The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-05

ton According TO the Minturn bin the
primary election shall be held on the first
registration day. The elector must satisfy
the board of his qualifications and register.
He shall be allowed 10 vote for the nomi-
nation of party candidates if he SO desires
and a record shall be kept as 10 whether or
not he voted. The polls shall be kept open
from s a. m to 3 p. m. All political parties
shall nominate their tickets at the same
time and place. a political party is defined
as. one which shall nave cast at least 10
per cent. Of the total vote cast at the last
preceding election for its leading candi-
date or snail file a petition signed by 10
per cent. of the qualified electors OF the
election district in which the privilege is
asked. The bill provides that nothing in
the act shall prevent tho nomination OF
candidates by groups, individuals or So
called political parties by petition signed
by 1 per cent. OF the vote of the entire
state, not to exceed two thousand for a
State office; 5 per cent. for a congressional
or judicial district Office and 10 per cent
for county and legislative or municipal Of
flee, not 10 exceed 500. Any one eligible to
an office which he seeks shall appear be-
fore the secretary of state, clerk of the
Circuit Court, city or town. If for a State,
county, city or town office, at least thlr-
teen days before the primary election and
present a petition which shall contain at
least . per cent. of the total vote cast for
the candidate of the party with which he
affiliateS for the same position at the
last general election. each name in the
petition to be that of a qualified e~lector,
who has not signed for any other apphcant
for that office. The candidate shall make
affidavit that 1T is his intention to run Tor
the specified Office. A separate ballot shall
be prepared for each political party. One
each of the primary election ballots for
each party, pinned together and containing
the initials of the poll clerks in the usual
manner, shall be handed the voter after
having registered. He shall remove the
ballot he desires to vote from the bundle
of ballots given him, pin the others to-
gether again, then go into the booth and IN
secret mark a cross with blue pencil In the
square at the end of the name voted. then
hand the judge the ballot to be voted and
the unvoted tickets which shall be de-
posted in the boxes for each. The Dill pro-
vides for the expenditures OF candidates
for nomination and election as foliows:
Five thousand voters or less, 500; for each
one hundred voterc over 5000, and under
$4,000, two dollars; for each 100 voters over
5000, and under $1,000, one dollar, and for
each one hundred voters over 10000 so
cents. Sworn of expenditures
are required of candidates within thirty
days after an election and commissions or
certificates of election are to be withheld
until the statement is filed. If false state
mentS can be proved in an action brought
by a candidate securing the next highest
vote, judgment shall be rendered, ousting
and excluding such defendant from office
and in favor of plaintiff.
The bill also provides for holding primary
ciecIlOnS Dy NOlIB mdcnlileS, WHSIS SUCH
nave been adopted, authorizes the appoint
ment of three voting machine commission
ers by the Governor to examine machines
offered for sale in Indiana and report TO
the secretary of state On capacity, ac-
curacy and efficacy of such machines, no
machine to be used unless approved by
said commissioners The compensation for
each commissioner Is to be $50 and ex-
penses in making such examination and
report. The bill provides that the electors
of each town, city and county shall be re-
quired to vote for or against the adoption
of voting machines in that election district
at the next election after this act is
adopted should the Legislature pass the
measure. If a majority of the votes are
in favor of adopting voting machines 1T
shall be the duty of the Board of County
Commissioners Common Council or board
of trustees of that county, city or town, to
provide one or more voting machines as
required by this act, and by the act relat-
ing to voting machines approved March 2,
1889.