Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-04-12
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Tie New lrlmar Law 81. .
B The Dunn bill sis amend tory to .
Law enac acted s5ia#1 1905, apply yipg only
10 Hennepin county ByF the provi-
|sions 81 the Dunn bill the Rrimary
|electi ion or popular nomina at,on law
is extended to the entire state and
covers ia its scope all election dis
tricts. county and city officers and
elective members 81 school park and
library boards ID cities 81 over 1, 5O,:.
900 inha bitants. II
The primary 81 nomina ting election
is fixed On tuesday, seven weeks be-
Fore the election at which the can
didates nominated are to 5be voted
for and thessame day iszfxed as che
first day Of registratio N . elector
ma : vote at the primary election nm
lees be be registered. y
" The method Of securing places On
the primary ticket is extremely sim.
|ple. The aspirant for Office is Obliged
only to file bis name and pay fee,
At least tv enty days before the pri-
mary election day any person who
may be eligible to the Office which
he seeks may flle with the secretary
OF state, if the office he seeks is voted
for in more than one county, or
with the county auditor If it be
voted for in only one county, bis
name together with an affidavit
setting forth that it is his bona ffde
intention to run for the specified Of
fee. If the Office sought be 8 dis.
trict Office the candidate is required
to pay to the secretary Of state a
fee Of $40; il voted for. in q single
county to the county auditor q fee
of SO. Candidates seeking nomina-
tion to Offices without compensation
are not required to pay either fee.
Fourteen days before the primary
election county auditors arerequired
to group the names q candidates
filed with them, according to poll
tical parties, and have separate tic
kets printed for each party. The
method Of voting is exactly the same
as employed at general election On.
der the Australian system. # Every
registered elector is entitled to 80
vote, but unlike the present Henne-
pin law, he may receive only the
ticket Of one political party, sand|ii
challenge must swear l.lt> / li ties is
Iket which he wishes to vote Is. that
Of the party whose candidates be
generally supported at the general
election next preceding and whose
candidate be proposes to support at
the coming election.
The ballots are to Re canvassed
by the judges Of election in the same
manner that the ballots cast at gen.
'eral elections are canvassed, except
that the tickets Of the several par
ties shall be canvassed separately.
The tally sheets compiled after the
Australian system are to be returned
to the county auditor and BY him Ito
a canvassing board, which is re-
quired to meet two days after the
primary election. " " ..5:s= 4 :=.ss ..s:s=. ss=s
The canva ssing board shall con-
sist OF the clerk Of the district court,
the county auditor, the chairman Of
county commissioners and two JUS
ticess Of the peace Of different politi-
cal parties, to be selected if possible
by the judge Of the district court;
provided. however, that none of the
members Of the board is q candidate
for nomination at the primary cleo
tion. In that case he shall be sre.
placed by an elector to be selected
BY the Judge Of the district court t.. II
Any elector who was q candidate
for nomination at the primary elec-
tion and was defeated may not se-
cure 9 place on the official ballot BY
petition. IS. S. ...* . + !: Y 81. 4
The state board Of Investment has
approved 8 loan of. 5000 to school
District IS, Of this county.