The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-01-20
RULES FOR THE
xPRIMARY ELECTIONS

&c ErecWtjge Committee Of Ternsdl-
ION Parish, La:
Your committee appointed to draft
rules for the government of the prim-
airy election to be holden
Saturday, March 3, 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 on 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 6 p. M, in all parts of
the parish and the candidates to be 70
ted for direct by the parties voting i'll
said election. The candidates reeeiv-
ing a plurality of all legal votes cast
shall be deemed the choice of the dem
ocratie party for the Office to which
he aspires.
2. None shall be permitted to vote
but aghite voters who pledge themselves
to support the nominees of the primary
provided that none shall permitted to
vote unless he be a duly qualified cleo,
tor under the Constitution and laws of
this state and duly registered.
3. 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 COM
missioner thus appointed, as herein
provided for, the voters present at the
pollingplace shall elect one in hisstead.
Said commissioners shall be faithfully
sworn to perform their duties. That
this executive committee shall meet on
the 3rd day of February, 1900. at Ii
o'clock a. m and appoint the said COM
m~issioners, and they shall publish said
list in the newspapers for at least 20
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
missioners 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 bystanders, 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 to
sign. One of the duplicate returns, to-
gether with tally sheet and list of yo-
ters furnished by the registrars, shall
be forwarded to the president of this
committee, at Abbeville, La, and the
president shall not open the returns un-
til the meeting of the committee as
provided for herein. The committee
shall meet at Abbeville, La. on the
9th day of March. 1900, and compile
the vote and promulgate the result of
said election and at the meeting the
secretary. shall produce the returns of
election made to him.
5. The registrar of voters, of this
parish is requested to furnish a | certi-
fed list of registered voters in this par
ish to the commissioners of election in
each precinct and no n shall be per-
mitted to vote unless his name appears
on the list furnished by the registrar or
presents a certificate of registration.
But any person offering to vote whose
name does not appear on said list can
require the commissioners to make a
record of his offer, stating his name.
residence and officers for whom he
wishes to vote, and If, on examination
Of the records in the registrars office,
it be found that he had duly registered
his vote shall be counted for the per-
son he favored. This examination to
be made by the executive committee
when they meet to compile the returns.
g.. Be it further resolved that the
ballots shall be furnished by the COM
mittee they shall be printed on white
paper, stating under the title of each
office the names of the candidates who
aspire to same. Each candidate for
ward offices wishing to submit TO the
primary election shall give written no
tice of that intention to the secretary
of this committee fifteen days before
the election, and signify in said notice
his willingness to abide by the result OF
said primary.