Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-03-18
Primary Election, April I4th.

Plan and Regulations for Holding it.
At meeting the City Democratic Commit
tee held last Wednesday night the following
plan of primary election to nominate can
ddates for City officers, and the rules and
regulations for conducting it, were adopted
Resolved, That primary election shall be
held on Tuesday, the 18th day of April 1896,
for the purpose of ascertaining the sentiment
of the Democratic voters of this city in rela-
ton to their choice for candidates for such
offices as are to be filled at the election to be
held on the fourth Thursday in May MAY
2Sth, 1860 to wit: Mayor, Commemorative
attorney, city sergeant, constable. and for
each ward of the city six members of the city
council, and three magistrates
Resolved, That the polls shall be open in
each ward of the city at the usual voting
place, and it shall be the duty of each ward
supervisor to see that the judges and clerks
are in place at the hour appointed for the
opening of the polls, and provide all necessary
poll books ETC. The polls shall be opened at
sunrise and closed at sunset on Tuesday,
April IA, 1896. The committee shall appoint
two judges and two clerks for each ward,
who shall be paid $3.50 each by the treasurer
of the City Committee upon the certificate of
the secretary thereof that all registration and
poll books and other papers entrusted to them
have been returned to him.
provide printed tickets to the number of 1000
5000 for each ward) containing the names in
alphabetical order of all persons who shall
have announced themselves, or been an
nounced by authority, as candidates for the
positions named to the chairman of the City
Committee on or before 9 clock of the night
of Saturday, the 18th day of April, 1885, and
shall have paid or caused to have been paid
to the chairman of said City Committee on or
before the said 18th day of April, at o'clock
p. M, the sum of S150 each for the purpose
of paying the expenses of this primary cleo
| ton. and shall have pledged themselves as
provided in the following section:-
Resolved, That no candidate shall be voted
for who does not hold himself pledged to
abide by the results of the primary election.
Resolved, That no other tickets except the
ones printed by the City Democratic Commit
| tee shall be used in this primary election, and
such tickets shall not be delivered to the ward
supervisors until the night preceding the day
of the said primary election
Resolved, That all Democrats who are duly
| registered and those who will be entitled to
| register and vote at the May election, shall be
eligible as voters at the primary election, and
| the offer of such Democrat to vote shall be
considered pledge on his part to support the
| nominees of said primary.
Resolved, That the voting shall be by
ballot, and the judges and clerks shall be gov
erned as far as applicable by the same rules as
L
existing Walton law as amended. Immedi-
ately after the polls are closed the Judges and
clerks of election in the presence of the super
visor of the ward in which such polls are
held, if he be present, and in the presence of
not over two spectators, shouldthey desire to
be present, shall ascertain the humber of
votes cast which number shall correspond to
the number of names on the poll-books. The
judges and clerks of election shall then make
| out on the poll books certificate of the num-
Der of votes cast for each candidate which
shall be signed by the judges and attested by
the clerks and returned Immediately upon
the close of said work together with the bal
lots and other books and papers to the chair
man of the City Democratic Committee
Resolved, That Immediately after the polls
are closed and the vote certified by the judges
and clerks the City Committee shall meet at
the room of the committee to canvass the re-
turns, hear appeals if any, and make certif-
cate OF final results of the election. The re-
suit of the election shall be announced by the
chairman OF this committee; the person Oh
persons receiving the highest number of votes
for the office or offices for which they are
candidates shall be declared the nominees oil
the party for said Office In case of tie the
City Committee shall decide the same by lot
The following gentlemen were appointed
by the committee to serve as officers at thi.
election
Supervisors-First Ward, J. Med. McCue
Second Ward, r. E. r. Nelson.
Judges-First Ward, W. L. Olivier and E
NJ. Funkhouser; Second Ward, w. A. Burk,
and ]. A. Templeton
Cierks-First Ward, J. Martin Perry ant
Warner Olivier; Second Ward, B. F. Terry
and J. Peyton Brown.