The record-union., 1897-08-26

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ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
Section "A The primary elections for
all political parties shall be held at the
same time, and at the same several re-
spective places, under the provisions Of
this Act. Each political party or or
ganization may determine for itself how
many conventions it will hold for NOM
mating its various candidates; provid-
ed, all candidates which are to be elect
ed within a given territory must be
nominated in the same convention. Del
] egates to a State convention may, at
the option of a party, divide themselves
into district conventions to nominate
members of Congress, of the Board of
Equalization, and Railroad Commits
sioners, respectively, or any party may,
at its option, select separate delegates
to compose any or all such district con-
ventions. The delegates to a city.
county, or city and county convention
must nominate all the candidates which
it desires TO name for city, county, or
city and county offices, in such city,
/ county, or city and county, and any
party may, at its option, nominate can
/ didates for State Senator. or Assem-
blyman, or Supervisors, or Justices of
/ the Peace, or Constable or other local
/ officers, who are to be voted for in such
city, county. or city and county; or
any party may, at its option, select
separate delegates to compose any Sem
I atorial, Assembly, or other local con-
vention. Where any Assembly or
I Senatorial district is composed of more
than one county, any political party
may select separate delegates to a sep
arate convention, to nominate such As
! semblyman or Senator, or it may, at its
option, in any county convention select
joint delegates to meet joint delegates
from any other part of such Senatorial
or Assembly district to compose con-
vention to nominate such Assembly
man or State Senator.
Section %. Any person or combina-
ton of persons desiring to circulate a
ticket to be used at a primary election
for delegates sought to be elected to
any convention or conventions of any
political party, shall print and furnish
the same at their own expense, and
shall cause to be printed or written up
on such ballots to be used at such pri-
mary election, and upon paper of the
color or combination of colorS desig-
| mated by the Board of Election Com
missioners as the distinctive color or
| combination of colors to be used by
such political party as provided for in
section fifteen hereof, the names of
such persons as are suggested as nomi-
nees for delegates to any convention
or conventions, and may upon such
ticket cause to be printed or written
different sets of nominees as delegates
to different conventions: provided, that
as to each separate set of delegates
printed or written on ballots, it shall
be plainly designated the convention to
which the delegates named in such set
/ are sought to be elected, and each set of
delegates must be separated distinctly
from every other set, and such ballot
shall also contain a statement of the
number of delegates to be voted for
for each convention for which candi
dates are named on such ticket.
! BUT HERE ARE REQUIREMENTS
I Such tickets must be so written or
printed that there shall plainly appear
/ thereon:
1. The name of the political party for
the convention of which such candi-
dates are suggested, selected or named
2 The convention or conventions for
which delegates are suggested, select
ed. or named on said ticket.
4 3 The names which are suggested, Sc
I lected, or named on said tickets as
nominees for such delegates.
+. The number of delegates to be Sc
/ lected for each convention.
SCRATCHING TICKETS.
The names of each proposed delegate
in each set shall be numbered consecu-
I % IaIa
gates shall be expressed the number to
be voted for in such set. If there is
any delegate written or printed, for
whom any voter does not desire to vote,
or if there be more names in any set
than are to be selected to a convention,
the voter may erase any name by
drawing line through such name with
ink, and not otherwise. If any set of
delegates contain more names, not
erased, than is allowed by law as dele
gates to the convention for which such
set is named, such ticket cannot be
counted as to such set, but must be
counted as to any other set correctly
voted for.
CITY ELECTIONS.
Section % Where under the law an
election is to be held for the officers of
ally CITY, VI lOT any pdIL
of the State, or for any political sub
division of the State less than the
whole, then. as to such city or political
/ subdivision of the State provisions of
this Act shall likewise apply, but the
petition provided for in sections two
and three of this Act may be made by
/ the political parties or organizations of
electors within such cities or political
subdivisions of the State, and within
each county, or parts thereof, included
in any political subdivision of the State.
HOW MANY DELEGATES ARE AL
LOWED.
Section 81. At a general primary for
delegates to a convention other than
State Convention, there shall be
| elected not less than one delegate for
each party convention for each two
hundred votes. and each fraction of
one hundred or more cast in such pre-
cinct at the last general election: pro-
/ vided, that no convention shall be lille
gal for lack of the election of delegate
or delegates in any precinct. In Sc
! lecting delegates for any convention
each political party shall determine
how many delegates it will choose
from each city, county, or city and
county in the State, and name the num-
Der in their petition, and the persons
| receiving the highest vote for each