The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-08-17

mau Of each County Executive Committee in
one or more County papers at least two
weeks before the election.
RULE 4. Each voter in said primary shall
vote but one ballot, on which shall be print
ed or written, or partly printed and partly
written, the name, or names, of the person,
or persons, vo,el for by him for each of the
Offices to be filled, together with the namo
of the office. The tickets to bo voted shall
be in blank in the following form, with
spaces to SUIT the different counties:
Delegates to the State Convention.
For Congress, ."..... District
For Solicitor. .......J judicial District
State Senator.
House of Representatives.
Sheriff.
Judge of Probate.
Clerk of Court.
County Commissioners.
Coroner.
School Commissioner.
Treasurer.
Auditor.
Trial Justices.
The respecticc County Executive Committees
are authorized TO adopt such rules as wiU
present piumping candidates.
RULE S. The managers of election shall
open the polls at 8 o'clock a. m, aud shall
close them at 4 o'clock p. III. After tabu-
lating the result, the managers shall certify
the same and forward the ballot box, poll
list and all other papers re'a,ing to such
election, by one of their number, to the
Chairman Of the respective Democratic
County Executive Committees within forty.
eight hours after the close of the polls.
RULE 8. The County Democratic EXecu.
tive Committee shall assemble at their res
pcctive Court House on the morning of the
second day after the election, at IL o clock
a. NJ, to tabulate the returns aud declare
the result of the primary, 50 far rs the same
relates to delegates to the Convention, mem
bers Of the General Assembly and County
Offices and shall forward Immediately to
the Chairman of the State Executive Com
mittee at Columbia, S. c., the result of the
election in their respective Counties for
Congressman and Solicitors.
RULE I. The protests and contests (cxcept
in the election Of Congressman aud Solici.
tors) shall be filed within five days after the
election with the Chairman Of the County
Executive Committee, and said Executive
Committee shall hear and determine tho
same. The State Executive Committee shall
hear and decide protests aud contests as 10
Congressman and Solicitors, and ten DAYS
shall be allowed for filing the same.
n3I& g. Candidates for the General As.
sembly and for County offices shall, ten days
previous to the primary election, file with
the Chairman Of the County Executive Com
mittee pledge, in writing, to abide the re-
suit ofthe primary and support the nominee.
Of the party. Candidates for other offices
shall file such pledge with the Chairman Of
the State Democratic Executive Committee.
No vote FIR any candidate who has not COM
piled with this rule shall be counted
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provided for, majority of the votes c,s,
shall DO necessary to nominate candidates
and to eject delegates to the State Conven-
ton. second primary, when necessary,
shall be held two weeks after the first rs is
provided for under the Constitution of the
party, and shall be subject to the rules
governing the first primary. At said sec md
primary, the two highest candidates alone
shall run for any one office, but if there are
two or more vacancies for any particular
office, then double the number of candidates
shall run for the vacancies to be filled.
For instance, in race for Sheriff, the two
highest shall run. limo County Commits.
sloner is nominated, then the six highest
shall run.
RULE 10. In the event of q tic bv:ycen
two candidates in the second primary, the
County Chairman, if it is a County Office,
and the State Chairman, if it is n State office,
or for Congress, or for Solicitor, shall order
third primary. The question of major
ity vote shall be determined by the number
OF votes cast for any particular office ard
not by the whole number Of votes cast in the
primary.
RULE ii. The credentials of delegates TO
the State Convention shall be certified to
by the Chairmen of the respective County
Democratic Executive Committees within
hve days after the result is declared and
forwarded Immediately to the Chairman of
the State Democratic Executive Committee
at Columbia, S. c.
Adopted March lst, 1892, by the State
Democratic Executive Committee.
JNO. l.. NJ. IRBY,
Chairman.
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