The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-05

State conventions arc TO be chosen ON an add.
tionol official URINARY day which shall beson
1t shall DO the duty OF tho custodian of pri.
mary records on or before Jan. ] of each year to
city to which t than act ti Is a MsSGimSIs i nissr primary
districts, which shall consist of two contiguous
election districts except that in case there is an
Assembly, district the highest numbered cleo
tion district shall. DO n primary district by ~
OF such primary districts, which shall be fur
'nished by the custodian of primary records, and
Will N shall be-, so far as they are available, the
same places which were used for the last pre-
ccding enrolment. The custodian Of primary
records shall assign one Of the polling places in
last election at which u Governor was elected
cast The highest number OF votes for Governor,
Sistr Hs The sSs Stse shI pi3Iilbis e hpe llSaoi th in s sqGh RTi% eisc,
tions OF all other parties. The polling places
on an official primary day shall BIO furnished At
fhere shall. be for each primary district two
which shall be made up Of the Republican cleo.
ton inspectors for the election district or dis
tricts comprised within, such primary district,
and the other board shall DO made up OF the
Democratic election inspectors. The first Of
said boards shall conduct the primary elections
pointed, and the second shall conduct the pri.
mary election OF all other parties at tho time en-.
titled to hold official primaries on such annual
The oath which each election officer is re-
CURED to take by tho provisions of tho Flee
at any primary election or at any enrolment
of the members of a party. The primary, cleo
mary 'd day in the w month sirv of S se e@s snn shall pre- re-.
ceivo no compensation other than that paid for
their services on the registration days and on
election day. The primary election INSPECTORS
and poll clerks who serve on the official pri..
mary dav in the month of June shall BIO paid
ton inspectors and poll clerks who serve on any
unofficial primary, day shall receive no COM
pensation at public expense: Before sntering;
an oath to faithfully perform his duties, :,
which furnishes the ballots to be used on the
day Of general election, not later than ten days
%e eE,cr no tn toe pr noisrhs 81 the any size oi eSlor. R weishty
and texture Of the paper to be used for the bal
lots at such primary election and to prepare
shall bo such that those. of each party shall DO
easily distinguishable from those Of all the
the two official primary days may be provided
The e%iiector shall. prepare the ballot which he
shall Be Visible and for that purpose II L the pri.
mary days, the olector shall retire into one OF
procedure shall. as far as POSSIBLE; &c 5hs same
Of ballots on the day of general election.
Except as otherwise provided; the provi-
blOnS OI Inc TIeCIlOn INV COuCGEHluE "dtthcIp
challcngers. electioneering. and the lawful and
orderly conduct of elections are declared ap-
plicable to primary elections tic t ,e,,,, ,,,n,,rr
election shall close the Board of Primary In,
~spectors shall forthwith publicly canvass and
upon the completion Of such canvass the Board
of Primary Inspectors in each primary dis
snit s shert %a in e q %ri ]eIeeti s5H'e diatrict o. in 1h such fii
primary district. and also a duplicate thereof,
which shall be known as the duplicate state:
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such statement such board shall file the origi-
nal thereof with the Off er or hoard whose
and sll,iiI Hie the duplicate statement with the
City CLERK of such city. Such certificate shall
be:the evidence of the election of such persons.
and shall entitle them and each OF them to ad-
mission to such convention or committee:
The officer or board, with whom the original
coed to canvass the statement so filed. and
shall complete such canvass within seventy
two hours from midnight OF the day on which
the primary election was held. Such officer or
board shall therenpon prepare certified state:
ments of the result Of the primary elections Of
Of tho conventions for which delegates were
elected at such primary elections. and shall
%P Pre- N 9ssbysc nSil s ec dsliSsr Of o the 9Spg 1h %pGiiPie az
committees Of each of the parties partici-
pating in such primary election, such officer
each person who, BY the so filed
and canvassed. is shown to have been elected
committee, or to have been nominated for pub
lie office, a certificate of such election or nomi.
nation, as the case may be. such certi1cate or
sufficient to entitle him to BIO admitted to the
convention or committee to which, he shall
nominated for public office at such primary
election, to have, his name printed upon, the
official ballot OF or his party, r as Il ne p h tha F Rnen
After these general provisions follow the Sec
county committees in New York and Brooklyn
this year. The enrolment books are to be pre-.
April 80 any elector who registered last year
may be specially. enrolled by applying to the
Police board; The enrolment books must be
try on or before May o. On May 10, from II to
8 o'clock "A general enrolment shall be held in
or before May II the books must be returned TO
tho Police Board. Those so enrolled may vote
at primaries between that date. and the next gen.
On, June I. from 3 to 9 o'clock, a primary
election for the election of delegates to Assem-
bly, district conventions shall be held by the
two groat parties. under the supervision In each
election district Of the inspectors Of ELECTION of
each party. Each election district shall DO en-
titled to elect at least one delegate to an Assem-
bly, district convention and an additional mum:
Der Of delegates proportional upon pom the n. basis OF
On June ii. at $3.50, P. NJ. the Assembly dis
beers Of the County Committee: Each Assem-.
bly, district shall be entitled to elect at least ono
member and an additional numDer OF members
on the basis OF one for every 1000 votes. for
Governor.
On June 81 each County Committee shall or.
Ranize and elect officers. Each County Com
mittee ard the officers thereof shall have all the
power and authority and shall perform all the
duties in reference TO the next general election
conferred upon the General Committee, tho
County Committee, or the Executive Committee
or the officers thereof, Of such political party by
The officers. board, or bureau. having gen.
eral supervision and control of the general cleo
tions shall make. on or before June ], the appor-
comment OF delegates to each election district
and the apportionment OF members of the Coun-
ty mmlt to each Assembly district. No.
tice OF the time and place Of such enrollments,
primaries, conventions, and the first meeting OF
each such County Committee, together with the
number of delegates or Members OF, the County
Committee to be elected at such primaries and
conventions, shall be published in two daily
one each of tho politics of each such
parties, on two successive days. not less than
one nor more than three days Immediately
preceding the holding Of such e%nrollments.
County Committee respectively,
In all cases the action or neglect o. the Off
GERS or members of a political convention. or OF