The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-05
February Election.

The information in the following |
article will be found very useful to |
those whose duty it will be to put |
the new ballot law into operation for
the Spring election. The facts are
CLEANED from very careful reading
of everything in the law that per-
tains to borough aud township cleo
tioLs:
The language Of the law, it seems,
contemplates nominations in each
election district by the two domin-
ant parties at primary meetings or
caucuses. Certificates of such nom
nations must DO made out and sign
ed by the presiding efficers and the
secretary or secretaries of such pri-
mary meeting or caucus, aud shall
be sworn or anirned to by them be-
fore an officer qualified to administer
oaths, to be true TO tho best of their
knowledge and belief.
Nominations may also be made by
what is termed nomination papers.
1t often trar ros that no party
nominations made for the Spring
election, but items tickets are
voted Such ..kets will come .uu-
der the head 1' domination papers.
Independent lolhdates must come
under the sane regulations that
govern nomius on papers.
Certificate nomination papers
for township md borough officers
shall be filed With the auditors of
the RESPECTIVE townships or bor-
oughs for which they are made
Certificates OF nomination papers
shall be filed seven days before the
day of election. AT such certificates
shall be open TO public inspection
and shall be pres gyed in the Office
in, p,&hi Atb1sS 'sp@eA1 1Gasla seeyiA1
Of at least two ye,fs.
Objections to certificates or to pa
pers, as to conformity or to non
conformity to law, Slall be heard
and dotermided by thaauditors or
majority of them. Sucp objections
must be in writing and Ned with the
auditors within three days after the
last day for the filing of such certi-
iicates and papers. Objections to
the validity of certificates pnd pa.
pors other than objections as to
form shall be filed with the prothon-
otary, and the court, or any Judge
thereof, shall Immediately upon, no
tiiication proceed to hear such OBJ
iections.
Any person whose name has bST :.
presented as candidate may.
his name to be withdrawn from,
nomination by request in writing
and committee appointed by the
primary meeting or caucus making
the original nomination shall have
the power to place on the ticket on
the ticket n substitute for the name
Withdrawn, the manner of so doing
beng subject to the same regulation
that governed the original. In case
of II substitute nomination paper,
not filed by committee but signed
by citizens, then it shall be only me-
cessary that two-thirds of the sign
ers of the substitute nomination shall
have been signers of the original pa
pers.
In case n substitute nomination is
transmitted to the townships or
borough auditor, after the ballots
have been printed tho said auditors
shall prepare and distribute with the
ballots suitable slips of paper (stick-
ers) bearing the substitute name,
together with the title of the officer,
which shall he offered to each voter
with the regular ballot and may be
affixed thereto.
The County Commissioners and
Auditors shall ascertain the offices
to be filed aud shall be responsible
for the accurate printing of the bal
lots, and for the safe keeping of the
same while in their possession or of
their subordinates or agents. The
auditors shall cause the ballots to be
printed aud to be distributed to the
proper election board, and they shall
certify the cost of printing and cost
of distribution to the County Com.
missioners for payment as part of
the county election expenses.
The form of the ballot for town
ship OF borough elections is in every
respect similar to the form used at
the last or November election, ex-
cepting that the ballot will begin
with the names belonging to the po-