The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-13
NEW PRIMARY
ELECTION LAW
PROVISIONS OF THE NOEL
MEASURE
TEST OFLAW TO BE MADE
At the First Opportunity Cues
ton Will Be Carried to the
Supreme Court.

Jackson, Miss, March 5.-Follow-
ing is digest of the new primary law
that was passed by the Legislature
and approved by Governor Longino
yesterday:
Section provides that all nomina-
tions for State, district, county and
district county offices shall hereafter
be made by primary elections. These
elections shall be regulated by the
regular election laws of the state, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided. The
county executive committees at such
primaries shall discharge the func-
tions imposed OH county election COM
missioners, except as to revising the
registration and poll books ana shall
be subject to all the penalties for
malfeasance The officers appointed
| by this commits e for primary cleo
| tion shall have the powers and per
form the duties required IN regular
elections and be subjected to SINH lar
| penalties.
Section provides that the county
| executive committees shall cons OF
| fifteen members, three to be selected
| from each beat. The executive com
mittee of judicial and congressional
| districts shall be selected by each
| county in manner to be provided by
| its executive committee; and all va
cancies in any executive committee
| shall be filled by the executive COM
mittee of the county IN which the va
cancv NAV occur. Each county shall
| have representation on the dlsrlct eX-
| ecutive committee equal to double its
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| The full vote of which each county is
entitled shall be cast by the commit
! teemen present whether one or more
vote. Proxies from a county shall not
he admitted unless all the members
are absent. When executive commit
! teemen whether one or more from
| each county are present from a sutfi-
| cient number of counties to constitute
majority of the representative vote
| Of the committee shall constitute a
majority. In senatorial and Pictorial
districts each county shall have equal
representation as to such representa-
| tives.
Section provides that the State ex-
ecutiye committee shall consist OF
three members from each COMPRESSION
al district, to be chosen by the dele
gates from the different Congressional
districts attending the State conven-
ton and shall hold for four years. A
| State convention shall be held every
four years to appoint delegates to the
| national convention and choose presl-
Dental electors. Delegates are to be
selected by county delegate conven-
| tions, appointed equally among the
! supervisors districts of the county, OF
each precinct in the county MAY have
| representation in the county delegate
convention of its party in proportion
to the votes cast at the preceding pres
idential election for its party candl-
dates. The county delegate convention
shall choose the county executive COM
mittee, three members from each su-
pervisors' district, vino shall hold for
! four wears. District executive COM
mittees shall hold until the next sue
ceeding district election year after
year they are appointed. All present
committees shall act until their sue
cessors are chosen i'll the manner here
| in provided. Executive committees for
| judicial and congressional districts
having none may be appointed by va
rious executive committees OF the
counties.
Section provides 5or primary to
| select a county executive committee
where there are two factions each
claiming to have the legal committee.
Section provides that the first pri-
| mary shall be held between August l
and 10, on q 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 candidate re-
caivIng the majority of the popular
vote is the party nominee, but II this
does not happen the man receiving
the majority of the electoral votes is
nominated; otherwise there is Sec
ond primary. When there is a tie for
second place in the first primary the
three highest shall run over, and a
plurality shall elect. Where two or
more positions of the same kind are to
be flled-as members of the Begisla
ture-from the highest on the list to
more than the number to be nominated
shall be selected and run in the second
primary.
Section provides that the county
executive committee shall meet on the
first or second day after each primary
election, receive and canvass the re-
turns and make report rs at general
elections of the nominees and the
names OF those who are to run the
second primaries The district and
the state executive committees shall
meet a week after and perform similar
functions for State and district officers
and they will also meet a week after
the second primary 10 announce the
result.
Section provides that the counties
composing senatorial and tiotorial
districts shall have equal representa-
lion on the executive committees for
such districts, and mny submit the
nomination OF senator or hoater to
the county entitled to the nominee.
Section provides that the nomina'
tons of candidates to fill vacancies
in State, district and county offices
shall be made at primaries on the
dates fixed by the respective oXecu-