Mexico Missouri message., 1902-04-17
RULES AND REGULATIONS
For the Audrain County Democratic Primary
Saturday, April 20, 1902.


That will be held in said county saturday the 2Gt day
April school district primary election the purpose of
expressing the choice of Democrats of Audn county for various
county congressional also selecting delegates
county convention be held in McNiro Monday April 2S 1902
That person shall be allowed the Democratic prml
ny be held Saturday April 10Th 1902 except Democrats who
voted the Democratic ticket the last general election whose n
cpes known he Dcmoratr and all such Democratic minors
will qualified by reaching majority before the
general election shall be qualified to vote The decision of
the judges of election upon qualifications of voter under the rule
shall be final and said judges hereby nstrucedo strictly
enforce this rule
That the said primary election in all towns count
shall be conducted under what known the Australian ballot law
That for the purpose of said primary election polls shall be
ed school the county the school house said
district except when the located in cities, which
the polls be opened at such places the judges of election
may select but polls shall be opened such wards i'll Mexico and
living that of the Mexico school district and outside of
the city Mexico shall in the ward i'll which they would reside
the extended; the cities the polls shall
be kept from o'clock to in the afternoons in the country dis
tricts from > to
the from the respective townships shall select and fur
n the secretary this committee the of two good Demo
districts and wards and from any cause the judges appointed iaI
then the select others to act in their places
and the judges each voting place shall select to act
clerk
That secretary be made suitable
poll books and tally sheets and tickets to be printed and in du"
the Judges of election of each district said poll books
tally sheets tickets for the of said district.
That the tickets shall he printed white paper black ink and
be headed Democratic Primary Election Ticket shall contain the
names candidates congressional
shall Apr 1902 furnish the their
and him such basscd 10y the committee
to assist crayng the of printing tickets poll books etc.
and distributing the and shall also contain blank for dele
gate the county convention, in which be written.
That each voter the candidates for the Offices be
required to vote in his school district.
voter before depostng his ballot shall the
of the candidates for Office the he desires to vote for
and when ballot found to contain the names of two more
candidates the shall not be counted for either but
this shall invaldate the ballot AS other offices
That the judges of the election shall cause the name of each voter
be the poll book and numbered the ballot number
correspond erew and at the close of the polls the judges toget
with the clerk shall count the votes on tally sheet and certify
the deliver the said tally sheet poll books, ballots
the delegate of said district to be by him safely kept and delivered to-
of of
before II O'Clock in the forenoon of the following Monday
That this shall receipt said tally sheet poll books,
etc. add up the same and ascertain and declare the result Of od pre-
votes for office shall be declared the choice of the Democratic par
y of Audran county for said Office.
That said primary election the of each district tcxpt
the towns of Vandaa lIartnsbrg Farb dona the city
Nexico will elect delegate county convention o
be held the in the city Mexico o'clock the
Monday following primary cccton addona
delegates and the town of Vandaa shall elect delegates and the
city of Mexico five delegates from the First ward fou from the Second
ward the Third and five the Fourth ward
said conventions and said convention when assembled shall select the
hoI
ociat" State convention to he held at ST Joseph July md ana
to the Judicial convention to be held at Springfield July Sh and to the
Court of Appeals convention for the Eastern district and to select
county central committee.
That IL be
ton of each school district.
That Judges entering discharge
their duties such shall each take and subscribe the following OATH
II do soemn that will mpartialy discharge the duties
law to the best of my ability and that will not disclose how any
voter shall have voted unless required do witness in
the proper judicial proceedings, so help me God"
W. o. HOSTETTER, Chairman.
a. IL. WHITNEY, Secretary.