Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-18
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hand side of each page, separate COL
umns perpendicular, and across each
line upon which the name of a voter is
to be registered and headed at the top
of said page with the word "Republi-
can" Democratic "Populist," Pro
hibitionist," and Socialist to desig-
nate the several parties, the first men
toned TO be placed in the first of said
columns and so on in numerical order.
1t shall be the duty of the clerks Of the
primary election when registering the
name of a voter, to place a cross thus
(X) in the colunnj designating the par
ty ticket which was given to said voter
upon his application for ticket and
upon the final canvas OF votes by the
said board of primary election the num-
Der of ballots of each party taken from
the ballot box must correspond with
the number of names and crosses in
that party's column upon the poll
books.
Sec. s. Upon the completion of tile
matters prescribed in the last section
and upon the closing of the polls, the
clerks and judges shall Immediately
open the ballot boxes at each polling
place and proceed to take therefrom
the ballots. Said officers shall count
the number of ballots cast by each
party, at the same time punching the
tickets cast by each party together in
separate piles. and shall then fasten
each pile separately by means of brass
clip, or may use any means that shall
effectually fasten each pile together
at the top of each ticket. AS soon as
the clerks and judges shall have sorted
and fastened together the ballots of
each separate party, then they shall
take the tally sheets provided in the
poll books and shall count all the bal
lots for each party separately until thu
count is completed, and shall certify
to the number of votes cast for each
candidate for each office upon the tick
ct of each party. They shall then
place the counted ballots in the box.
but in no case shall they separate
them from each other. After all have
been counted and certified to by the
clerks and judges, they shall seal the
returns for all parties in one enve-
lope, on the outside of which shall be
printed or written in perpendicular
columns the names of the several po-
litical parties, with the names of the
for the different offices I'M
der their respective party heading, and
opposite each candidates name shall
be placed the number of votes cast for
such candidate in said precinct. and
at the bottom the total vote cast for
NO rtv in of
to be returned to the county auditor.
Sec. 9. Returns of the vote cast at
said primary election shall be made
to the county auditor. and a certi1ica-
ton of the result of said vote shall be
made by the county auditor to the
chairman of the county central COM
mittees of the several political parties
in said primary election
by l.: 80 p. m. of the Friday following
the first Tuesday in June, and these
returns shall be reviewed as to the re-
suit of the vote on their own party
by the county central COM
nittee in open convention hereafter
provided for. and those candidates
receiving the highest number of votes
shall be declared the nominees of the
party, and In case of a tie vote 1t shall
De decided by lot drawn by the chair
nan of the county central committee,
" by the chairman of the convention. |
Said convention shall by it's chair
nan and secretary certify to the I
county auditor of the county wherein
anne is held, the nominees of thu T
,arty; and no nominee shall be GER
flied to except from among, those /
whose names are printed on the official
allot of said primary election. There
hall be conventions of delegates of
he different political parties held on
friday following the first Tuesday in
une as aforesaid. at an hour and
lace designated by the county CEN
raj committee, the chairman and sec
etary acting for them and said call
hall be published in a newspaper in
he county for at least ten days preced-
1g the time of meeting. and shall also
esignate the number of delegates each
recinct is entitled to have in said
ounty convention.
Sec. 10. Delegates to the county
onvention shall be voted for in each
citing precinct at the same time the
Urinary election for the selection of
arty NOMINEES is made, and these del
gates selected shall attend the county
invention of the party for which they
re chosen, where they shall select
elegates for the district and state
Of their party and trans
ct such other business as may come
efore them.
Sec. IL. The selection of delegates {
, the county convention shall be made
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