The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-23
.DenOuQtIc PIinQ|y Election.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.

| Board, under an act approved March
| oth' 1895, regulating primary elections
| In the City of Norfolk. Virginia, to
| govern the primary election to be held
| by the Democratic party of Norfolk on
the 2sth day of April. 1886.
| AL registered white voters, known
10 the Democrats may vote.
lin case of challenge, the Judges
shall require the elector ON oath. to say
have no further doubt as to the eleetor' y
Tight to vote, they shall receive his bal
| II.-There shall he but one voting
place in each ward and the said voting
places shall be as follows:
house. Fenehurch street. near Mariner
| Second Ward-Courthouse
| Third Ward-Tripples store, corner OF
CRANKY and Charlotte streets.
Fourth Ward-Stonewall Clubhouse,
ch rir;h street near Queen street.
Sixth Ward."odd Fellows s'I Hall nse Corner
| IV.-There shall be three judges and
two clerks ut each voting place. The
| said judges and clerks shall receive IS
| each per diem as compensation for their
| services.
N.-Ballot boxes shall be used in the
primary election. and the local Executive
Committee are directed TO have proper
| legal boxes placed at each voting pre-
In each precinct or ward, the judges
| shall sec that sufficient space is rallied
OF or Enclosed. to properly and COM
and such persons as shall be admitted
to witness the count y table not more
than three feet high shall be provided,
whereon the ballot box. which shall he
prepared In accordance with the laws re-
latins to general elections. shall BE
ricade four feet high shall be constructed
voters can pass singlS in a, one end
n he. nj haH -. l.a -. a
from pressure OF the crowd without.
Should any judge or clerk Of election
proposed election his place shall he filled
a. required 10y section one hundred and
seventeen. Code of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seNsn, relating TO general cleo
Vl.-The judges and clerks for the pur-
pose OF conducting said election shall
before entering upon the discharge of
their duties as such be sworn required
by law for judges and clerks of the gem
rights. powers and privileges. and be
subject TO all the penalties prescribed by
law for judges and clerks of general
VII-Thc Electoral Board will pre-
pare and have printed suhiclnet num-
Der of ballots for use in the primary cleo
ton the same to be printed ON white
paper and to contain the names of ali
candidate to he r voted for at the pri-
so printed that under the heading of the
office To be filled Will be placed the names
which. accepting one. shall be erased by
the voter before depositing his ballot.
The failure OF the voter to erase all
render his ballot void To that office.
but shall not effect the validity OF the
named in connection with which the voter
may have complied with this provision.
Vlil.-The polls shall he opened at
IX.-Ballots shall be received and the
election conducted as required by section
hundred and twenty-seven inclusive. of
the Code of eighteen hundred and eighty
seven, relating to general elections. Pro-
vided that any irregularity In the copy
OF the registration books to the spell
Ing or initial OF any names may be rccti-
fled by the judges on the day OF the pri-
mary, If satisfactory evidence be given
to prove that IL Is an error
X.--As soon as the polls are closed (of
which closing proclamation shall be made
by the judges fifteen minutes previous
thereto, and before the ballot hox shall
he opened. there shall be admitted to each
polling precinct not exceeding five nor
less than three inspectors. who may be
selected by the candidates in such manner
as they. by IA two-ihlrds vote, may agree
Thereafter the vote shall be canvasscd
and returns made, provided by see
ton one hundred and twenty-ninc. to
eighteen hundred and elghty-seven, re-
latinE to general elections.
NI.-No ticket shall be counted except
the official ticket issued by the Electoral
Board.
XIl.-Thc copy of the white rcgistra-
ton book of each precinct In each ward
to be furnished by the registrar of each
precinct as required by section eight of
the act providing for primary elections
in Norfolk. shall be used by the judges
XIiIrWithin three days after the
primary election the copies of registra-
ton books used therein Shall be delivered
to the Judges of each precinct or ward
where the same have been used, to the
Clerk of the Corporation Court, to he
retained by him, subject TO inspection,
by any person interested: but no books
shall be withdrawn from him, excepting
by the registrar of the ward or precinct
to which II belongs for the purpose of
correcting or purging 1t, to make It agree
with the registration book and to be used
as a copy of the same at q city or ward
election about to be held as hereinbcfore
provided.
XIV.-Only such candidates for salar-
led office as shall receive a majority of
votes cast in said primary election shall
be considered as nominated: and should
| no candidate receive majority of the
votes cast for the office for which he is
running the first day of the primary
election a second DAYS primary election
shall be- held in like manner TO decide
between the two candidates for salaried
offices receiving the highest number OF
votes ut the first days primary for such
| Office.
JOSEPH T. ALLYN,
| w. II. STERLING.
d.