The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-27
RULES FOR TIL
.PRIMHRY ELECTIONS
To The Honorable Chairman Democratic
Executive Committee of NerBail-
ion Parish, La:

Your committee appointed to draft
rules for the government of the prim-
a7y election to be holden
Saturday, March 8, 1900,
respectfully submit the following:
Whereas, the Democratic Executive
Committee of Vermilion Parish, did on
the 9th day Of January 1900, declare
for the nomination of parish officers in
primary election to be held OH the 3rd
day of March 1900, therefore be it re-
solved, that the following rules are
hereby adopted for the government Of
said primary election:
l. The polling places shall be those
established by law in the parish, the
polls to be opened at Z O'clock a. m.
and to close at 3 p. NJ, in all parts OF
the parish and tie candidates to be 70
ted for direct by the parties voting III
ing a plurality of all legal votes cast
shall be deemed the choice of the dem
ocratic party for the office to which
he aspires.
2. None shall be permitted to vote
but aChite C0te5$ who pledge themselves
to support the nominees of the primary
provided that non shall permitted to
vote unless he be a duly qualified cleo
tor under the Constitution and laws Of
this state and duly registered.
5. That the executive committee of
this parish shall appoint three commits
sioners and one clerk for each polling
place in the parish, to hold said cleo
ton, and in the absence of any conn
missioner THIS appointed, as herein
provided for, the voters present at the
polling place shall elect n in his stead.
Said commissioners shall be faithfully
sworn to perform their duties. That
this executive committee shall meet on
the 3rd day Of February, 1900. at IL
o'clock a. IN and appoint the said com
missioners, and they shall publish said
list in the newspapers for at least ~
days before the election.
4. The commissioners shall keep a
list of names of those voting, duly num-
bered, in the order in which they vote.
which list shall be kept by the COM
m~issioners and sworn to by them as
being correct and attested by two wit
nesses. Immediately after the closing
of the polls the box shall be opened
and the ballots counted in the presence
of the b%ystanders, and a tally sheet OF
the voters kept and duplicate returns
made out and signed and sworn to as
correct by the commissioners before
some officer duly qualified to admins
ter oaths. IF any commissioner refuse
to sign he, or those who sign, shall state
fully the reasons why he refused tc
sign. One of the duplicate returns, to-
!, gether with tally sheet and list of vo-
tiers furnished by the registrars, shall
be forwarded to the president OF this
committee, at Abbeville, La, and the
president shall not open the returns nn.
til the meeting of the committee as
l provided for herein, the other return
| Shall be kept by the clerk of the pol
!, and by him delivered to the committee
when it meets to promulgate tht
returns; the committe shall mee'
at Abbeville, Louisiana, on thu
) 9th day Of March. 1900, and compile
the vote and promulgate the result 0
said election.
secretary shall produce the returns o
election ma e to him.
, Provided that in the absence or in
ability to obtain a proper officer tina
any registered voter be empowered t,
administer the oath to the commits
: sioners.
: 5. The registrar of voters of thi
{ parish is requested to furnish a cert
, fed list Of registered voters in this par
!, ish to the commissioners of election i
: each precinct and 10 one shall be per
mitted to vote unless his name appear