The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-03-28
PRECINCT PRIMARIES
SOON TOBE HElDAl OVER
THE COUNTY.
To Select Delegates to the State Conven-
tion-The New Primary Law-Must be
Registration of Names and Addresses OF
Voters and Other Safeguards.

will be held in Butte City, May II.
The object of this first convention is
the selection of six delegates and al
ternates to the national Republican
convention which meets in St. Louis in
June. Late in April or early in May a
county convention OF the silver-protec-
tionists will be held in this city. Dele
gates to this convention will be select
ed in the usual manner-by cnucuses or
primaries. These primaries are not a
great ways off. In fact they will be
held within few weeks. AS these p,i-
maries are governed by new law. a
little information and some fragments
of the code will not be out of place.
In the first place, after the voters as
semble and are called to order by the
precinct chairman. they must elect
three of their number as judges and
one of the judges shall set as clerk.
The clerk must keep record of all per-
sons voting at the primary. registering
their place of residence with the name
The judges are empowered to admins
ter oaths and compel any challenged
person to take and subscribe to an oath
setting forth his qualifications to vote
before allowing him to deposit his bal
lot. The judges must also certify the
results of the primary to the proper au-
thOrities, and it will be found cOnven-
lent if these certificates are made out
in blank in advance as it is easier for
the judges to sign them together on the
night of the primary than to look each
other up the next day.
In order that no primary may omit
any of the necessary precautions. the
law is published herewith in full. 1t
is as follows:
Section l. No person shall be enti-
tied to vote at any caucus held by any
political party. except he be an elector
OF the state and county within which
such caucus. primary meeting or elec-
tion is held, and legal resident of the
precinct or district within which such
caucus. primary meeting or election is
beld, and the limits of which said pre-
cinct Or district are fixed and prescrib-
ed by the regularly chosen and recog-
nized representatives of the party is
suing the call for such caucus. primary
meeting or election.
Sec. 3. No person shall be entitled
to vote at any such caucus, primary
meeting Or election who is not identi-
fed with the political party holding
such caucus, primary meeting or cleo
tion. or who does not intend to act with
such party at the ensuing election,
whose candidates are to be nominated
at such caucus, or primary meeting.
Sec. ). Three judges who shall be
legal voters in the precinct where such
caucus or primary meeting is held
shall be chosen by the qualified voters
OF said precinct or district, who are
present at the openinr If such caucus
or primary meeting a1e said JUDGES
shall be empowered 10 administer oaths
and aftirmations, and they shall decide
all questions relating to the qualifca-
tions of those voting or Offering to vote
at such caucus or primary meeting, and
they shall correctly count all votes
cast and certify the results of the same.
Sec. 1. The Judges shall select one
of their number, wh" shall act as clerk,
and the c'erk shall keep true record
OF each and every person voting, with
their residence, giving the street and
number and posto!fce address.
Sec. .. Any qualified voter may
challenge the right os any person Of
fering to vote at such caucus or pri-
mary meeting, and in the event OF such
challenge the person challenged shall
swear To aud subscribe an oath admin
istered by one OF the judges, which cath
shall be substantially as follows: 81
do solemnly swear that am a full citi-
zen OF the United States and an elector
IN this county and OF this precinct
where this primary is now being held;
that have been and now am identified
with the---party, or shat it Is
my inson:ion bona ade, to act with tho