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! dppermoSt, and so folded to conceal the
lace thereof. and all marks thereon, and shall
haIlu the same to the judge of primary cleo
ton VINO is in charge of the ballot boxes.
Inc folded ballot when returned, shall be
paced in the proper ballot box, and the name
| or the voter shah be checked off upon said
teglsters in the column headed primary cleo
Except as herein otherwise provided, the fol-
! lowing sections of said general election law
are hereby made applicable to primary cleo
| tions held under this act, to wit: Sections
seventy-One (71), seventy-two (72), eighty-nins
| lS9), ninety (90), nlnety-one (91), ninety two
l92), ninety (93). ninety-four C94, ninety
| one hundred one (10I, one hundred two Q02).
one hundred three G03), one hundred four (104).
cine hundred seven Id DOB. o eii hundr r sight
Q0Sl one hundred nine (lO9l. ono hundred ten
! twelve Dip. one hundred thirteen liS1 one
hundred fourteen Q14. one hundred fifteen
| seventeen Q1D, one hundred eighteen (118).
Sec. q. That section twenty C20) of chapter
one thousand eight hundred ninety-nins QS99).
os s @qend SS SO Pas as to read as follows:
Secuon 70; Upon the completion Of the mat
and judges OF registration shall Immediately
open the ballot boxes at each polling place and
proceed TO take therefrom the ballots. Said
oftcers shall count the number Of ballots cast
| by each party. at the same time blnolnng the
piles. and shall then fasten each pile separate
Iy by means means Of brass clip or may use any
| means which shall etrectually fasten each pile
| together at the top OF each ticket.
AS soon as the clerks and judges shall
! have sorted and fastened together the ballots
OF each separate party then they shall take
( the tally sheets provided by the county audi
! tor and shall count all the ballots for each
party separately until the count is completed
| and shall certify to the number of votes cast
! Tor each candidate for each office upon the
ticket OF each party. They shall then place the
counted ballots in the box. but in no case
shall they separate them from each other
After all have been counted and certified to
by the clerks and judges they shall seal the
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returned to the county auditor.
Except as herein otherwise provided, the
matters pertaining to the canvass OF votes
Shall be conducted In the manner prescribed
by ene fo9Wing sections as amended Of such
MADE applicable to primary elections held
under this act, to wit:
Sections one hundred and twenty-three Q23)
one hundred twenty five $3.50. one hundred
twenty-six Q26), one hundred tWenty-seven
l272. one hundred twenty-eight Q20, one
hundred twenty-niae 1920, one hundred thirty
four Q34), one hundred thirty-f1ve Q35), one
hundred thirty-six Q36), hundred thirty
/ seven ODD, one hundred thirty-eisht q3S), one
nine U49.
Sec I. That section tweuty-three (2s) Of
chapter thnee hundred and forty-nine (349),
General Laws Of 1899. be amended so as to
read follows
Section %. The clerk of the district court
OF the county, the county auditor the chair
man OF the board of county commissioners
and two justices OF the peace of the same
county, of opposite political parties from that
of the majority of the other members Of the
canvassing board, If possible to be selected
by the judge or Judges of the district court
small constitute the county canvassng board
FOR the purposes of the primary election, and
small meet at the court house in the county
at ten o'clock in the morning Of the second
DAY after said primary election, and shall
proceed, after taking tbs usual oath of office.
10 openly and publicly canvass the primary
erection returns made to the county auditor.
Provided, however, that no person who shall
be a candidate at any primary election shall
be eligible to act as a member of said can
said canvassing board by reason of the in
eligibility OF amy of the hereinbefore mentioned
by the judges of the district court Of the
county wherein the said primary election is
held, by appointing to fill such vacancy some
duly qualified elector of said county, who is
not public oficeholder
ANY three Of said canvassing board shall
constitute a quorum, and are authorized to
make the canvass herein provided and to GER
THY the results thereof
The canvassing board shall not wait until
all the returns are at hand before beginning
but after filling out their sheets with the
nan names sh and number Of the election districts
at hand and fill in the results there shown,
and when the returns are not at hand they
snail leave a space until the missing returns
Said canvass shall be completed by the said
county canvassing board as to all candidates
being voted for in other counties, by the even
Ing of the third day following said primary
election, and the result certified to the score
taTy Of state Immediately. hereinafter pro-
Sec. 8. That the last subdivision of section
twenty-four cd of chapter three hundred
forty-n1ne (349). General LAWS one thousand
eight hundred ninety nine $780, be amended
SO as to read as follows:
j.: A statement of the whole number of
electors registered and the number of ballots
cast, mare ald female, separately at such
primary election.
If two or mere candidates for the same DO
lticaI party are tiled" for the same office
the tie shall be determined by lot to be cast
then and there by and as the canvaesiug board
may determine 1t shall be the duty Of the
county auditor, upon the completion of it's
canvass by said canvassing board to certify
to the secretary of state the vote as shown
by such statement for all candidates to be
voted for in more than one county on or be-
fore ten Q0) o'clock Of the morning Of the
fourth day following said primary election,
and to mail or deliver in person to each
by SAID statement shown to be 90 nominated,
a notice of such fact, that his name will be
placed upon the official ballot at the ensuing
is paid on Or before the day to be named
therein, IN each case the same to be named
IN accordance with the fee and date required
by said general election law, and a notice
further that his name will not be placed upon
the ballot if said fee is not paid by such time.
. Inc officers who are charged by law with
the duty Of canvassing returns of general
elections made to the secretary of state shall
also open and canvass the returns made to
him Of any primary election under this act
at the usual time and place, meeting for the
SAID primary election They shall Determine
any ties between candidates in the same
as IN I'M their canvass for general cleo
lions. Upon the completion of said canvass, 1t
shall be the duty of the secretary Of state to
certify to the several county auditors the
for all the offices to be printed upon their
county tickets, and to mail to each candidate
shown by such state canvass to be nominated
MS name Will be printed upon the proper
official ballot for the ensuing election. upon
the payment by such candidate for the proper
nomination fee to the proper officer, as pro
vided by the general election law.
Gao hot nOff
ter three hundred and forty-nine $40, Gen
eral Laws of one thousand eight hundred
and ninesty,nine QSe9). be amended so as to
Section % The persons whose names are
so properly placed in said nominated state
ment shall be and constitute the nominees of
the several political parties in which they
n were candidate and such names shall be
the ensuing election in like manner as If such
persons had been duly nominated by a party
convention of delegates with the certificate
ton law; provided, no name shall be placed
upon the ballot for said ensuing election unless
election law is paid within the time therein
required as in case Of filing certificates o.
candidates, when name was upon the primary
election ballot under the provisions of section
Of this act, shall be placed upon the official
election ballot unless such candidates have
been chosen in accordance with this act, ex-
cept in case of q vacancy ocoasioned by the
qeaun, removal or resignation of any candi-
GATE so chosen or arising otherwise and in
such event the campaign or party committee
OF the same political party If there be no
such committee. then a mass convention of
such party, may fill such vacancy. the name of
such new candidate to be certified under oath
to the secretary Of state or county auditor or
auditors, or both, as the case may be-, by the
chairman and secretary Of such committee or
convention.
Sec. 10: Al! acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act are hereby repealed
Sec. H. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after September 1st, 1901
Approved April 10th, 1901.