Mower County transcript., 1902-09-10
HOW TO VOTE AT
The PRIMARIES.

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Under the new law, no caucuses or
conventions will be held in Mower
county to nominate county officials and
congressman but on Tuesday, Septen1-
Der 16, the voters in the different cities,
villages and townships 90 the places
regularly appointed for holding cleo
tions. Everything there will be just
about as you find iton election day.
There will be judges and clerks and
booths, just as you find them on election
day. In all respects the primary cleo,
tion will be conducted the same as the
general elections in November, except
that each party will be represented by
separate ballot. You step up and give
your name to the judge and ask for a
Republican or Democratic ballot,
whichever it is. You will take the bal
lot to the booth and cross after the
names of the men on your ticket that
you want to see nominated for the dlf-
ferent offices. The ballot must then be
returned by you to the judges and they
will put it in the ballot box. When
the polls are closed on the evening OF
that day (September 16), the votes are:
counted just as on November election
day. The votes of different precincts
are returned to the county auditor and
the count from all the polling places
determines who the nominees. are OF
the different parties. ,.
There need be no unfamiliarity with
the ballots, for each ballot OF each,
party will be published in the Official
paper of the county. We publish in
another column reproduction of the
ballot to be used 1T the polls in the
city of Austin. This is substantially
the ballot used in all precincts OF the
county, the difference being On county
commissioners in the second and fourth
districts and on the representative for
north district. The voter should call
for the party ballothe "generally sup
ported" two years ago, and which he
expects to vote at the next general cleo
ton in November. By "generally sup
ported" is meant the party majority
of whose cacdidates was supported at
the preceding election.
Every voter is his own judge as to
what party he generally supported two
years ago. ,>> 7>S'=< r 57s 5---2E.ST5 8,
The men who are candidates for the
nomination to the different offices in
both parties have filed their ~affidavits
with the county auditor and the tickets
Republican and Democratic, are now
being printed. These tickets or ballots,
will be sent to the election officers OF
the precincts for use, on the 18th inst.
Later on, the November election will
be conducted as heretofore.
Remember that the primary is new
mode of nominating candidates and
nothing more. 1t takes the place of the
old county convention. To illustrate
the working at>the coming primary we
will take the office of judge of probate
on the Republican ticket. Three gentle
men have taken the proper steps and
are now candidates for the nomination
for that Office at the hands of the Re-
publicans of this county. Their names
and no other, will appear on the Re-
publican ticket as the candidates for
Judge of probate. You will look over
your Republican ballot at the primary
and will put cross at the right of the
name of the one that you want to have
nominated Judge of probate out of
these three candidates. OF course, you
must make but one cross on judge of
probate as only one man can be NOM
mated. You vote in similar manner
for the candidate that you want to see
nominated for every other Office. When
you vote ticket at the primary, you
are nominating the men that you vote
for. The reason why you have to tell
the judges whether you want a Repub-
lican or Democratic ballot is that the
legislature thought that nobody but
Republicans ought to take part in
nominating Republican candidates and
Democrats alone should nominate De-
mocrats. /, - >-z% :
Whichever ticket, you vote at the
primary or whether you vote any, will
not interfere with your voting as you
please on election day in November. If
you are a Democrat you cannot nomi-
nate any but Dem ocrats at the primary,
but at the November election you can
vote for whomsoever you please, Re.
publican or Democrat, Populist or Pro
hibitionist. Nominating is one thing
and electing is another. # the new
law is a good thing, we will keep it. If
it needs changing, let it be amended.
Give it fair trial and then decide.
what you think of it. 5 s .s5..:... s8ss
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