The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-09-05

q returned to the county auditor.
q Except as herein otherwise provi6
g ed, the matters pertaining to the Car
vass of votes shall be conducted in tn
manner prescribed by the followip
sections, as amended, of such genera
election law, and the same are hereb
made applicable to primary election
held under this act, to- wit:
Sections one hundred and twenty
three one hundred twenty five, on
hundred twenty-six, one hundret
twenty-seven, one hundred twenty
eight, one hundred twenty nine, on,
hundred thirty-six, one hundred thir
ty-seven. one hundred thirty eight on,
hundred forty-eight, one hundred
forty-nine.
4; TALLY SHEETS.
| Sec. 81. Two tally books or two
sets of tally sheets for each political
party having candidates to be voted
for at said primary election shall be
furnished for each election district by
the county auditor, at the same time
and in the same manner that the
ballots are furnished and shall be sub
stantially as follows:
Each tally sheet, or the first sheet
of each tally book to be furnished,
shall be headed Tally Sheet for name
of political partly. name of
city or village) .............. county,,
............ ward or town., ................
election district, for a primary election
held ............... (date) :"
| The names of candidates shall be
placed on the tally sheets in the order
in which they appear on the official
sample ballots, and in each case shall
have the proper party designation at
the head thereof.
Except as herein otherwise provid-
ed, tally sheets shall be prepared in
accordance with sections one hundred
thirty, one hundred thirty-two and
one hundred thirty three of said gen
eral election law, and the same are
hereby made applicable to primary
elections held under this act.
RETURNS.
Sec. %. In making out the returns
of the primary election in the several
election districts the same shall be
done and all matters pertaining there
to conducted in accordance with the
following sections or said general
election law, except as herein provid-
ed, to-wit:
Sections one hundred ffty-one, one
hundred ffty-two, one hundred fifty
three, one hundred fifty-six, one hun
dred hfty-seven, one hundred sixty
one and one hundred sixty-two, and
said sections are hereby made applica-
Bile to primary elections held under
this act.
THE CANVASSING BOARD.
Sec. 20. The clerk of the district
court of the county, the county audi
tor the chairman of the board of
county commissioners, and two JUS
tees of the peace of the same county,
of opposite political parties from that
of the majority of the other members
of the canvassing board, if possible,
to be selected by the judge or judges
of the district court. shall constitute
the county canvassing board for the
purposes of the primary election, and
shall meet at the court house in the
county at ten o'clock in the morning
of the second day after said primary
election, and shall proceed, after tax
ing the usual oath of Office, to openly
and publicly canvass the primary cleo
tion returns made to the county audi
tor. q
Provided, however, that no persons
who shall be candidate at any pri-
mary election shall be eligible to act
as member Of said canvassing board, |
and if any vacancy occurs in said can
wasting board by reason of the ineligi-
bility of any of the hereinbefore men
toned persons to serve, said vacancy
shall be filled by the judges of the dis
trict court of the county wherein the |
said primary election is held, by ap-
pointing to fill such vacancy some duly
qualified elector of said county, who
is not public officeholder.
Any three of said canvassing board |
shall constitute a quorum, and are
to make the canvass herein
provided and to certify the results
thereof.
The canvassing board shall not wait
Until all the returns are at hand be- |
fore beginning, but after filing out
their shoots with the names and num-
Der of the election districts they shall |
take such election returns as are at
hand and fill in the results there
shown, and when the returns are not |
at hand they shall leave a space until |
the missing returns ale brought in.
Said canvass shall be completed by |
said county canvassing board as to all |
being voted for in other |
counties, by the evening of the third |
day following said primary election,
and the result certified to the secretary
of state Immediately, as hereinafter |
provided.
REPORT OF THE CANVAssING
BOARD.
Sec. "a. The canvassing board shall
make and prepare statement, the |
same to be signed by the said board, |
and filed in the Office of the county |
auditor, as follows.
1. A statement containing the |
of all candidates voted for at |
the primary election, with the num-
Der of votes received by each, and for
what Office, said statement to be made |
as to each political party separately.
2. A statement of the names of the |
persons or candidates of each political
party who are nominated, to- wit |
Those persons or candidates of such
political party who received the high
est number of votes for the respective
offices and where there is more than
one person to be elected to a given
Office at the ensuing election, there
shall be included in said statement of
nominations the names of so many
candidates OF such party receiving the
next highest number of votes for that
Office as there are persons to be elected
to such Office at said ensuing election.
Said statement shall in like manner
be made separately as to each political
party.
8. A statement of the whole num-
Der of electors registered and the
number of ballots cast, male and
female. separately at such primary
election.
If two or more candidates for the
same political party are tied" for
the same office, the ste" shall be de-