The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
THR ELECTION LAW FULLY x.
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the Measure. r cad it and study it.
,ecUIops l, 2 anG 8 name hrs, rnurs.
day in Angus 1900, a. time Of hold
ing electro ms for STATE officers; Of meU
bare OF General assembly and county
officers; for Clerk of Superior Q urt,
and FIR Constable and justices OF che
pesCs
Sec 4 That there shall be a State
board of elections, consisting of seven
discreet persons. Who shall be electors,
elected Dy the General Assembly at Its
present. session. and whose term OF
cfic4 shall continue until the ext
regular meeting Of the General Assem-
bly,, IN the year n thousand DIne
hundred and one and until their suc
cessors are elected and qualified.
Sec 8. That there shall be IN every
county IN the 8 ate a county board o.
elections, to consist Of three Giscree
persons, who are electors in the county
in the county in which they are to act,
who sr all be appoipsed as hereinafter
provided by the st ,te Bard at Eiec-
tions. aC lesst three months before the
next general State election, and bien-
NELLY thereafter, and whose term of
Office shall continue for two years from
the time of their appointment and un-
Til their successors are elected and
qualified, unless sooner removed there
from as hereinafter provided.
TSec. 6 refers entirely to meetings OF
State B AID
& Sc. z That it shall be the duty of the
county board of elections in each county
to appoint all registrars end judges Of
election in their respective counties
Sec 8 That the State Boardof Elec
tions snaIl have power to remove from
any office any member of the County
Board OF E ections for incompetency,
failure of duty or for any other salts
factory cause When any member of
the County Bard of Ele ctions shall be
removed by the State Bard of EItc
tioDs, the vacancy thus crra I'd shall
be filed by the State Bard of Fec
tioDs. Vacancies occurryiDg in thu
County Board OF Elections, for other
causes tina rem wal by the State B ,aro
of Elections, shall be flied by the re
NAMING members thereof.
Sec 9 That the County Board o.
Elections shall have power to remove
any registrar or ju ge of election, sp-
pointed by them, TO- incompetency,
failure TO quality within the time pre-
scrIOtd by law, failure to discharge
the duties o. cfice after qualifying, or
for any other satisfactory cause The
If any member of the County Board OF
FL, cCions, or any registrar or judge OF
election, after having betn removed a.
hereiD6sfore provided, and no ifeo
ther eof, ehell Continue to exercise the
duties of the position from wbIcn be
has been removed, he shall be guilty Of
q miedemeeDor, and )ou conviction
shall be Eioe0 not more than fl ty dol
lars or impr lsoned not more than thirty
DAYS.
[5sc. 10 provides for meeting Of
county bOer04
r. C IL vas published in The Pro
gresslve Farmer of January 23i. A
most important section. Read It..
[SecEIon IL provides than names of
Indians shall appear in separate col
umn
T5ec. Is states that no elector shall be
entitled to register or vote in any other
drecinct, ward or township than tn
one Of which he is a resident on the
day of election
Sec. 13 The County Board of E &C.
tions of the several counties shs uee.ec Ct,
on or before the first Monday in June,
In the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and %biennially therea ter,
one person for each election precinct,
who snall act as registrar of voters for
such to Wnship, ward or precinct The
said County Board of Elections shall
make publication Of the names of the
persons SO selected, at the court house
door, Immediately after sncn appoint
men ana small cause a notice TO b.
served upon said persons by the sheriff
IL any registrar shall fail to perform
the duties of HE Cfice, and for that or
any other uther cause be removed
from eff g or snail die or resign, or If
there snsll for any other Cause be a
vacancy In said Office, the chairman of
the County B ara of elections may ap
point another N his place, and no per
son who is a candidate for cffce ahall
be a registrar or judge or election.
Sec. 10. That the registrar o; eecb
township, ward or precinct shall be
furnished with a registration OooR pre-
narad az h~ereinhRfnre and IL