be-filed di-
rectly with the secretary of state or in !
the following manner; 1t may be pre-
sented in duplicate to any county clerk,
who shall file one of the certificates in
his office, and upon being rendered the
cost OF transmitting the same, it shall be
the duty OF such county clerk to forth
with cause the certificate of nomination
to be telegraphed to the. secretary of
state and repeated back, and he shall al
so forthwith mail the duplicate thereof
by registered letter to the secretary of
state. The secretary of state shall file
said telegraph copy of the certificate the
same as if it was the original, and he
shall also file the duplicate when the