The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-06-12
papers at least two weeks before the

filed, together with the name of the
office. The tickets to be voted shall
be in the following form. with spaces
to suit the different counties:
L. S. Senator.
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary of State.
Comptroller General.
State Treasurer.
Attorney General.
Adiutant and Inspector General.
State Superintendent Of Education.
Railroad Commissioners.
For Congress District.
For Solicitor--Judicial Circuit.
State'Senutor.
House of Representatives.
Sheriff.
Judge Of Probate,
Clerk of the Court.
County Supervisor.
Coroner.
County Superintendent of Education.
Treasurer.
Auditor.
No vote for house of representative
shall be- counted unless it contains as
many names as the county is entitled
to representatives.
Rule 5. The managers Of election
shall open the polls at O'Clock a. m
aud shall close them at 4 clock p. IN.
After tabulating the result, the man.
ayers shall certify the same and for.
ward the ballot box, poll list and al.
other papers relating to such election,
by one of their number or by the ex,
ccutive committeeman to the chairman
of the respective Democratic county
executive committees within IS hours
after the close of the polls.
Rule 6. The county Democratic ex.
ecutivc committee shall assemble nj
their respective court houses on the
morning Of the second day after the
election at or before II o'clock m, &c
tabulate the returns and declare the
result of the primary, SO fur as the
same relates to members of the genera
assembly and county officers, and shall
forward Immediately to the chairman
of the State executive committee al
Columbia, ). c., the result of the
election in their respective counties
for congressman and solicitors.
Rule 7. The protests and contests
for county officers shnll be filed within
five days after the election with the
chairman of the county executive com
mittee, and said executive committee
shall hear and determine the same.
The State executive committee shull
hear and decide protests and contests
as to United States Senators, State of.
ticers, Congressman and Solicitors, and
ten days shall be allowed for filing the
same.
Rule 8. Candidates for the General
Assembly and for county offices shall,
ten days previous to the primary cleo
ton, file with the chairman of the
county executive committee pledge
suit of the primary, and support
the nominees thereof. Candidates
for other offices shall file such pledge
with the chairman Of the State Demo
cratic executive committee on or be-
for the 22d of June, 1896. No vote
for any candidate who has not com.
piled with this rule shall be counted.
Rule .. N the primary elections
herein provided for. a majority Of the
votes cast shall be necessary to nomi-
nate candidates. a second primary,
when necessary. shall be held two
weeks after the first, as is provided for
under tho Constitution of the party,
and shall be subject to the rules gov
crninS the first primary. At said Sec
ond primary. the two highest candi-
dates alone shall run for any one office,
but If there are two or more vacancies
Tor any particular office, then double
the number Of candidates shal! run for
the vacancies to he :!llcl. For instance,
in n race for sheriff the two highest
shall run.
Rule 10. In the event of q tie be.
tween two candidates in the second
primary, the county chairman, if it Is
county Office, and the State
chairman, if ii is State office, for q
United Stutes senator or for congress-,
or for solicitor, shall order u third
primary. The question of a majority
vote shall he determined by the
number Of votes cast for any particular
office and not by the whole number Of
votes cast in the primary.
Rule IL. Each county executive
committee shall furnish the managers
Mt each precinct two ballot boxee, one
for United States senator and State
officers and the other for congressman,
solicitors and county officers.