Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-11
NEW PRIMARY Law.
Provisions Of the ect Which
Went Into illinois Statues
Yesterday.
AFFECTS COOK COUNTY st oxCr.

Csnafy. tisy. Tswa or SLisge-hs'.
tar of L,csi Option ss q R.I - Those
Entni.d 10 Vote.
The new compulsory primary cleo
ton requirements in Illinois. which
~ virtue Of ;he scnste's concurrent
action In the house provisions and
the governors signature, went into
law Yesterday n; Springfield, be.
comes, by yirtue Ok the emergency
clause, operative in Cook county AT
once. Elsewhere throughout the
state IL goes into force when adopted
By county, city. town or village. 4.
is kno wn rs The Crawford primary
election bill. and the more in portaut
provisions arc these:
Any political party or organization
which ct the last preceding general
election polied NJ least 10 per cen, Of
The entire votes east shall oe entitled
10 hold one primary election ON any
day between Novcm Der ard April
next, folio ling and preceding any
regular spring election. and another
primary election on any day bet wesn
Apri! aud Novein Der folio wing
any regular November election. Blu.
no swo political parties shall hold
their primary elections on the same
day, and the first political party sp-
plying shall have the preference in
the choice Of days. For the purpose
OF primsTy elections no: less than
two and no. more than six cor.iyu.
ons regular election precincts Of the
sme ward or other political divis-
ions 10 as compact form "a practi-
cable shall be joined so As to form
one primary election district, but in
such nsnner that each primary cleo
tion district shalt iacIGde a. less.
;hree regular election judges aud
two regular election clerks residing
within such primary district aud be-
longing 10 the party establishing
such primary district. In no event
shall any primary district contain
more than 1000 voters, to DO ascer-
,siaed by the party vote Of the party
holding such primary, cast At
tho last preceding general cleo
tion. In any Gaze where there ex-
ists no board u election commissions
ers and where the judges and clerks
OF e!cction are appointed BY . equity
board. then the jldgcs ard clerks
Who are to serve e, judges and clerks
Of any primary election shall b.
members Of tie political party hold
ing such primary electis ms, and IL
there s5e no judges and clerks be
Ioogirg TO such party then iadgcs
and clerks may be selected bv the
central or governing committee Of
tho party. For each primary election
district each psrty shall, by its cea-
trail committee, designate from T.,
list Of duly appointed aud regular
election judges aud clerks three
judges and two clerks WHO are mem
bers of such parties 10 serve at the
primary election. The regularly listed
judges and clerks 50 designated must
TO those originally recommended or
indorsed for appointment as regular
election judges ard clerks by such
political party. The indges and
clerks must reside within the prim-
airy election district for which they
are appointed.
The expense OF conducting pr.
mary elections shali be paid by the
county or city, rs the case may be.
All register books, pollbooks, ballots,
statements. returns, ballot boxes,
ballot-boI keys and other election
parsphernalia shall be preserved,
kept, stored. accounted for and re-
turned. The judges and clerks shall
be allo we'd s. day.
EnInisd Ia Vote.
Every legal voter entitled to vote
st the last preceding election whose
name is on tho registration book Of
any election precinct within the pri-
mary district in which he offers to
vote, and who at the time he offers
such vote is resident Of the pri-
mary district in which be offers to.
vote, shall be entitled to vote at such
primary election. provided he is a
member OF the political party or or
carization holding such primary
election. and provided he has not
voted st the primary election OF any
other pclitica! party or organization
within one year last preceding. The
ballots shall be OF uniform size
aud shall not be less than eight
inches in longth and four inches in
width. They shall be printed or
written or partly printed or partly
written upon plain white pspsr.
rse polls shall b. open from 6
O'Clock in The morning until z in the
evening. Several pages of the &C.
arc devoted 10 pensl,ies fer iraudu-
lent acts on the part OF voters, judges
and clerks and persons Who seek to
interfere With tue free exercise o!
the ballot by bribery. intimidation
and otherwise.