The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-27
AoT oF IEaIgLATURE Or leel.

Regulating the Holding of caucuses,
Primary Elections or Public Meet
ings Of Voters Of Cities, Towns,
Counties and Districts, for Political
Purposes.
/. Any caucus, primary election or
public meeting Of the qualified voters OF
any city, town, county, district or ward
Of city, or OF any specified party or
portion OF such voters, for the nominal
ton OF candidates to be supported at
any state, municipal, county, district or
ward election, or for the selection OF del
egates to any political convention, OF LOT
the appointment OF any political COM
mittee, may be called by written or
printed notice. specifying that the same
is to be held In accordance with the
provisions OF this act; and the provis-
ions thereof shall apply to the conduct
and proceedings Of any such caucus
primary election or meeting.
2. The call for any such caucus, pr1-
mary election or meeting shall deslg-
nate by name or Office the person or OF,
fee Of the person who calls the same ana
the purposes for which 1t Is called. In
the case OF a primary election 1t shall
name the time, place or places at which
such election is to be held and fully the
purposes thereof, and in case OF a eau
Gus or other meeting II shall designate
the place of such nesting and the pur-
poses thereof. In the case OF a prt-
mary election, any committee appointed
at any party meeting may appoint
those who are to conduct such primary
election, and the places at which such
primaries are to be held, and the mode
in which the vote shall be taken record
ed and announced. In the case OF a eau
Gus or other political meeting. such eau
Gus or meeting may be organized Dy
the appointment by 1t OF such ohicers
of such caucus or meeting as the eau
Gus or meeting may determine
g. At any such primary election the
votes shall be by ballot and shall be OF
the kind, and voted and deposited IN
ballot box prepared for the purpose and
in the mode to be provided In the call FOR
such election.
/. Whoever shall vote at such pri-
mary election, or at any such meeting
or at any such caucus, or at any public
meeting for political purposes. of the
qualified voters Of any city, town, coun-
ty, district or ward in this state, or OF
any specified party or portion OF such
voters, for the nomination Of candidates
to be supported at any state, municipal,
city, county, district or ward election,
or for the selection OF delegates to any
political convention. or for The appoint
ment Of any political committee, not
being a legal voter in the city. county,
town, district or ward, as the case may
be, In and for which such primary cleo
tion or meeting, as the care may be, Is
held; whoever so vote, being such legal
voter, but who Is not n known, recog-
nized, heretofore openly declared menu
Der OF the party included in the terms OF
the call under which any such election
or meeting is held, whoever shall vote
or attempt to vote upon any name not
his own, at any such primary election or
meeting: whoever shall vote or attempt
to vote more than once at any such lpri-
mary election or meeting, or more than
the separate votes or ballots RlloWcd
each voter, II more than one vote or
ballot Is allowed to be cast: whoever
shall either use or receive any money
or other thing OF value to influence any
vote or ballot at any such primary cleo
ton or meeting: whoever shall cast any
vote or ballot ut any such primary cleo
ton or meeting, after having received
money or other thing of value for or in
consideration of such vote. or ballot,
shall be guilty OF n misdemeanor and
shall be punished by tine OF not more
than one hundred dollars, or by impris-
onment in a county jail for not more
than three months, or. in the discretion
OF the court by both fine and imprtson-
ment.
s. Whoever shall knowingly make
any false count OF the ballots or votes
cast at any such primary election or
meeting. or any false statement or dec
laration OF the result OF any such vote
or ballot. knowing such count or state
ment to be false; or whoever shall Will
fully alter, deface or destroy any such
ballot or vote cast at any such election
or meeting, or the evidence OF any such
vote. shall be guilty Of a misdemanor
and be punished as provided for In the
fourth section of this act.
6. Nothing In this act shall be con-
strued so as to prevent the enforcement
at any such election or meeting OF other
regulations not Inconsistent with the
provisions of this act.