Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-14
PLAN FOR THE PRIMARIES Report to Be Made to the Dem
 ocratic County Committees
 #a DETAILS AS TO DELEGATES l ~v1, One Hundred and Ninety-four Delegates Will : Compose the Convention to Send Del
 .s egates to the State Convention.
DETAILS AS TO DELEGATES

The democratic. campaign managers have not been idle of late
 Thesub-committee appointed at the last meeting of the county democratic execu- tige. committee to draft plan for holding the prmafy election and the elections of delegates to a cointy convention, called tosselect delegates to the state convention at MontGoWerysy-will on-next Saturday report the following to the full commit tee:
 I. The primary election shall be held by three. managers, two clerks and re- turning. officer at each polling place. The returning officer shsrl perform those du- ties. prescribed by law for such officers in aa.genera1 election. The polls shall De opened at & o'clock a. m. on the day fixed for the primary and shall close at D. m l 7. Notice of place of voting shall be | given ten days before the election. In | Birmingham. Bessemer and Pratt City | such notice shall be given by publishing | twice in a newspaper in the respective l cities; in the other beats or subdivisions | of beats by posting in not less than | three public places therein. The notice herein provided for shall be given by the committeeman from the precinct or sub division. aa.st 'r.t
 3. A committee of arrangements to. be hereinafter provided for shall appoint the managers, clerks and returning offl-
 
 by any candidate for governor, county or beat office, or by the executive com mitteeman from the voting precinct. In
 making said selection the committee shall as far as practicable, arrange fair division among competing candi- dates so that adverse interests may be represented. The committee is especially urged to appoint as managers, clerks and returning officers men of well estab- lished reputation for fairness and 1nteg- rity in their respective communities. The committee shall publish twice in some newspaper in Birmingham. Bessemef and Pratt City a list of the maitagers, clerks and returning officers, the 1rst publication to be made at least tenodays before the uth of April next All lists or names must be furnished said commttee on or before March 25 next l. Each executive committeeman In his voting precinct shall cause to be prepared an alphabetical list of all the white vol CTS in his precinct, which list must pc filed with the chairman of executive committee at least ten days before the eleetlanI If the name of any person or ferfne to vote is not found upon saId Uft at the precinct where he offers to Vete-h must make satisfa ctory proof Of his resi- lence in .the said, beat and his right tp vote. The secretaryi shall cause said list
 to be printed and post a printed copy upon the bulletin, board at. the court house, a least five days before the elec7
 tion. A printed list for the particular voting precinct shall also be furnished
 the managers to conduct the election therein. In beats where there are more than one Voting place the executiYeieomr,
 mi eefnan from said beat in announcing the place of voting shall indicate how said B9atis 'subdfvided and that voters residinGyip. the subdivisions vote only at the pollinng place provided for said sup7i division
 5. The election shall be conducted with
 as much publicity as is consistent with
 the orderly and proper management of
 the, same. .,..sa..a s!.. .T e-a ir
 G. The names of all the candidates for
 county offices and the general assembly
 shall be printed on the same ticket.
 Blanks shall be left for the insertion of the names of beat officers and commit teeman in each precinct to be voted on The names of delegates to the county convention to he held to select delegates to the state convention shall be printed
 or written upon separate ballots. The ballots for all county officers and mem berS of the general assembly shall be prepared by the committee of arrange ments and shallnbe the official ballots The committee shall not print the ballots for deleg ates to said county convention. :. Any person desiring to have his name printed upon the official ballot shall make written request to that effect upon the chairman of the executive com mittee. He shall therein state his name, residence and the office for which he is a,
 candidate. and shall therein pledge him- self to abide the result and to support the nominee of the primary and the dem ocratic ticket for state officers, which re- quest and pledge he shall deliver to said chairman. not later than the 25th of March, 1896. The said chairman shall al once, after receiving said request, make a copy of the same and deliver it to the committee of arrangements. . s. Immediately after the polls have been closed the managers shall proceed to count the ballots counting first the ballots for delegates to the county con yention. After counting these the man. agerS shall proclaim and post at the vot- ing place the result of the election for delegates, and they shall give to the dele- gates receiving the highest number of votes a.certifcate stating the number of ballots cast for each and that they were
 duly elected delegates from the particular precinct. 'f g. The managers shall then proceed to
 count the ballots for county offices and
 members of the general assembly and beat officers and committeeman After the count is finished they shall proclaim and post the result at the voting place, fill out a certificate giving the name of each person voted for, the name of the office and the number of votes cast for each. They shall.also certify thqfin
 that the electton-was duly held. Yhe Sjer- tIlh,dte small De SlSneu m uupncdea.e Wne copy shall be given to one of tMa r&&n-
 agers and the other shall in the nAeskhce of the. other ma nagers. be enclosSd sdnd sealed in an envelope. The manaHhrs shall write their names across tAeISea and place same fin the box as hereafter
 stated. The manager to whom they first
 certificate is given shall return the same to the committee at meeting to be held
 on. April 15 1896. The ballots shaMs be
 carefully replaced in the box, together
 with all poll lists, tally sheets and other
 memoranda made by the managers and
 with the duplicate certificate. They box
 shall then be sealed and each manager
 shall write his name across the seal The
 box so sealed shall be delivered to the re-
 turning officer and shall be by him re-
 turned to the secretary of the executive
 committee as early as possible. Any
 candidate may, be present or have a rep
 resentatve present at the counting of
 the ballots. provided the managers are
 not thereby crowded or hindered.
 10. On Wednesday, April 15 next, the
 executive committee shall meet at 10
 o'clock in the circuit court room of the court house at Birmingham and shall