The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-26

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is given very nearly in full. The only
elimination has been of words used in
legal phraseology which are not essen
tial for the general reading Of the Act:
Section /. All primary elections for
the nomination, or for the election OF
delegates to a convention for the pur-
pose of making such nominations, shall
be held under the provisions of this
Act.
WHERE HELD.
Section 2. In years when electors of
President and Vice-President are to be
voted for, a convention to select dele
gates to a national convention shall be
composed of delegates selected at a
general primary election to be on the
last Tuesday of March in such year A
general primary election for the election
of delegates to the State and district
conventions in the year 1893, to nomi-
nate candidates to be voted for at the
next general election, shall be held on
the second Tuesday in the month of
July in that year, and every four years
thereafter. The Election Commission
ers of each county, or city and county,
prescribes and designates day, on
which a primary for delegates to
boards have the power to prescribe that
separate primary elections shall be held
for the election of delegates to a coun-
ty, city, city and county, or other local
convention, and for the election of del
egates to a city or various city conven-
tions for the nomination Of city officers,
or may prescribe that both sets Of dele
gates shall be elected at the same pri-
oTa fha resolution mI1Sf
made by said board at least sixty days
prior to the day named for any cleo
ton and notice shall be published for
five successive days in one daily news
paper Of general circulation, published
in the county. or city and county.
GIVE NOTICE, GENTLEMEN.
Section 3. All political organizations
desiring to hold a convention to nomi-
nate candidates to be voted for must
petition the boards of election commits
sioners at least twenty days before pri-
mary election. The petition must set
forth:
Ffrst-The name of such political or
ganization.
Second-That it intends to hold
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the general
time and place-to nominate candidates
for offices to be voted for by the peo-
pie at the next election, and is DESTROYS
of electing delegates to such convention
under the provisions of this Act, and
requesting the Election Commissioners
to perform the services prescribed in
the Act IF such party is one which
by reason of its previous vote is en-
titled to hold a convention such petit
ton must be authenticated by the sig
nature of the Chairman and Secretary
or the committee of the party, which
committee shall have been selected at
the last convention of the party or
elected or appointed in the method re-
Quired by law.
That is to say, if a primary election
is desired throughout the State for the
selection of delegates to a. State con-
vention, the petition must be authenti-
Gated by the Chairman and Secretary
of the State Committee; if for a dis
trict convention, by the Chairman and
Secretary of the District Committee;
or, if there be no District Committee,
then by the State Committee; if for a
county, or city and county convention,
then by the County, or City and County
Committee, and so on, and verified by
the oath OF such signers that the facts
therein stated are true. No political
party or organization can use the name
of another political party or organiza-
ton or any name or designation so
similar to another party name that it
may deceive voters.
THE PERCENTAGE BUSINESS.
Section 4. Any political party which,
at the last election preceding, shall not
have rolled at least per cent. of the
entire vote cast in the political division
for which nominations are sought to be
made, may file not less than twenty
days prior to the time set for any pri-
mary a petition signed by at least per
cent of the voters at such last cleo
ton of the political division for which
nominations are to be made, which
need not all be on one paper, which Pc
tition shall set out all facts required
to be set forth in the application in
this Act provided for, and which shall
further set forth that the persons sign
ing the same are members of such po-
litica1 organization, and intend to sup
port candidates for election as dele
gates to the convention for their re-
spective political organization, and
such petition must be verified in the
same manner as required for a certifi-
cate of nomination mentioned in Sec
ton eleven hundred and Lightweight
Of the Political Code.
GET YOUR CREDENTIALS.
Upon the filing of such petition the
Election Commissioners shall order its
clerk TO issue to said organization a
certificate similar to that in this Act
provided to be issued to existing politi-
cal parties, which certificates shall en-
title the petitioners to participate in
the said primary election, and shall en-
title them to all privileges and rights
secured to other political parties, both
at said primary and at the ensuing
election; that is to say, having COM
piled with all the requirements in this
Act provided, the petitioners shall be
recognized as a political party. Such
certificate shall be issued to all par
ties petitioning, stating the name of the
party. the date of the primary, the
territory over which it will extend. and
be signed by the clerk of such board
SELECTION BY LOT OF JUDGES,
ETC.
Section ). During the month of jan
nary of each year in which a general
election is to be held, the Election Com
misioners of each county, or city and
county. shall select from the precinct
registers of the county, or city, or city
and county, the names of not less than
fifteen electors in each election pre-
cinct, such selection to be made from
each of the political parties then exist
ing in as nearly an equal proportion
as practicable, and to write the name