The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

OFFICIAL PUB
or subsequent registration days now pro.
v1ded by law. This act shall apply only
to counties having or which may here.
PSBuai9n 9l two
and shall apply only to such offices as are
balloted for solely within the confines of
one such county; For all other official
ballot such other provisions as are pro
So PoI1TicAf Ip PARr1Es.
meaning Of this act IS a one Which Min sh sai
have cast at least ten (1O) per cent of the
total vote cast at the last preceding cleo.
present to the county auditor petition
asking for the right to have a, primary
election ticket as hereinafter provided
tor, such petition to contain at least ten
asked. Nominations Of candidates tor
said offices shall be made by such polite
visions of this act and not otherwise;
Provided, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prevent the nomi-
n nat OF candidates for such offices by
lt1cal parties which are not recognized
political parties in accordance with this
section, by petition in accordance with
minnesota for eighteen hundred and nine
ty-three 1888. which act shall be herein
referred to as the General Election Law.
ELECTION DISTRICTS. %
Sec. =. The election districts for the
purposes Of this act shall be the districts
which shall be fixed and determined &C
cording to law for the purposes of the
election eject next following the primary cleo
council, the supervisors of the towns or
other officers required by said general
election law to divide the territory over
winch they have jurisdiction into various
e!ectlon districts, to make such division
at least Two ~ weeks prior to the hold
ing of said primary election. :
me map or description Of such divie-
to be made and posted, shall be made
and posted at least one week preceding
saad primary election, and copies Of such
map or description shall be furnished to
the judges of primary election in each dis
trict. =. -
CANDIDATES" -
Sec. 4. At least eleven 11) days before
the primary election Gay. any person who
seeks shall appear before the county aud i'd
itor with an affidavit to the effect that it
Is ,s BONA fde his intention to run for the
he shall then and there present a petition
which shall contain at least five % per
cent OF the total vote cast for the candi-
date Of the party. with which he affiliates.
election, each name on the petition to be
that of qualified elector, and upon pay
ment OF ten !lQ dollars to ..;e county
him, the county auditor shall place his
name upon the primary election ballot
of his party, as hereinafter provided.
Such fee Of ten Q0) dollars, in case of a
Candidate for city Office, shall be i'm
mediately paid into the city treasury, by
so paid into the county treasury. ~
SAID affidavit may be dn substantially
the following form:
Cor armed Say that r DsRE d at nsmSep
County Of .,s state H se of Mn, Of
nesota, and am a quaiified' voter therein REIN
a candidate for nomination to the Office
OF .:...... to be made at the primary
ELECTION Of said party to be held on .....:
as provided by law as q candidate of
Subscribed and sworn Cor athrmeD to
before me ........ date.
BALLOTS.
Sec. 8. Tho method Of voting at such
primary election shall be by ballot. and
all balots voted shall be printed as herein
On the tenth Qoth) day before the pri-
mary election the county: auditor shall
group all the candidates for each party
by themselves, and shall prepare at once,
each party for public inspection, which
he shall post in a conspicuous place in his
office; He shall then proceed to have
PRINTED pr fea ssparate primary eleGop bal
qualified as hereinbefore provided, these
ballots to be prepared in the following
soate unorR af G c6 eeke ana Shs ze be shah
be white and printed in black ink.
Across the head Of each ballot shall be
printed in plain black type, first: the
fh Woeds parry sacf haeoa
Ballot" On the next line and in smaller
type. shall be printed the words List Of
Candidates Ca, liz Is; for Nomination to be voted
trict that certain ballot is intend eae tor S
Ward, (naming the ward that certain
ballot is intended for), followed by the
the ballot is to be used. =
On the next line, and to tho right on
the ballot, shall be a facsimile Of the
County Auditor"
On the next line shall be printed the
words ELECTORS can vote but one of these
tickets, but must return them all folded
together, to the judge at the ballot box"
The balance of the ticket is to be made
up In the same manner as the ballots
The tickets are to be made up under the
head, in two 60 columns, with a design
Of parallel or f1llagree rule one-quarter
At the top Of each column shall appear
the words ITO vote for a person, mark
a cross x in the square at the right Of
d the name m e Of the person for whom you
Each one of these sentences at the head
of each column shall be inclosed in a rule,
the same as the names of each candidate,
and at it's end shall be a square directly
over the squares in which marks are to
be made, that square to have a black
cross, x, which shall show the voter how
to mark the ballot.
Beginning at the top of the. left hand
column, at the left of the line in black
type, shall appear the position for which
the names following are candidates, and
words vote for, then the word zone"
''two,' or spelled number designating
how many persons under that head are
to be voted for.
Following this shall come the names of
each candidate for that position, enclosed
In a light face rule, with a square to the
extreme right, the parallel rules contain
(3-16th of an inch apart.
Each position with the names running
for that position shall be separated from
separate each position clearly. = -
The positions shall be arranged as fol-
lows, provided nominees for such posi-
tons are to be selected in said county UNI
provided First judiciary, next congress
sional, next county offices, next legisla-
tive, next city officers. in all cases fol-
lowing under each heading here given the
rotation used in the make up of the vari-
GUS ballots at the general election.
Sec. e. The names of candidates. for
each office upon the sample ballot, shall
be arranged alphabetically according to
surnames. .>.' Hsio W. .3rt h. - e, /.
The names of candidates under headings
designating each official position shall be
alternated on the ballots in the printing,
in the following manner.
First, the forms shall be set I'D with
the names in the order In which they are
placed upon the sample ballot prepared by
the county auditor. In printing each set
Of tickets, for the various election dis