Evening journal., 1898-02-03
THE NEW PARTY RULES
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cratic County Executive Committee
shall call an election TO be held on the
last Saturday in May in every year of
general election, and said call shall
be issued at least twenty days prior to
said election. In case Of the death or
disability of the chairman aforesaid.
such election shall be called by the sec
retary of the said committee. Said
election shall be held by the inspectors
and Judges who held the last Demo-
cratic primary election, at the usual
voting places in the several wards Of
Wilmington and the respective hun
dreds throughout the county, between
the hours of p. m. and D. m, at
which one person from each ward in
Wilmington, and one person from each
hundred outside of Wilmington shall
be elected.
Every white male citizen who will be
entitled to vote at the ensuing general
election may vote at this election held
the last Saturday in May, provided that
1t is distinctly understood, whether by
question from judges or otherwise, that
such citizen is a member Of the Demo-
cratic party.
Any person Offering to vote and who
for apparent good cause is challenged,
shall be required to take the following
oath or affirmation:
"You solemnly swear (or affirm
that you are at this time bona fde
resident of this primary election dis
trict, for this election, and that you are
member Of the party authorizing this
election, and that you will be a quail
fed voter at the next ensuing general
election, so help you God Tor so you
solemnly affirm')
The persons so elected as aforesaid
in Wilmington, shall meet in some suit
able place on the Tuesday following
said election, at o'clock p. m, and
elect three persons who shall be the
members OF the county executive COM
mittee for Wilmington hundred, and
shall perform the duties hereinafter
prescribed by rule Z. No person SO
elected to said convention in Whining
ton shall be eligible as a member of the
county executive committee.
Where there is a contest of two per-
sons 10 be voted for at said primary
elections, representatives Of the inter
est of each candidate shall be as nearly
equally divided as possible as to the
board of election officers, and where
there are more than two persons con-
testing for the same office no candi-
date shall be entitled to more than one
representative in said board of election
officers.
The persons so elected as aforesaid
from the several hundreds outside OF
Wilmington shall be the members of
the county executive committee of their
respective hundreds, and shall perforni
the duties hereinafter prescribed by
rule z.
The county executive committee shall
cause to be prepared and delivered 60
each inspector and judge appointed to
hold the said election on the last Sat
urday in May, a printed copy of the
following oath or affirmation which
shall be taken by each inspector and
judge:
q do solemnly swear (or affirm) that
in the election to be held on the -
day Of May, A. d., / will not knowing
ly or wilfully receive or consent to the
receiving of the vote of any person
whom / shall believe not entitled to
vote, unless my associates shall ad-
judge such person to be entitled to vote.
That / will not receive or reject, nor
concur In receiving or rejecting any
vote through partiality or under bias
and that I will determine every matter
that shall come before me and perform
every act and duly required of me in
conducting said election truly, faithful
ly and impartially, according to the
best OF my skill and judgment; that l
will cause the ballots that shall be
taken at said election to be fully read
and escertained and a true statement
thereof to be made, according to the
best of my knowledge and ability, so
help me God (or so 1 solemnly af-
firm.")
Each inspector shall take and sub
scribe to the said oath before a notary
public, or a justice of the peace Of New
Castle county, and said oath after being
duly taken and subscribed to by each
inspector shall be returned to and De
in possession of the chairman of the
county executive committee, at least
twenty-four hours before the time of
opening said election on the said last
Saturday in May.
Each OF the said two judges shall
choose one clerk to whom the inspector
shall administer the following oath OF
affirmation:
Il do solemnly swear (or affirm that
as clerk of this election, to be this day
held l will not use or assent to any
falsehood fraud or deceit, and that !
will keep the polls and perform my
duties truly, faithfully and impartially,
so help me God Tor so 1 solemnly af-
frm.")
At the time for closing the polls of the
election held on the last Saturday in
May, the presiding officer shall pub
licly proclaim in a clear and distinct
voice the number of votes that have
been cast at such election as shown by
the poll lists. After closing the polls,
the presiding officer and Judges shall
openly and publicly remove the lid Of
the box containing the ballot. The
ballots shall be taken separately from
the box. One Of the judges Shall keep
In his custody the said box while the
other judge shall publicly take the bal
lots one by one from the box and read
the same aloud. When a ballot shall
be read it shall be submitted to each of
the other judges for inspection and put
in another box provided for this pur-
pose, it being first seen that the said
box is empty. Two clerks at least shall
keep an accurate account of the bal
/ lots as they are read At the close of