The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
TEE PLAN OF c7ILNIza-.oE.
rs Amended a-5 Changed by he
State Executive co- Ei..ee.
PRECINCT ORGASIZATIOS.

shall be the voting precinct. In each
precinct there shall be an executive
committee, to consist Of five active
| Democrats, who shall lie elected bv the
! Democratic voter. Of the several pre-
cincts IN the meetings first called bv
the County Executive con- nittee. And
said committee SO elected shall elect
one OF its members a. chairman, who
shall preside at all committee meet
! ings.
! ,. The chairman Of the several pre-
clnct committees shall compose the
| County Executive committee, which
shall meet at the same time and place
as the county convention first held in
each election year, and elect a chair
man Of said county committee, who
need not be member Of the commit
tee, and he shall preside at all meet
| lngs OF said committee, and shall hold
| his place until his successor shall be
elected. \ majority Of said precinct
chairman, in person or by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum. Tie county com
mittee shall likewise appoint a central
committee Of five, who shall act in its
stead when the county committee /.
not in session.
g. In case there shall be failure
on the part OF any preclnt to elect its
executive committee for period Of
| thirty days, the county executive com
mittee shall appoint said committee
from the Democratic voters OF said
precinct.
4. The members of the precinct
committee shall elect to any vacancy
| occurring in said committees.
D. The County Executive commit
tee shall call all necessary county con-
ventions by giving at least ten days
notice by public advertisement in three
public places in each precinct, at the
court house door, and in any Demo
cratic newspaper that may be publish
ed In said county, requesting all Demo
Gratis of the county to meet in their
~nern"tive preciuCt7 common dav
therein stated, which said day shall not
be less than three days before the meet
ing of the county conventions, for the
purpose OF electing their delegates to
the county conventions from the voters
Of meeting so held, shall elect their del
egates to represent the precincts In the
county conventions from the voters OF
the respective voting precincts, which
delegates or such Of them as shall at
tend, shall vote the full Democratic
strength of their respective voting pre-
cincts on all questions that may come
before said county conventions. In
case no meeting shall be held in any
precinct in pursuance of said call, or
no election shall be made, the precinct
executive committee shall appoint such
| delegates.
| PRIMARY.
Sec. 6. At every precinct meeting
there shall, before delegates to the
county convention are elected, be a
| vote taken for the different candidates
! for office, whose names may be present
ed, and the delegates shall vote in the
county convention their respective pre-
| with this
| that is to say, each candidate shall re-
ceive in the county convention that
proportion OF the vote to which the pre-
cinct NAV be entitled which be recelv
ed in the precinct meeting. The chal--
man and secretary OF the precinct
meeting shall certify 20 the county con-
vention the vote received by each can
didate at the precinct meeting.
7. Each precinct shall be entitled to
cast IN the county convention one vote
tor every twenty-five Democratic votes.
and one vote for fraction. Of thirteen
Democratic votes cast by the township
at the last preceding Gubernatorial
election Provided, That every voting
precinct shall be entitled to cast at
least one vote and each precinct may
send a. many delegates as it may see
| tit.
s. The chairmen of precinct COM
mlttees shall preside at all precinct
meetings In their absence any other
member Of said committee may pre-
preside.
COUNTY AND DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.
/. The several county conventions
shall be entitled to elect to their Sena-
torial. judicial and Congressional con-
yentlons one delegate and one alternate
for every fifty Democratic votes, and
one delegate for fraction. Of over twen-
tv-tive Democratic votes cast at the
last preceding Gubernatorlal election
in their respective counties, and none
but delegates or alterEates so elected
shall be elected to seats III said conven-
tions Provided, That every county