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PLAN OF COUNTY PRIMARY.


The Democratic Executive Committee Of
Jefferson county, at 4 meeting held on July
= 1896, makes the call for Primary Elec-
hon, and adopts the following plan for the
government and conduct of the said Demo-
cratic primary election:
Fist-The primary election system for
the election of county officers is hereby
adopted. This system shall apply to candi-
dates for the Sherifialty, House of Delegates,
Clerk of the County Court, Clerk of the Cir
cult Court, State Senator, Assessors, Justices
of the Peace, County Commissioners, County
Surveyor, Members of Board of Education,
Constables and Members of the Executive
Committee, Judge of the Circuit Court and
Prosecuting Attorney.
Second-The primary election shall be
held at each voting precinct in the county,
except at Charles Town, where the three
present voting precincts shall be consolida-
ted into one, and the election held in the
Courthouse; Shepherdstown, where the
two precincts shall be consolidated into one
and the election held in the old Market
House and in Harper's Ferry and Bolivar,
which precincts shall be consolidated into
one and the election held in the house at
the corner OF Washington and Union
streets, AND VOTERS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
VOTE IN THE PRECINCTS OF WHICH THEY ARE
RESIDENTS, EXCEPT A. To ABOVE CoNsoLIDA-
TED PRECINCTS. The election shall be under
the management Of three (3) commissioners,
two of whom shall be the Democratic COM
missioners appointed by the County Court
and they to appoint the third commissioner;
the commissioners to appoint one or more
clerks. In the event said commissioners fail
to act. the members Of the Executive Com
mittee from each precinct shall appoint
competent commissioners to hold said cleo
ton. The commissioners and clerks shall
be sworn to correctly and faithfully conduct
said election and to protect it against fraud
and unfairness.
Third-At the close Of the polls the COM
missioners shall count the ballots and re-
cord the vote in writing which each candi-
date receives for the office for which he is 4
candidate. and the result shall be certified
by the commissioners rs follows .................
hereby certify
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al the Primary Election this day held at.'.''
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Fourth-The commissioners shall forward
the poll-books, certificates and ballots under
seal to the county clerk, to be delivered by
him to the secretary of the Executive Com
mittee: to be held and recounted, in case OF
contest. within two days after the closing OF
the polls, and the County Executive Com
mittee shall meet at 10 o'clock, n. m, Tues
dav. August /, 1896, at the Courthouse in
Charles Town, and shall open andcount the
vote and declare the result. The candidates
receiving the highest number Of votes, Tor
the respective offices for which they have
been candidates, shall be declared by the
Executive Committee to be the Democratic
nominees for said offices.
-Theduty ofthe Commissionersshau
be TO receive the votes Of all who supported
the Democratic State and National ticket at
the last election, and intend supporting said
ticket at the coming elections. Ofall Demo
Gratis who have moved into the county, and
will be legal voters at the next election. OF
an young uen known to Be Democrats, who
Will be of age al the next general election,
and none other.
Sixth: Each person desiring to be candi-
date at such primary election, shall ten days
prior thereto furnish to John NJ. Daniel
Chairman County Executive Committee (P.
o., Charles Town, Jefferson county, w. Na.)
in writing his full name and the office for
which he desires to be candidate, which
shall be accompanied by the sums named
below TO pay the expenses Of the primary
election.
$500
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Assessors ovO
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Seventh-Should there be tie vote be-
tween two or more candidates, the choice
shall bemade by drawing lots by the tied
candidates or it may be decided by the Exc
cutiye Committee in any manner that the
candidates may agree upon.
Eighth-The names of all candidates will
be placed ON one ticket under the respective
heading of the positions for which they are
candidates and the voter Will erase the
names of all except the person orpersons he
desires TO vote for Ifmore than one name
for each office should be allowed to remain
by the voter the ballot for that Office will
not be counted.
Ninth-The printing of the ticket shall be
under the supervision of the Chairman ofthe
County Executive Committee AND 40 NAME
WILL BE PLACED or TIE TICKET UNLESS THE
CANDIDATE COMPLIES WITH RULE SIX l6). The
time for holding the primary election shall
be SArURDAY, AUGUsr 1St, 1896, PROM P. NJ,
TILL SUNSET. AT HARPER FERRY TIE POLLS
roBE KEPT OPEN UNTIL 9 r. NJ The commits
sioners of election will see that the returns
Of this primary election are delivered to the
clerk of the County Court by 10 o'clock a. NJ,
August ith, 1896.
Tenth-The names of candidates for Judge
of the Circuit Court, State Senate, and Dis
trict Delegates shall be printed on the tick
cts instead of placing the names ofdelegates