The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-25
Borough aud Township Elections.


Major Geo. w. Merrick, Of Wells
huro, nne of the ablest lawyers Of
Northern Pennsylvania, recently fur.
uished the Advocate Of that place q
synopsis Of the Baker ballot law, So
far as il relates to borough and town.
ship elections. 1t is altogether the
clearest digest of the law we have
seen, therefore We publish it in full.
as follows:
1 The borough and township Au
ditors are charged with the duty Of
preparing the tickets and delivering
them TO the election bnard.
The tickets are made up, (s) from
party nominations, made by a eau
Gus; (h) from nomination papers.
If by a caucus, the certificate of
nomination shall be signed by the
President and Secretary of the eau
Gus, who shall add their places OF
residence and an affidavit of the truth
of what they certify, and a certificate
of such oath shall he annexed to the
certificate Of nomination.
2 If by nomination papers, the
paper shall contain:
First-Tbe party which the candi
date represents, expressed in not
more than three words.
Second-The name of the candi.
date his occupation and residence.
Third-The office for which such
candidate is nominated.
This nomination paper must be
sigued by legally qualified voters of
the district-aUd not less than three
per cemtum of the largest entire vote
for any officer elected at the last pre-
cediog election, in said election dis
trict.
Each elector so signing shall add
his occupation and residence; and M
person shall subscribe to more than
one nomination for each office to be
filed.
3 Any political party which, at
the last prect ding State election poll
ed three per centum Of the entire
vote cast in the State, may nominate
by caucus for local elections in any
election district-though that party
may not have pGlled three per cen
tum Of the entire vote in that dis
trict.
4. If any political party nominate
candidates by caucus-candidates in
the name of the same party, cannut
be nominated by nomination papers.
5. If any political party, quail.
fed to nominate candidates 10y eau
Gus, fails to do so there may be as
many candidates fo- each office,
placed upon the ticket, in the name
of that party, as shall file proper
nomination papers.
6. Certificates of nomination, and
nomination papers must be filed with
the Auditors:
1. townships, ten days before the
day of election.
In borougbs, seven days before the
day of election.
7. All objections to these papers
must be fled within three day after
the last day for filing of certificates
aud nomination papers. Objections
as to form must be filed with Audit.
ors aud decided by a maturity of
them. All other objections must be
filed 10 the court of common pleas.
8. The ballots of white paper, and
specimen ones, tinted paper, must be
III the general form of thnse used at
the election il November last, aud
sevenIy.6ve Of each kind for every
fifty voter on the Assessors list,
must be delivered to the Judge Of
Election the day before the day OF
election, together with cards of in.
struction and Assessnr's list Of voters,
to be furnished by the County Com
missioners
8. 1t remains the duty of Con.
stables to publish notices of elections.
10. The expense of the elections
are paid by the cnunty.
NENSY NOTES.