The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1902-03-08
THO New Primary Law.
Vicksburg Post.

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tions for State, district, county and dis
trict county Offices shall hereafter be
made by primary elections. These elec-
tions shall be regulated by the regular
matter provided. The county executive
committees at such primaries shall dis
charge the functions imposed on county
election commissioners, except as to re-
vising the registration and poll books,
and shall be subject to all the penalties
for malfesance. The officers appointed
by this committee for primary election
shall have the powers and perform the
duties required in regular elections and
be subjected to similar penalties.
Section 2 provides that the county ex-
ecutive committees shall consist of fifteen
members, three to be selected from each
beat. The executive committee ofjudi-
cial and congressional districts shall be
selected by each county iii manner to
be provided by it's executive committee /;
and all vacancies in any executive COM
mittee shall be filled by the executive
committee of the county in which the
vacancy may occur. Each county shall
have representation on the district ex-
ecutive committee equal to double its
vote i'll the House of Representatives.
The full vote of which each county is en-
titled shall be cast by the committee
men present whether one or more vote
Proxies from county shall not be ad-
nlitted unless all the members are alb
sent. When executive committeeman,
whether one or more from each county
are present from a sufficient number of
counties to constitute majority of the
representative vote shall constitute a
majority. In senatorial and fotorial
districts each county shall have equal
representation as to such representa-
tives.
Section 8 provides that the State ex-
ecutive committee shall consist of three
members from each congressional dis
trict, to be chosen by the delegates from
the different Congressional districts at
tending the State convention, and shall
hold for four years. A State convention
shall be held every fonr years to appoint
delegates to the national convention and
choose presidential electors. Delegates
are to be selected by county delegate
conventions, appointed equally among
the supervisors districts of the county,
or each precinct in the county may have
representation in the county delegate
convention Oft party in proportion to
the votes cast at the preceding presdefi.
tial election for its party candidates.
The county delegation convention shall
choose the county executive committee,
three members from each supervisors
district, who shall hold for four years.
District executive committees shall hold
until the next succeeding district election
year after year they are appointed. All
present committees shall act until their
successors are chosen in the manner
herein provided. Executive committees
for judicial and congressional districts
having none may be appointed by va
rious executive committees of the coun-
ties.
Section 4 provides for a primary to
select county executive committee
where there are two factions each claim
ing to have the legal committee.
Section provides that the first pri-
mary shall be held between August
and 10, on a date to be fixed by the
state committee, and the second three
weeks after, except that primaries for
congressman shall be between August
20 and September L. and the second
three weeks later. The candidates re-
ceiving majority of the popular vote is
the party nominee, but if this does not
happen the man receiving the majority
Of the electoral votes is nominated !;
otherwise there is second primary
When there is tie for second place in
run over, and a plurality shall elect.
Where two or more positions of the
same kind are to be filled-as members
of the Lcgislature-fron the highest on
the list to more than the number to be
nominated shall be selected and run i'll
the second primary.
Section 6 provides that the county
executive committee shall meet on the
first or second day after each primary
election, receive and canvass the returns
and make report as at general elections
of the nominees and the names of those
who are to run the second primaries.
The district and the state executive COM
| mittees shall meet week after and per-
form similar functions for state and dis
| trict officers, and they shall also meet a
week after the second primary to an
nounce the result
| Section 7 provides that the counties
composing senatorial and fotorial dis
tricts shall have equal representation on
| the executive committees for such dis
tricts and may submit the nomination
of senator or floater to the county en-
titled to the nominee.
Section provides that the nomina-
tions of candidates to fill vacancies i'll
state, district and county offices shall be
! made at primaries on the dates fixed by
the respective executive committees. IT
there is not sufficient time for second
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