The Eddy current., 1898-09-10
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2nd. The ballots shall BE- urpned n
each Of the voting precincts ~ mlneu'cl0ci
A. NJ, and closed at six o'clock uu ~,
snme day. Ia precinct number one Vi,
election shall be held In the towR ~ E,ld,
IN the court house, aud J. f. l.ayeriy,
w. Rogers and Tom Douthlit, arr hereby
appointed judges 10 hold the election ~
precinct number one.
Ia preclnc, number tive, the election
shall be held at the town Of Malaga, and
q, n. Dishman, John Eakins aud j. ~.
Carpenter ate hereby appointed judges
10 hold the said election.
The election In precinct number three
shall be held At the Beckett school house
and W. +. Riley, zack Wood aud W. l..
Whitaker are hereby appointed judges to
hold the said election.
fhe election at precinct number four,
Seven Rivers, shall be held at the Seven
Rivers school house. and j. r. flaming,
W. y. llellyer and H. W. Cole are hereby
appointed judges to hold the said cleo
ton.
The election In voting precinct NUM-
Der ave shall be held at the HAT ranch,
commonly known rs Monument springs,
aud DicR Robinson, Tom Vest and VIII
Merchant are hereby appointed judges 10
hold the said election.
ard. In the event the parties above
named 10 hold the elections in the respec-
tive voting precincts are not present at
the hour OF the day named for the holding
OF the seid election, then II either Of tne
said parties are present, he or they shall
select eroihor party to act as judge IN the
event tha' none Of the named parties are
present, then at the hour OF opening the
polls ut the said voting precincts, the yot
ers present shall select from qualified elec-
tors other judges who shall hold the eiec-
ton at that voting precinct, and the three
Judges named ~ the above voting pre-
ciscts Bhall on the day Of election name
two parties 10 act rs clerks.
4th. No one shall be allowed 10 vote un.
less he shall have been u legal voter la the
precinct IN which he offers 10 vote on the
day Of the next general election. The
qualification Of legal voter being that he
must be cluzen Of the United states
either By birth or iinal letters Of naturaliza-
tion, aud over the age OF twenty-One
years, must have resided In the territory
OF New Mexico. six months, In the county
Ol EDDY three months, and Ia the precinct
~ which he offers to vote twenty days
mex, preceding the general election 10 be
held IA November, 1898.
9th. Zach Qualided elector Ia order 10
entitle him 70 vote Ia the primary eec'
ton must be a democrat Any man who |
has not heretofore been democrat may
be such democrat rs named above II he !,
has In fact severed all party connection |
with all other political parties aud does Ia |
good faith expect ~ permanently associate |
and afiiliate with she democratic party.
8th. The judges Ia the election shall
have cOntrOi of the vote aud pass upon the |
right Of AL applicants tO vote Every one |
iflerng TO vote shall be subjected tO chal
enge by any qualified elect0r IL any
me whose vote ~ challenged shall Do re-
ected, his vote shall be placed in an en-
ielUpe, sealed ANA the applicant or some
me at his request shall Write his name
across the envelope aud the envelope stall
le marked rejected fer the reason that the
applicant there state the facts causing
uch rejection on such enyel0pel, and all
'Otee 80 rejected by them and sealed up
hail be sent with the 0tner papers tO the
hartman Of the democratic executive com.
nlttee, and shall be considered or dispOs-
ii OF 40 the time the proper parties meet 10
anyass the returns aud declare the results.
i lac challenged votes shall all be taken up
md disposed OF FIRST by the parties who
nc authorized " meet, canvass the re-
urns aud declare the results, aud then
hey shall ascertain from the returns sent
d as hereinafter provided lot, the number
4 votes cast Tor the respective candidates
nd all the challenged votes tie parties
hen count and admit shall be placed with
he regular votes from that precinct, ard
hose that are rejected by the body shalt at
ncu be destroyed IN the presence Of the
ubic,
7th. 80 one shall be allowed 10 vote
utslLg OF his own precinct except when
e shows 10 the satisfaction Of the Judges
hat it Il impossible aud inpfactlcable Tor
Ira 90 be Ia his own precinct and must
low good aud satisfactory reasons Tor not
'eing there.
sth. Al any time within ten days pre-.
.iuus 20 the Tins above designated Tor the
lnlding oi the primary election al candi
iaiUs iui uiace shalt submit ~ writing 20
he chairman ut the democratic executive
which shall be kept on iile BY
ilm, his declaration which shall iu sub.
.tnnce be that he submits his name 10 the
ieclsion Of the democratic primaries, and
s 10 abide the results, ana support AL the
nominees made lhrtest la case one shall .
ail 10 comply with these requirements,
hough BE- receive sufficient votes iu be-
'ume the nominee, he shall not be dcolar-
III the nominee Ot the party, and hts place
shall be filed hy the democratic executive
committee ui Eddy county, 70 always OBJ
serving the next highest vote.
Slh. The ballots used in the primary
election shall hr printed nn plain white
paper, about three Inches Wide aud about
eight inches luHg, aud thn names pt an the
saudidnies who have submitted their
names la writing "a the chairman uf the
executive committee As lh provided for
above, shall be- placed upun each and every
ballot. and the chairman ui ihr ueinncTaiir
executive committee hereby Huihufixrd,
and 10 shall be- hts duty 90 have delivered
nt the time of the opening of ihe polls, 90
the proper officers for holding the election
there all necessary tickets Ha above inen-
TONED. Each voter ni the time nud place
NJ yntng must prnrurc fnm the Judges 0i