St. Landry democrat., 1892-03-12
RIFLES FOR THE PRIMARIES.
Election to Be- Conducted on Lines
Laid Down i'm the General Law,
which ahe Committee HAS Changed
in Part to Suit the Occasion.

Which ahe Committee Haas SNamSe0
in Part to Suit the Occasion.
The committee of seven charged with tile
of the election on March 22d, has IS
sued the following:
NOTICE OF AN ELECTION 0 DEMOCRATIC NOM
ISEEs.
Be il known that, under the authority con-
upon the committee OF seven by the JOINT
resolutions OF the state Central Committees OF
the two factions of the Democratic party III the
State of Louisiana passed on the Goth of Febrll-
airy, 1892, an election will be held througlout
Th State a5ec on Is ass1i ge 2 ior d FAY OF nn mafee' Of de-
terninlng as follows. viz:
First-WhO shall be the candidates Of the
Democratic party OF the state Of Louisiana for
ton to take place on April 10, 1892.
Second-TO choose members of the Democrat
ic State central committee for the several par
jshes in the State and awards OF the city of
New Orleans.
Third-To decide whether or not the basis of
representation i'll all district, congressional
aud State nominating conventions, up to and
including the next state nominating conVcI-
ton, shall be the total number of votes cast
for the heads OF the two tickets at the said
election of March %, 1892.
Be it further known, that said election Shall
be conducted and held in conformity with the
following regulations adopted by this commit
tee:
FIRsT-LOCATION OF POLLING PLACES.
The precincts established at the late con-
gressiOnal election in 1899 i'll the City OF New
Orleans and i'll the country parishes shall be
the precincts in which polling booths shall be
established at this election.
In the several parishes throughout the State,
the parish of Orleans excepted, the two parish
executive committees shall agree upon and an
nouncc the location of the polls. III the parish
OF Orleans the chairman of the State executive
committee of each side shall perform that duty.
sECoND-sFLECTIoS 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 i'll the
manner hereinafter provided for. Said two
commissioners shall be selected by the chair
main of the parish committees representing
the McEneTy and Foster tickets respectively
throughout the State, and in the wards of New
Orleans by the chairman of the State executive
committees. Should any commissioner be alb
sent at the opening of the polls, or be compel
cd to leave the poll for any length of time, the
vacancy shall be filed by the remaining COM
missioner for the faction which the absentee
i'll part represents.
The selection of the fifth commissioner sha
be determined by lot in the first instance, in
each parish of the State and ward of the city of
New Orleans, by the chairnen of the respective
parish and State executive committees. The
chairman winning the lot shall have the first
choice of the polling booth, the loser the sec
ond choice, the winner the next choice, an. so
on alternately until the list of the polling
booths is exhausted, giving the odd poll, il any
there be, to the chairman winning the first
choice. AT every poll the commissioners who
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duties shall be entirely clerical. In those par
ishes in which there are no parish committees
representing either side,itthe chairman of. the
state executive committee shall designate an
individual to act in lieu of the chairman of the
parish committee.
OF VOTING.
The polls shall be kept open at each polling
place from the hourGof seven in the forenoon
until 6 in the afternoon, except in the city Of
from 6 O'Clock in the forenoon until 7 O'Clock in
the afternoon.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF TIE POLLING PLA-
CEs AMI COMMISSIONERS
Notice, by publication, by the chairman of
the respective committees, fixing polling
| booths and designating the house in which the
voting shall take place and the election actu-
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
FITTH-sECURITY OF VOTERS.
In the city Of New Orleans ropes or barriers
shall be run 8 FEET in front from each side OF
the ballot box, making a rectangle eight feet
| wide aid 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
OF voters.
SIXTH-FORM OF BALLOT.
Tickets shall be printed or written on white
paper of uniform size and texture, without de-
vice, seven inches long and three inches wide.
| In the parish of Orleans, white paper, to be
agreed upon by the chairmen 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
newspapers. The tickets shall contain nothing
but the names of the persons nominated by the
respective conventions at Baton Rouge, known
as the Foster ticket and the McEuery ticket,
and the offices for which they are voted, and,
in addition thereto, the name of a person to
represent the parish or ward upon the State
central committee, and the word for the basis
OF representation, etc ," OF 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
with his own hand, and in the city of New Or
leans ballots shall be stamped by the commits
siOners representing each faction, and no bal
lot unStamped shall be counted.
sEvENTH-oUALLFICATIoN OF VOTERS.
Qualifications of electors shall be as follows
In parishes outside of the city OF New Orleans,
white Democrats, with the qualifications re-
quired by law, except as to registration. In
the parish of Orleans, white Democrats regis.
tered at least ten days prior to the election, i.
e., up to and inclusive of the 18th day OF March,
1892. The test in cases of challenge, when a
voters Democracy is questioned, shall be
"Will you agree to abide by and sustain the
result of the election? :" If he answers ttirma-
lively his vote shall be received and counted,
and if he answers in the negative it shall be
rejected and he shall not be permitted to vote.
E1GHTn-MANNER OF VOTING.
The commissioners of election at each polling
place shall keep a list Of the persons voting,
which list shall be numbered from one to the
end, and said list so kept shall be certified as
correct by the commissioners Immediately up
on closing the polls and before leaving the place
or opening the ballot box.
Each voter shall vote III the ward or precinct
in which he will be entitled to vote under the
law.
In the city of New Orleans the commission
ers of election shall require every person offer
ing to vote to exhibit his certificate of registra-
ton, and when the vote of such person is re-
ccived the commissioners OF election shall
stamp the certificate of registration.
In the parish OF Orleans, the chairman of the
respective State executive committees shall
provide a certified copy of the registration
duly authenticated by the registrar of yot-
ers, which shall be usedG by the commission
ers of election in the same manner as the poll
list, required to be furnished by the election
laws of the State.
~N1NTH-COUNT n RETURN OF ELECTION.
All ballots shall be counted an. returns made
immediately on closing of the polls in the pres
ence of not more than two witnesses on each
side, to be admitted into the room where the
count is being made. Three tally sheets shall
be kept of the,count the tally sheets to have the
talIies marked in lines from the beginning to
the end of the page, and the total amount of
the ballot shall be written in figures immedi.
ately after the end Of the ~tallies, and in letters,
SO as to prevent any alteration thereof.
Should two or more tickets be folded together
the tickets so folded shall be rejected.
After the count is completed the ballots shall
diately sealed with the ballots therein and pre-
served until the result of the election is an
nOunced.
All poll lists and tally sheets shall be made
in triplicate and signed by the commissioners
indorsed ON the wrappers with parish and pre-.
| nipcf marked distinctly thereon Ono annv nj