Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-07-26


which the several candidates shall pre-
sent their names. The costs ana eN-
IDenses of the Return Judges conven-
fion shall be borne by the successful
candidates.
III. Each candidate for nomination
! for the several offices must present to
! the County Chairman, at least twenty
days before the date fixed for the pri
mary election, his full name, district,
| post-office address, and the offlc. for
which he desires to be a candidate, and !!
shall paw his assessment to the County
Chairman at the same time, or his name
! will not be printed on the official ballot.
II. The County Chairman shall an
nounce the names of all the candidates
for nomination who shall thus present
their names to him i'll ut least two news
papers published i'm .Juniata County IN
/. three regular weekly issues Immediately |
preceding the primary election.
l3. The County Chairman shall be re-
ouired to present to his successor within
ten days after the primary election an
itemized statement of the receipts ana
expenditures of the primary, ana the
Chairman receiving such account Shall
present the same before the Committee
at its first meeting. If any balance be
remaining in the hands of the Chairman
after paying all the expenses OF prOcur-
ing tickets and blanks and distributing
the same for said primary election he
shall nav the same over to his successor.
IL THE names of all the candidates
for offices TO be filed shall be printed on
one ticket under the respective head !
ipCs and the names of the candidates
for particular office shall be printed in
the order in which they were certified
TO the Chairman as provided for in sec
;ion II
, 10 The ticket shall be headed "Offi- :
cial Ballot and after the names of all !
the candidates shall contain the certili- |
cate of the County Chairman that the (;
same js the official ballot to be used at |
tho urinary election TO which certifi- !
cate shall be affixed a facsimile of his :
signature.
I6. The County Chairman shall cause
a facsimile of the official ballot to be
voted at the primary election to be pub
lished i'm at least one entire regular
weekly edition of at least two Republi-
can newspapers published in Juniata
County prior to the primary election. I
IL. The County Chairman shall have
printed on white paper, of such ballots, :
not less than double the number of
votes cast for the Republican candidate
for President at ihe last preceding pres
III.
one member of the County Committee
in each district not less than double the
number of ballots cast for the Republi-
can presidential candidate in said dis
trict. In addition the candidates may
procure from the County Chairman ten
days before the time fixed for holding
the primary election rs many official
ballots as they may desire at the cost of
printing the same.
l8. The County Chairman is TO fur
nish at least one County Committeeman
in each district list of candidates who
have been duly registered, said commit I
teeman is to give the list TO the election !
board and votes cast for any candidates |
other than those on said official list
shall not be counted. -
10. The time for holding the primary
election shall be fixed by the County .
Committee, but such election shall al
ways be held on Saturday.
20. On the date fixed by the County
COMMITTEES for holding the primary
election. the Republicans shall meet, in
the borougis at 4 O'Clock Z. NJ, and i'm
the townships at 3 O'Clock p. NJ, and
shall proceed within the first thirty :
minutes thereafter TO elect one person
as Judge and two persons as clerks, to >
hold the primary election, which pre-
liminary election shall be conducted by
the members of the county committee
of the district if they should be present,
hut if they are absent then the persons
present ot the time for the poIIs 10 open
shall choose two of their number to hold
such preliminary election. The Judges
and clerks above mentioned, shall be-
fore entering upon their duties take and
subscribe the oath reauired by law. ND
ON hanks to he furnished for that mr.
Votes and shall hold the no,ls omen I'M !
III = .ai,.,ooL p AZ one of the clerks
shall keen q correct list Of the persons ;
voting together with the number of /
their balIot which number shall be |
,nor,.ad unon the b,liot at the time IL is I
votad The number shall he concealed /
in Tia Come monner as now reoujred of |,
tha nnmbar of tba halIot ot tho GENERAL |
eIactio, Wh,cb list of voters shall he !
oiven to tbe Judge nlong with the re-
furns
81 Voters shall mark their haJlots
tbo s.me as ,,nder the general election {
iaw,s nov, in fnrce viz nv ,n,riring y
cross in tbe SQUARE nj the RIGHT of The ,
,,,n,o Of the cond;d,tcs ba desires TO !
- Tor ond the nrimarv eIe,.tion ofIi-
cars will he GOVERNED nv the same laws :
in counting The votes. (
% No tickets eycept the official bal !
lof containing the certificate of the
Comfy Chairman shall be counted bv !
the primary election officers, and no
ballots shall be counted until after the
nolIs are closed
q. After the votes are counted and
the election papers are comDleted, the
election board shall enclose the ballots
cast i'm a separate envelope which shall
then and there be scaled in the presence
of the election Officers, and shall then,
together with the tally paper, list of
voters, and oaths of election officers, be
sealed up in an envelope and delivered