The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-14
a Compilation Basod Oh tho Law
OF West Virginia.
TO GUIDE REPUBLICAN, VOTERS
Aud Outline 4 Lawful Plan for lic.
publican ComnItteos-Porsons May
Vote ut Primaries Who Intond to
Support tho Republican Nominees
ana SO pcclarc-a Code for Ready
reference.

VIII DC useful Tor reference ~ thia time.
They arc made TO conform with the
Q West Virginia law, and arc 9ubioct
to change TO suit conditions aud local,
~. Thoy arc suggested for the uso OF
Republican committees In counties
where candidates are TO DO nominated
at primary elections:
J.. Tho County Republican COMMITTEES
shall consist Of one person from each
maGlsterial district, who shall be elected
at each primary election hold for the
election OF candidates for the various
offices to be nominated nj each Presi.
dential election, and elected in tho same
manncr as rho other candidates, and
whosG duty it shall be to elect au exec.
utlvc committee.
:. The election Of all candidates for
office, and for the position of county
committeeman, shall DO by ballot and
by ballot only, and DO held agrceAblv to
tho provisions Of chapter 67 OF tho Acts
oil tho legislature Of West Virginia OF
1891, and in the following manner:
8. Tho primary elections shall DO held
at Tho places for holding the general
elections in tho several maglsterial dis.
tricts and ut such other places us tho
county committee may designate, ind
between the hours Of 2 and 7 p. M. on
tho day nnmedin the call Of the county
committee. Tho election shall be BY
ballot, and only members OF tho Repub-
lican party who shall at the next ensu-
ing general election be qualified 10 vote,
shall vote at said primary election, and
no person shall be entitled to vote save
in tho maEisteriNl district only where
no resides
4. The names Of all candidates for
Office and for county committeeman to
DO voted for shall DO on n single ballot.
The name OF all candidates ior each
office shall be printed OF each ticket in
alphabetical order, under the respective
headings OF tho positions ior which they
arc candidates. The voter shall erase
the names OF all candidates but those
OF the persons for whom he desires TO
caet his ballot. No voter, however,
shall vote for more candidates for any
office than arc to be nominated for said
office; and if any voter shall do so his
ballot for that particular Office shall not
be counted.
Tho candidate for each ofico receiy-
ing tho highest number OF votes snail
DO declared elected. Should there be q
tic between two or morn candidatee, the
choice shall be made by drawing ballots
by the tied candidates, or decided by
lot by the county committee, as the
candidates Interested may asroe.
5. Tho primary election shnli be con-
Quoted at each voting place by q board
consisting Of one Judge and two iuspec.
tors or clerks, to be selected BY the
county committee.
In cz.e Of the absence OF one member
OF the board the two members present
shall appoint; whom two are absent tho
one member present shall appoint one,
and these two shall select tho third /:
and when Sll are absent, the assembled
voters shall elect,
Said board shalt keep n list OF all per-
cons voting, and when the polls are
cloaed, and not before, mako a tally OF
the votes cast for each person voted for
and give certificates thereof along With
said tally sheets and ballots, scaled in
tho saIne package. to the committee
man for that nagisterial district. 1t
shall be tho duty OF such committeeman
to lay tho samc before the county com-
mittse Ct their first meeting after the
said election, which said meeting shall
BIO held as soon thereafter rs practica-
,ble upon the cell Of the chairman, no.
tice Of which meeting shall DO publish
led in each OF the Republican newspa-
pers Of the county ut least ten days be-
fore said election. 1t shall be the duty
OF said committee at said meeting to
canvass the said returns and give lcor.
tihcRtes OF election to each candidate
elected. signed by the chairman and
secretary thereof.
+. Whom from any cause h vacancy
shall occur in the ticket after said cleo.
ton. the county committee, at n meet.
ing to DO called for the purpose, and
which purpose shall be stated in the
call, shall elect n candidate to Till tho
vacancy.
I. Immediately after tho result OF
the primary election is declared the
newly elected committeeman shall meet
and organize BY electing 4 chairman
and on elective COMMITTEES consisting OF
the chairman OF the county committee,
who shall be chairman OF the executive
committee, and two other pcrRors, one
OF whom shall be designated as secre-
tary.
s. Tho chairman OF the county COM
mittee shall call the committee together
ut any time upon tho request OF n ma.
iority OF the county committee or OF the
executive committee: and !. the chair
man should refuse, alter such rcquost,
10 issue q call for such meeting, it shall
thon be tho duty OF the secretary oil said
executive committee to issue such call.
8. No substitute for 4 member OF the
county committee shall DO admitted at
anv meeting thereof unless the person
substituted is n Republican voter OF the
district 10 DO represented and presents
the writing OF his principal authorizing
him to act in his place.
10. In case OF a vacancy in the county
committee or the executive comhlttee
occurring by death, removal. or other
wise, the Same shall DO filled by tho
county committee, with a Republican
voter OF tho district where the vacancy
exists, who shall serve until the next
election Of committeeman.
II. Tho county committee for the
purpose OF raising funds TO detray tho
election expenses shall assess all persons
who may announce themselves as candi.
dates for any office to be voted for at the
primary election, as they may deem
necessary and proper for the purpose.
Eyery person desiring to DO voted