Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27

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cordance with the rules and regulations
adopted by the Republican party OF
the county of Cameron for the gov
ernment of its primary elections, to the
best of my judgement and ability.
The above oath or affirmation shall
be first administered to the Judge by
one of the Inspectors, then the Judge,
so qualified shall administer the oath
or affirmation to the Inspectors and
Clerks.
10. The Judge and Inspectors or a
majority of them shall pass upon the
qualifications of electors who may
offer to vote.
20. Amy person who is a qualified
voter in the election district and has
been identified with the Republican
party, and whose last vote at Presi-
dental or State Election, was cast for
the Republican candidates shall be
eligible to vote at the primary election,
and no sother person shall be eligible
except qualified voters between the
ages of u and % years who shall de-
clare their intention to act with the
Republican party. Provided, how
ever, That no person who has been
guilty of any of the offenses enumer-
ated in the oath provided for in Rule
q shall be allowed to vote.
u. If the right of any person to
vote at a primary election is challenged
such person shall subscribe to the fol-
lowing oath or affirmation: |, -,
do solemnly swear (or affirm that
am a qualified voter in - Election
District, and that my last vote at a
State or Presidential election was cast
fnr, tho pnrNnI,liann con1i1atnG on1
that | have not received, directly or
indirectly from any person desiring to
be nominated as a candidate, or from
the friends of any such person, or any
person whomsoever, any gift or re-
ward in money, goods, or valu-
able thing, or any office or employment
under agreement, or promise expressed
or implied, for any vote or influence at
this election and that it is my present
intention to support the candidates
nominated at the ensuing County
Convention. The above oath shall
be administered by the acting
Judge of the Primary Election.
% No vote of instructions shall be
received or counted at a Primary
Election for any person whose name is
not published in the call for the Pri-
ISltCIloIl anu SouhON NOHNcll-
ton, unless no name for the office has
been published, or candidate whose
name has been published shall have
withdrawn or died.
No ballot shall be thrown out if it
can be reasonably determined for
whom the voter intended to vote.
%. The electors at the primary
elections shall vote by ballot for the
number of persons to be delegates to
the ensuing County Convention as
provided for in these rules and shall
also vote instructions for candidates
for each office to be nominated at said
ensuing County Convention, express
ing the first and second choice of the
elector, and the delegates so elected
shall vote in the County Convention
for the several persons for whom they
are instructed, as long as such candi-
dates names are before the Conven-
ton, voting for the candidates in the
order in which they are instructed,
and if any delegate shall fail to vote as
instructed the Chairman of the Con-
vention shall record his vote in accor-
dance with the instructions of such
delegate.
"a. The voter at the primary cleo
ton shall indicate his first and second
choice by prefixing the figure one (D
before the name of his first choice and
the figure two (2) before the name of
his second choice, and in ascertaining
who is the second choice of a primary
election the votes cast for minority
candidates for first choice shall be
added to the votes cast for the same
person for second choice.
25. The Election Board, as soon as
the polls are closed, shall proceed to
count the votes polled for delegates
and the instructions for the several
candidates as aforesaid, and after pub
licly announcing the result, shall
certify the same under their hands, on
blanks to be furnished by the Chair
man of the County Committee, for
ward said certificate to said Chairman
by first mail, and deliver a copy Of
said certificate to one of the delegates
elected, who, on or before the day of
the Convention, shall deliver the same,
together with any written protest
which any elector shall file, to the
Chairman of the County Committee.
list of all persons voting at pri
mary election shall be kept, and it
shall be sealed up with the ballots,
26 The Chairman of the County
Committee shall prepare list of the
delegates appearing to have been
elected and table of votes cast on in
structions, in the several election dis
tricts, for the use of the Convention.
Said table to be read by districts in
open Convention.
81. Any eiector who desires to con-
test such election, shall, on or before
900 a. M, of the second day succeed
ing said primary, file with the Judge
thereof a written statement of his
reasons for said contest, which state
ment it shall be the duty of the Judge,
after having submitted the same to the
Inspectors, to transmit forthwith to
the Chairman ofthe County Committee
accompanied by such statements of
his own and the Inspectors as they
may choose to make in regard thereto
Unless such statement has been made
to the Judge, no contest shall be al
lowed by the Convention, ard the con-
testant shall be confined to the COM
plants set forth in his statement.