Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-04

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| county or that portion thereof in SUCH dis
| trict in case of candidates for county and
city offices, the electors signing snail De ulS-
| tributed over and reside in at least one-fifth
| do of the election precincts OF SUCH
| county or city, and shall constitute at leasC
| 2 per cent. of the voters of such party resi-
| dent in each such county or voting precinct,
as the case may be. The basis OF such per-
centage in each case shall be the vote OF
| the party for the presidential elector recelv-
| ing the largest vote at the preceding presi-
| Dental election Provided that any politl-
| cal organization, which, at the preceding
! general election was represented on the of
! ncial ballot by individual nominees only,
may have primary election ballot, as a
| political party, if any of it's said individual
nominees received one percent. OF the total
state vote cast at such preceding general
| election.
| Sec g. Each signer to a nomination pa
| per shall add to his signature, his business
| and residence, with street number, If any,
| declare in such nomination paper that he
! is a member of the political party named
| therein, and shall sign for but one nomina-
| ton to the same office. All signers on the
| same nomination paper shall reside In the
| same precinct. The affidavit of a qualified
eector of the precinct in which any such
| signers reside shall be appended to each
nomination paper, stating that he is per-
! soEally acquainted with all the ~ersons who
| have signed the same; that he knows them
| to be electors of the precinct, and that their
| residence and business are truly stated
| therein Such affidavit shall not be made
| by the candidate, but each candidate shall
| file with his nomination papers declara-
| ton that he is member of the parry
named therein, and will qualify as such Of
| fcer If nominated and elected.
Sec. z. All nomination papers pertain
| ing to state officers, members of congress,
| state senate or assembly, shall be hled IN
| the Office of the secretary of state to coun-
| ty officers in the Office of the county clerk
to city officers, in the office of the city clerk.
Sec. s. At least five weeks before any
primary election preceding general cleo
| tion, the secretary of state shall transmit
| to each county clerk list containing the
name postofice address and occupation OF
| each person entitled to be voted for as
| candidate in his county, at the ensuing pri-
| mary election, together with a designation
| of the office and the party for which he is
| a candidate. Said clerk shall before the
| thirtieth day preceding the election, pub
| lish complete list of all candidates to be
| voted for in the county for whom nominal
ton papers have been duly filed, giving the
| name, address and occupation of each, un-
der the title of the Office for which he is
| candidate. The list of candidates of each
| party shall be published in one newspaper
of general circulation, of the county, repre-
| senting such party, once each week until
the primary election. The notice shall con-
| tain the name of the party in large type,
the date of the election, the hours during
| which the polls will be open and that the
| election will be held in the regular polling
booths. The county clerk shall forthwith
mail copy of the notice to each town, vii
| age and city clerk of his county, who shall,
| Immediately upon receipt of such notice,
post copies of the notice in at least three
public places in each precinct of his town,
! village or city.
Sec. 8. SO far as applicable and not
otherwise provided herein, the provisions or
the foregoing sections shall apply to all
primary elections held to nominate cand1-
dates for any city office, provided, that NOM
ination papers shall be filed at least hfteen
(15) days. the list of candidates posted and
published at least ten (1O) days, and the
official ballots printed at least three CD
days before the date OF holding such pri-
mary election.
Sec. TO- In any case where the publ
cation of a notice cannot be made as here
inbefore required, it may be so made in any
newspaper having general circulation in
the county or city in which the notice is re-
quired to be published.
Sec. IL On or before the twenty-fifth
day before any primary election preceding
a general election, each county clerk shall
prepare sample official primary election
ballot for each party, placing thereon the
names of all candidates to be voted for in
any precinct of his county, for whom NOM
nation papers have been duly filed. He
shall submit the ballot of each party to the
county chairman thereof, and mail a copy
to each candidate whose name appears
thereon, at his address given in the nomi-
nation paper, and shall post in conspicu-
GUS place in his office a copy of such ballot
for each party. On the tenth day preceding
said primary election, the county clerk shall
correct any errors or omissions in the bal
lot to make it conform to the provisions or
this act, cause the same to be printed and
distributed, as required in the case or pal
| lots at any general election, except that the
number thereof shall be for each party twice
| the number of votes cast by such party at
the last presidential election. The county
clerk shall send to each polling booth with
l vOe& fe, low %C In fur
| nished him by the secretary of state.
Sec H. All ballots and all blanks and
| other supplies to be used at any primary
election shall be furnished at public expense
| by the same officers who are now required
to prepare the official ballot and furnish
such supplies at the general and city cleo
| lions. When certified returns of the votes
(, have been filed determining who are the
| nominees of each party, it shall be the duty
| of the secretary of state and of the respect
| i've county and city clerks to take the
| proper steps, as now provided by law in re-
| lation, to general and city elections to have
| the name of every person SO nominated
! placed upon the official ballot for the next
| ensuing general or city election.
Sec. 10. There shall be separate ballot
| for each political party, upon which the
names of it's candidates shall be arranged
alphabetically according to surname unuer
the appropriate titles of the respective Of
! fees. The ballots with the endorsements
shall be in substantially the annexed forms,
provided, that ballots for any city election
! may be varied as to the title of the offices
| to be printed thereon. SO as to conform
| to the law under which each such election
is held On receiving his ballot the elector
| shall forthwith and without leaving the
| polling place retire alone to one of the
| booths or compartments to prepare the
| same, which shall be done by marking in
| the square at the right of the name of the
/ person or persons he wishes to vote for a
] cross thus X If he wishes to vote for a
| person whose name is not on the ballot, he
| must write such name in the blank space
| provided for that purpose, provided that it
| shall not be necessary to place a cross after
/ the name when written, in order that the
| vote may be counted for such person, An
| elector may use or copy an unofficial sam
| pie ballot which may have been marked in
| advance of his entering the polling place,
| but he shall use or bring into such booth
| no such sample ballot printed upon paper OF
| the color or quality required to be used for
| the printing of the official ballot. After pre-
pairing his ballot the elector shall fold it so
| that its face will be concealed, and that the
printed Endorsement and signatures or in
! itials of the ballot clerks thereon may be
seen. He shall then vote forthwith and be-
l fore leaving the polling place.