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


party, the ballot of which l now propose
to vote, and it is my present intention to
vote the ticket of said party at the next
general Cor city, election, so help me God
Subscribed and sworn to before me-
| -. -. 80. ...s.i
this -~-------- day Of ------------ 100.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
(Insert designation of officer)
All affidavits provided for in sections Is
and 16 of this act may be made before any
| officer authorized by law to administer
oaths, or clerk, or an Inspector Of cleo
ton, who is hereby authorized to admins
ter such Oaths within his election precinct
/ All such afidavits shall be fastened togeth-
er, filed and preserved in the Office of the
county clerk, if made at a primary cleo
ton preceding a general election, or the
city clerk if preceding city election.
Sec. II. The party committee Of each
election precinct hereinafter provided for
shall appoint in writing over their sigma
| lures, two party agents or representatives,
with an alternate for each, who shall act
as challengers for their respective parties,
| and have the powers prescribed by section
46, of the statutes of 1898, except that they
may only challenge the right of any person
| to vote the ticket of their own party. The
| chairman of each party committee shall
| represent his party in the polling booth of
his precinct during the canvass and return
Of the vote.
Sec. Is. The inspectors of election in
edCu pIeCluCC snail make, Oh separate
sheets, for each party, in duplicate, a full
and accurate return of the votes cast for
| each candidate. The precinct chairman
shall certify upon each duplicate return re-
lating to his party, that the same is an
| accurate and full return of all votes cast
| by his party. The inspectors shall within
! twenty-four hours deliver one copy of the
return as to each political party to the
| party chairman of the precinct chosen at
/ such primary election, and the other to the
county clerk, if primary election preced-
| ing general election, or to the city clerk, if
/ city election.
Sec 49, The vote shall be canvassed in
/ the following manner If for a single pre-
| cinct, by the inspectors thereof; if for a
| district having more than one precinct and
/ wholly within any ward, city or county,
| by the party chairman of the election pre-
1 cincts therein, who shall meet at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon on the second day
| Thursday succeeding such primary cleo
| tion at the office of the city or county clerk,
where the duplicate return from each pre-
cinct is filed. They shall adjourn to suit
able places, as near as may be to the office
of the city OF county clerk, where each par
| ty shall forthwith proceed to canvass the
| vote, determine the result and declare the
person receiving the highest number of
| votes for each Office, the nominee of his
/ party. Such canvass shall be made from
| the certified returns provided by section Is
| of this act. They shall make duplicate re-
| turn of their canvass which shall be. de-
! livered to the city or county chairman, elect
| ed at such meeting as the case may be, VINO
| shall retain one copy and, within twenty
/ four hours after the canvass is completed,
/ file the other with the county clerk, If the
] primary election precede general election,
| or the city clerk, if a city election. Such
| county meeting of precinct clairmen shall
| also make an additional duplicate return
| in the same form showing all votes cast for
| each candidate in any district not wholly
! within such county which duplicate return
4 hal hn 6nIi chairman
| elected at such meeting, who shall, within
| twenty four hours after the canvass is
completed, send one copy thereof to the
secretary of state by express.
/ Sec. 20. The party chairmen of each
county shall meet in the assembly chamber
at the CAPITOL at II o'clock noon on Tues
day one week after each primary election
preliminary to the general election. The
| representatives of each party shall adjourn
to convenient places in the capitol building
| and there forthwith begin to canvass the
vote Of their party for the respective candi-
dates, as shown by the returns in the hands
of the county chairmen, as above provided,
determine the result and declare the person
receiving the highest number of votes for
each office the nominee of his party for
| that Office; such canvass shall continue I'M
| til completed, the vote for candidates for
| state officers being first canvassed by all the
county chairmen meeting in a body, next
that for candidates for congress, then for
state senators and then for assemblymen,
such canvass being made at meetings of the
| county chairmen of the counties wholly OF
partially within any such district. du-
plicate return of such canvass shall be
made by each such meeting in the manner
prescribed for the returns in the case OF
| meetings of county chairmen, and delivered
| to the chairmen of the state or respective
district committees who are to have charge
| of the ensuing campaign, one copy to be
retained by such chairman, the other to be
forthwith delivered to the secretary OF
state. In all cases the person receiving the
largest number of votes shall be the nom
| inee of his party for the office for which ne
| is a candidate. In case Of tie vote, such
| candidates shall forthwith determine the tie
by lot.
Sec. 81. Each return of any canvass OF
votes required by this act shall be in du-
plicate and shall be signed by all party
| chairmen attending such meeting and GER
titled by them to be full and accurate re-
| turn of all votes cast in the precincts can
vassed. When filed with any public officer
| all returns or statements Of votes shall De
open to the inspection of the public. Every
such return or statement shall be preserved
for the period of two years. When neces-
sary, the votes of any number of precincts
may be canvassed from certified copies OF
any return or statement of votes filed with
| any public officer as required by this act
No public officer shall be entitled to add
tional compensation for filing or preserving
any such statement or return All returns
of votes relating to officers to be voted fol
filed with the city or county clerk, as the
case may be; all other returns shall be
filed with the secretary of state.
Sec. %. The chairman and secretary OF
every meeting to canvass votes at which the
nomination of any candidate is determined
shall forthwith give notice in writing te
the person nominated. No member or Oil
Ger of any party committee shall receive
any compensation from the public for the
services required by this act or for ex
penses incurred in the performance of the
same.
sec %. party committee of three
shall be chosen at the primary election pre-
ceding each general election. Each voter
may write or paste in the space left on the
ballot for such purpose the names of not tC
exceed three qualified electors of the pre-
cinct. The three having the highest mum
Der of votes shall constitute such committee
and the one having the largest vote shall
be chairman In case Of tie. the choice
shall forthwith be decided by lot by the
inspectors in such manner as they may de
termine. The official return made by the
inspectors shall show the names and the