Arizona silver belt., 1902-07-17
CRAWFORD PRIMARY LAW
To Govern the Democratic Primary Election
 In Gila County.

In Gila County.
 First-The candidates for the several offices shall have their names announc- ed in one or more of the county papers at least three weeks previous to the primary meetings, stating the office, and subject to the action of said pri- mary election.
 Second-The voters belonging to the democratic party in each ward, town or precinct, shall meet on the day des- ignated by the democratic party com mittee at the place named for holding the election, and at the hour named in the call, proceed to elect the usual number of election officers, provided they are not named in the call. After the polls are opened, the candidates as announced as aforesaid shall be bal. loted for. The name of each person voting shall be written on list at the time of voting, and no person shall be allowed to vote more than once for each office. The poll lists and ballots shall be preserved and returned with the returns of each district. Every person claiming to be democrat, who voted for the democratic candidates at the last preceding election at which he voted, and declares his intention to support candidates nominated at such primary election, shall be entitled to vote, and every person challenged or whose vote is doubted by any election officer, shall be sworn as to his quail t- cations aforesaid, and his oath shall be returned with the returns of said precinct. Any person entitled to cast his first vote at the succeeding general election shall be entitled to vote on pledging himself to support the ticket nominated at such primary election.
 Third-After the polls are closed the election board shall proceed to count the votes that each candidate has re. ceived and make out the returns ac- cordingly, to be certified to by the judge and inspector and attested by tho clerks. It shall be the duty of the election board of said primary, as soon as the count is completed in each dis trict. to make public announcement of the result, and also to post upon the door of the election house a state- ment signed by the election officers, showing the votes received by each candidate voted for at said election.
 Fourth-The inspector, or one of the clerks appointed by the inspector of each polling district, shall meet at the court house or place named in the call for said election, on the third day following the primary election, at l o'clock p. m., having the certified re- turns and lists of voters, and the per son having the highest number of votes for any office, as shown by said certified returns, shall be declared the regular nominee of the democratic party. Whenever any return from any district shall show any more yoies ex. elusive of the number of persons cast ing their first ballot at such election, than were cast by the district for the last preceding democratic candidate for delegate to congress, such excess shall be deducted from said return, said deductions to be taken pro rata from the vote returned from the dis trict for the respective candidates for each office at said primary election.
 Fifth Any two or more persons having an equal number of votes for the same office, the return inspectors shall proceed to ballot for a choice, the person having the highest number of votes to be the nominee.
 Sixth-The convention of return in- spectors shall have the power to reject all fraudulent votes from the returns Of any district, and where fraud has been committed or allowed by the board of election, of such nature or extent that it is impossible to deter mine the true vote of the district, the convention may reject altogether the return from such district.
 Seventh-It shall be the duty of the convention of inspectors to select the county committeeman, provided said committeeman are not elected by said primary election.
 Eighth-It shall be the duty of the chairman of the county committee to issue call for the primary election in pursuance of the action of the county to print and distribute blanks for returns, poll lists and oaths T