The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-02-21

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to attend any state or district meeting
of county chairmen, the secretary of
/ the county committee shall exercise
the powers herein vested in such chair
man. Any vacancy i'll party precinct
committee shall be filled by the re-
naming members Of such committee;
any vacancy in the place of an officer
of any committee shall be filled in the
same man1rsr as that in which such
officers were originally chosen. The
chairmen Of each political committee
shall call a meeting thereof when nee
essary or when requested by one fifth
Of the members Of such committee,
reasonable notice of such meeting to
be given.
Section &c. The county chairman at
their meeting to canvass the vote for
state officers, shall, in the proper years.
choose by ballot the electors of their
party for president and vice president.
The names Of the persons so selected
| shall be placed upon the official ballot,
as now provided by law.
State Party Platforms.
Section 81. The candidates for the
various state offices, and for senate and
assembly nominated by each political
party at such primary election, shall
meet in the assembly chamber at the
capitol at II oclOck noon on the Sec
ond Wednesday after the date on
which any primary election is held
preliminary to any general election.
They shall adjourn to suitable places
in the capitol building where they
shall forthwith meet and formulate the
state platform Of their party. The
chairman and secretary of the state
central committee of each party shall
| act as chairman and secretary of such
meeting. Said platform shall be
adopted by a majority Of all candi-
| dates voting at such meeting, by roll
call. the record of which shall be filed
and preserved by the secretary of
state. The platform of each party
shall be framed at such time that it
shall be made public, not later than six
| O'Clock in the afternoon Of the follow
ing day (the afternoon of the second
| Thursday after primary election day
Section %. The congressional COM
mettee of each district shall meet
with the nominee at the call of it's
| chairman as soon as may be, after the
nomination has been declared, and
formulate a platform for such con-
gressional nominee and district.
Delegates to National Convention.
Section 20. Delegates to the nation
al convention of each party to nomi-
nate candidates for president and vice
president shall be chosen at an cleo
ton held in each precinct of the state
on the first Tuesday Of April in the
year in which the electors for presI-
dent and vice president Of the United
Sta tes are to be elected. Notice there
Of shall be given, nomination papers
of candidates prepared and filed, the
votes canvassed and the election con
| Quoted in the manner and form pre-
| scriped in this act, the four delegates
at large being chosen in the same man
ner as candidates for state officers are
to be selected, and the two delegates
from each congressional district, in
the manner required in case of the
nomination of candidates for congress.
The four candidates for delegates-at-
large, receiving the highest number of
votes shall be the delegates-at-larg
and the four receiveing the fifth, sixth,
seventh and eight largest number Of
votes shall be alternates. The two
candidates for delegates in each con
gressiOnal district receiving the larg
est number of votes shall be delegates
from such district, and the two re-
ceiving the third and fourth largest
number of votes shall be alternateS.
Provided that no person shall be an
alternate who shall receive less than
two per cent of the vote Of his party
in the state or district, as the case may
be- to be determined as provided in
section < Of this act. In such case,
alternates may be chosen by the dele
gates elected. In case the number of
delegates-at-large Orin any COMPRESSION
al district be other than that provided
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a1ternates to be elected shall be chosen
in a similar manner. The ballot shall
be in substantially the form hereto
annexed:
Can Insert Any Name.
Section 30. The name of no candi
date shall be printed ON the primary
election ballot unless the nomination
paper required by this act has been
filed in his behalf, but any electOr may
vote for any other person by writing
or epasting his name in the space pro
vided on such ballot under any office.
The name Of no person shall be placed
on the official ballot used at any gen
eral or city election unless he shall.
have been nominated as provided in
this act, but any elector may write
or paste on his ballot the name OF any
person for whom he desires to vote,
as now provided by law.
Section 81 Nominations may be de-
cllned as provided in section 81 of the
statutes of 1898. Vacancies occurring
after the holding of any primary cleo
ton shall be filed by the party COM
mittee Of the city, county, district or
state, as the case may be.
Section g. Any officer, member of
any political committee or other per
son who shall wilfully and neglect
to perform any duty by this act re-
quired of him, or who shall tamper
with, change or destroy any ballot, re
turn or certificate Of election, or will
fully do any act of any nature, the OBJ
ject of which is to destroy any bal,
lot or the record of any canvass or
votes or in any way wilfully to inter
fere with the utmost honesty and fair
ness in conducting any such primary
election or in making nominations
thereat, shall be deemed guilty OF
misdemeanor and, upon trial and con
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