The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-27
NEW PRIMARY ELECTION LAW.
INFORMANT SUGGESTIONS.

n Laws Of Minnesota for 1895 governing primary
elections, it is necessary that the county con-
!ventions be called . sufficient length OF time
before their date 80 that notice can be pub
Eshed in . newspaper in the county at least
twenty days before the date of the primaries.
The notice must be published once a week for
Il two consecutive weeks. The call made by the
tounty committee should designate the num-
Der of delegates each election district ID en-
titled to in the convention and the pu pose fol
s. which the convention is to be held. At leas!
Z six days before the primaries this call must b<
posted in thres public places in the precinct
Under the provision of the law this primary
election must be held at some time between
I O'Clock and O'Clock p. m. You will tx tho
hour and places for the primaries in your no.
4 tice of the convention. All primaries in the
county must be held the same day and hour.
Primaries must be held open atleast one hour
They are to be called to order by the chair
man or secretary of the committee of the dis
2 trict or, in their absence, by some qualified
voter of the party, then u chairman, clerk OF
election, and two judges are to be chosen by
the voters present; these officers are to be
chosen by viva voce vote, or the county ON
mittee may Sc ect such officers for the prima-
ries. All dele. ates to the convention must be
elected by ballot. Each qualified elector at
such primary shall piac on his ballot, either
written or printed, or partly written and
partly printed, as many names for delegates
rs the pEeCluCC Is cutitleu " III Iuc equity
convention. If any ballot contains more
names than such precinct is entitled to dele
gates it is wholly void. The persons receiving
the highest number of vo es shall be declared
elected and a p ura:ity shall elect.
Z il is the duty of the chat, man of the primary
to administer the oath of office to the judges
and c.eris and to any voter whose vote is
challenged. No person is authorized to vote
at caucus unless he affiliated at the last gen.
eral election with the Republican party, or
unless he makes oath that he has changed his
political utilization since the last election, and
the judges axe to pass upon the truth of such
statements and receive or REJECT his vote in &C.
can vote unless he has resided in the precinct
for thirty days before the primary.
It is the duty of the clerk to keep minutes of
the proceedings and administer the oath uf
Office to the chairman.
, 1t is the duty OF the judges to receive tho
vote, of all voters qualified to vote at the pri-
may and to make report of the name and
a Idl s. Of every voter before he is allowed to
vote and in case vote is challenged the
judses shall refuse to receive the vote until
the voter makes oath that he is qualified
voter within the definition above given, aud
also that he resides in the election district
where the primary election is being held.
with the location of his place of residence. II
any voter did not vote at the asst election be-
the state, or because of sickness or other rea-
son satisfactory to the judges, his vote shall
nevertheless be received if he makes oath that
be affiliates with the Republican party: 81.
The form Of oath to be administered to the off,
GERS Of the primary is the same the oath that
is administered to the officers at general cleo
ton. At the time of closing the polls it is the
duty Of the judges to count the votes and report
The same to the chairman, who shall announce the
result and declare the candidates for delegates
receiving plurality Of the votes a. duly elected.
I Ii is the duty Of the chairman and clerk to fur
nish the delegates elected proper credentials
tifying their election, and also to furnish the
chairman of the county committee = list Of the
names and places Of residence Of the electors
ing at said primary election.
B In any county containing population of not
more tnan 1000 persons the county committee
may treat the entire county one election dis
t1ict and hold but one primary election for the
entire county.
. The law also provides that if any person chosen
delegate fails to serve that he shall not give
PROXY, but the vacancy caused by his failure to
serve shall be filed by the delegation by the cleo
ton Of some qualified voter who resides in their
election district II the whole delegation fails to
serve, the county convention may select qualified
electors, if such be present at the convention,
siding in the said election district to act in lieu Of
the delegates chosen. In case no qualified
eector of the election district represented by the
delegation, is present at the convention, to fill
the vacancy caused by the failure of one more
delegates to serve, then the delegates present,
shall have the right to cast the full vote of the
delegation. !;
D violation of any provision Of this law is made
. misdemeanor and punishable by fine of not less
than SIS nor more than $500, or Imprisonment Of
not less than thirty days more than six
months. TAMS DIXBY, /
Nj. Chairman Republican State Committee.