Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-03-29
PURE PRIMARIES
Text Of the Bill That Passed
" Y the Minnesota Senate
. AZ ,& Recently.
WORK OF THE FOUNDER GONE
None but Those Affiliated with
the Party Holding Them
Can Vote.

The primary election bill passed by
the senate will be of interest to every
voter in Minnesota who is opposed to
packed primaries manipulated by parry
bosses. 1t was bone of bitter conten-
ton in the senate, and may meet de-
feat in the house. The text OF the
bill is:
Section 1. A primary election, with
in the meaning Of this act, is an cleo
ton held in any county or city in the
State Of Minnesota by any political
party to elect delegates to political con-
ventions.
Sec. 2. When any political party de-
sires to hold primary election in any
county or city, it shall be the duty OF
the duly authorized committee OF such
political party for such county or city
to publish a notice once week for at
least two consecutive weeks, the first
pu blication of which shall be at least
20 days previous to the day appointed,
that such primary election will be held.
Said notice shall be published
in a newspaper of general circu-
lation printed and published in the
county in which the primary election is
to be held. The notice shall give the
date when the primary election will be
held, the number of delegates each
election district is entitled to in conven-
ton, the purpose for which the election
is called and the offices for which can-
didates are to be nominated in conven-
ton. In case there is no paper OF gem
eral circulation in the county where the
primary election is to be held, then it
shall be the duty Of the duly authorized
committee of the political party holding
the primary election to post said notices
in at least three places in such city or
county at least 20 days before the date
at which the primary election is to be
held, and at least six days before the
primary election is held in any election
district or precinct, the duly authorized
committee of the political party holding
said primary election shall cause proper
notice, to be posted in three public
places in said precinct, giving the time
and place Of holding the said primary
election in said precinct.
Sec. 8. None but regularly qualified
voters shall be allowed to take part in
any primary election, and it shall be
unlawful for any person not affiliated
at the last general election with the po-
litical party holding it's primary cleo
ton, or for any person who has not re-
sided for at least 30 days in the election
district where the primary election is
held, to vote or take part in such pr1-
mary election.
Ruins the Rustlers.
Sec. 4. Such primary election shall
be held between 2 and 8 o'clock p. M,
at an hour to be fixed by the committee
calling the same; and shall be held open
not less than one hour. All primary
elections of political party for each
city or county held in the different
election districts Of city or county for
the purpose of electing delegates to
some political convention, shall be held
on the same day and at the same hour.
When the hour for holding primary
election in any election district has ar
rived the primary shall be called to
order by the chairman or secretary
of the precinct committee, or in their
absence, by some other qualified voter
of the party holding such primary cleo.
ton, and the qualified voters, members
of the political party holding the pri-
mary election present, shall choose from
their number a chairman, a clerk Of
election and two judges of election, Sc
lected as far as possible from the known
friends of the different candidates for
offices to be filed at the city or county
convention. Provided, however, the
said officers may be so selected by the
duly authorized governing committee
of such political party for such county
or city. The officers Of primary cleo
ton may be chosen by viva voce vote,
but all delegates to a political conven-
ton shall he elected by ballot, and each
qualified voter at such primary shall
place on his ballot, which may be writ
ten or printed, or partly written and
partly printed, as many names for del
egates as such precinct is entitled to in
convention, prOV1ueu out'1 IL any o'AAoo
contains more names than such pre-
cinctlis entitled to delegates, such ballot
shall be wholly void. Those persons
who receive the highest number Of
votes in any precinct shall. be declared
elected and plurality shall elect.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be the duty Of the
chairman to preside over the primary
election, to administer oaths of office to
the judges and clerks of election, and to
any voter whose vote is challenged, all
of which he is hereby authorized to do,
and provided, further, that in case any
voter makes oath that he has changed
his political utilization to the political
party holding said primary election,
after the last proceeding general cleo
ton his vote shall be received. 1t shall
be the duty of the mayor of each incor-
porated city having 20 election districts
or more to provide one
Policeman ut Each Primary
election polling place to preserve order
during such election. ! 1t shall be the
duty of the clerk of election to keep
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