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

nelQ In the S6Veral eloCIlOu ulsIrlC
comprised within the territory II
which such officers are to be elected
in accordance with this act, whiC
shall be known as the primary ele'
tion, for the purpose OF choosing Cal
didates for all elective districts
county and city officers, and electiv
members of school boards, par
boards, library boards, in cities hay
ing over 90, 600 Inhabitants, and a
other officers which are to be chose
wholly by electors within any subdi
vision of this state, except state ohcer
who are chosen wholly by the elector
of the entire state and elective mem
bers of school boards in towns AM
villages and in cities of this state hav
ing so, 900 inhabitants or less, at sait
ensuing election, and said primar,
election day shall be and constitute
the first day of registration of elector
for the next ensuing election in al
election districts of counties which
are subject to the provisions of thi
act, and shall be in lieu of the frs
day now provided by law for the reg
istration Of electors in such districts
but nothing herein shall be construed
to affect the date of the second or sub
sequent registration days now provided
by law.
For all other official positions within
the gift of the people by ballot such
other provisions as are provided by
law shall apply.
POLITICAL PARTIES.
Sec. 2. A political party within
the meaning of this act is one which
shall have cast at least ten per cent of
the total vote cast at the last proceed
ing preceding] election for it's leading
candidate, or shall present to the
county auditor a petition asking for
the right to have primary election
ticket as hereinafter provided for,
such petition to contain at least ten
per cent of the qualified electors of the
county in which the privilege is ask
ed Nominations of candidates for
said offices shall be made by such polit-
ical parties in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act and not otherwise !;
provided, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be construed to prevent
the nomination of candidates for such
offices by any groups, individuals or
so-called political parties which are
not recognized political parties in &C
cordance with this section, by petition
in accordance with chapter four of
the General Laws of Minnesota for
eighteen hundred and ninety three.
which act shall be herein referred to
as the general election law.
ELECTION DISTRICTS.
Sec. 8. The election districts for
the purposes of this act shall be the
districts which shall be fixed and de-
termined according to law for the
purposes of the election next following
the primary election; and it shall be
the duty of the city council, the
supervisors of the towns or other
officers required by said general cleo
tion law to divide the territory over
which they have jurisdiction into
various election districts, to make
such division at least two weeks prior
to the holding of said primary cleo
ton.
The maps or description of such di-
vision required by said general cleo
tion law to be made and posted shall
be made and posted at least one week |
preceding said primary election, and |
copies of such map or description shall |
be furnished to the judges of primary
election in each district.
CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION..
Sec. 4. At least twenty days before
the primary election day, any person |
who shall be eligible to an Office which |
he seeks shall appear before or file |
with the secretary of state, if an Office |
to be voted for in more than one
county, or the county auditor, if to be |
voted for in single county, with an
affidavit to the effect that it is bona |
6de his intention to run for the nomi
nation for any specified Office, and |
upon payment to the secretary of state |
of twenty dollars, if for any other
Office to be voted for in more than one |
county, and if to be voted for in only |
one county ten dollars to the county |
auditor thereof, a receipt for which |
shall be given him; the county auditor |
shall place his name upon the primary
election ballot Of his party, as
hereinafter provided.
The secretary of state and county
auditor shall number each affidavit so /
filed with them in numerical order as1
received. Such fee of ten dollars in
case of a candidate for city Office,
shall be Immediately paid into the city
treasury BY the county auditor, in
case of fees received by him, and in
other cases of fees received by him,
shall be. 80 paid into the county
teasury, but no fee shall be required
from any person who is candidate
for any Office to which no compensa-
tion is authorized to be paid.
In case of fees paid to secretary of
state as aforesaid, he shall immedi-
ateIy after the last day for filing NOM
ination afidavits with him has ex-
pired, divide the amounts of the fees
of candidates equally between the
counties within which such candi- |
dates are run for Office. and issue war
rants for said amounts to the state
treasurer, who will remit and pay the |
same at once to the treasurers of said |
counties respectively.
Said affidavit may be in substance
the following form:
l. A..............B.. ............ being duly |
sworn )or affirmed) say that I reside at |
of. ............ county of. ............ state
of Minnesota, and am a qualified |
voter therein, and a.......... name
of party, that I am candidate for
to the Office of. :.
to be made at the primary election
of said party to be held on.
and hereby request that my name be /
printed upon the official primary
ballot, as provided by law, as can
didate of the. ...........party.
Subscribed and sworn Tor affirmed) |
to before me. date. ..............
PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOTS.
Sec. 8. The method of voting at |
such primary election shall be by |
ballot, and all ballots voted shall be |
printed as herein provided.
On the nineteenth day before the |
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