The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-01-27
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shall file with the sub committee a
written pledge TO abi9 .e by the re-
suit OF the said prlms ~ election and
pledge himself as a Democrat 10
support the nom ines of said
primaries and vote in April for the
S ate, district az d parachoial and
ward nominees. Eacn candidate
shall bear his pro rata expense Of
the PRIMARY as computed by the
subcommittee and this amount shall
accompany his aforesaid written
pledge.
BALLoTS-That the sub-com
mittee above provided for shall
prepare printed ballots for the
primary, and that at the head of
each ballot shall be printed the
pledge herein above required, and
no ballot shall be counted by the
commissioners unless it contains
said pledge.
The tickets to be voted at the
primary election herein called pre-
pared by the subcommittee shall
be of uniform size and quality OF
p aper on W bieh tie names f a
candidates for parish officers shall
be printed with a circle opposite
the name of each candidate where
there is more than one candidate
for the same Office, which circle
shall be crossed opposite the name
Of the voters choice. Where there
is only one candidate printed or
written for any Office, it shall not
be necessary for the voter to desig-
nate, the candidate voted for as
above provided. All tickets shall
contain at the bottom a blank
place to fill in the number of the
ward, and shall have printed
thereon for police juror under
which a blank space on which shall
be printed or written the voters
choice for said Office. For Justice
of the Peace and for Constable
shall be printed on each ticket,
with a blank space after each, up
on which shall be printed or writ
ten the voters choice for each of
said officers.
The tickets shall be deposited
in tire ballot box Of the polling
places herein provided for, and the
said tickets, after being counted by
the commissioners, shall be placed
back in the boxes, which must be
sealed and locked and FORWARDED
to the Sub Committee without de-
lay together with the poll lists
and tally sheets, duly signed by
the commissioners Of election al
each precinct.
CANVASS AND PROMULGATIOS
OF VOTE. That on Wednesday,
the 9TH day OF March, 1900, at i.
o'clock the aforesaid committe
shall meet at the City Hall New
Iberia, and proceed to canvass
the vote and the person or per-
sons receiving a majority of the
votes cast in said primary for
the several Offices shall be declared
thenomineesfor sa d offices, respec
lively, and the subcommittee shall
forthwith prolnulgate the result.
No candidate shall be declared
the nominee who does not receive
a majority of all the votes cast
for the Office for which he is can.
didate; and in case the candidates
for the several offices above men
toned, or any one Of them, shall
fail to secure majority of all thu
votes so cast, then the two candi-
dates for each Of the several offices
who shall have secured the great.
est number of votes shall run the
race over again, before the same
commissioners at the same polling
places and under the same rules
as are herein provided, on Tnes-
day the 18th day of March. 1860,
and the returns from said second
election shall be made, and the re-
suit thereof ascertained ard pro
mulgated as herein provided for
the first election, provided how
ever, that if either of the two can
didates receiving the greatest
of votes snail refuse Or
fail for any reason to rua the race