The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-06-27

nominate presidential electors. Each county
shall be entitled in the state convention to
number of votes equal to double its representa-
ton in the house of Representatives The dele
gates TO be selected by county delegate con-
ventions, to be held in each county. Delegates
shall be apportioned equally among the super
visors districts of the county, or each precinct
in the county shall have representation in tho
county delegate convention of its party in pro-
portion to the votes cast at the preceding
presidential election for its party candidates
The delegate convention of each county shall
choose county executive committee consisting
of three members from each supervisors district
80 above provided, who shall hold for four years
unless their successors shall be sooner chosen
in a primary election to be held in the county.
In the event of an executive committee being
so elected or named in primary election, it shall
hold for four years from that time District
executive committees shall hold until the next
succeeding district election year after they are
appointed. All the present executive commit
tees now acting shall continue until their sue
cessors chosen as herein provided. Execu-
tive committees for judicial and congressional
districts, having none, may be appointed by the
various executive committees of the counties
composing such district.
Section 4. Whenever there two executive
committees in any county claiming recognition
as the regular executive committee of the same
political party, the state executive committee
of that party may. after giving thirty days
notice, order primary election, to be held
under the primary election. law on such date as
it may name, for the purpose of selecting new
executive committee Of that party for that
county. and may appoint subcommittee from
its own membership to appoint the election
officers, to receive the returns, and to conduct
the primary election. Each faction shall have
a fair representation at each precinct. The
conclusion of the state executive committee as
to the result of the election shall be final.
Section ). The first primary shall not be held
earlier than the 1st day and not later than the
10th day of August. on a date to be fixed by the
state executive committee. and the second pri-
mary shall be held three weeks after the date
of the first primary. except that the first pri-
mary election for the nomination of cong ress-
men shall be held not earlier than the 10th day
of August and not later than the first day OF
September, on date to be fixed by the respec-
tive district executive committees, and the
second primary shall be held three weeks after
the date of the first primary; provided it be-
comes necessary under the provisions Of this
act to hold second primary,
Any candidate who receives a majority of the
popular vote cast for the Office for which he is
a candidate, in the first primary shall be the
nominee of the party for such office. In case Of
a state. or Of district office, il no candidates
receives a majority of such popular vote in the
first primary, then, if tho candidate who re-
ccived the highest popular vote for such Office,
received a majority Of the electoral vote, by
giving to each county the same electoral vote.
that it has represen Ia ton the district execu-
tive committee. and by giving the clectora
vote of the county to the candidate having the
highest poplar vote in the county, he shall BE-
declared the nominee.
For those offices, if any, for which no candi-
date shall receive q majority according 70
either of ths methods above given, the two
candidates who receive the highest popular vote
for each office shall have their names submitted
to a second primary election, and the nomination
shall go to the candidate for each Office who
shall receive the highest popular vote therefor
in the second primary. When there is q tic in
the first primary to who stands second. the
three persons receiving the highest number Of
votes shall go into the second primary and the
person who receives the plurality vote in the
second primary shall be nominee.
when two or moro candidates for the same
position 70 BE- voted foe-then IL . second
primary is necessary-spplying tho same rulss
IS to the majorities and piuralitiss - vhsse
there is but one candidate, thsrs shall b sslsc-
ted from those candidafss having ths hiehsst
vote exoseso q thonumbor %
b nominated. u nore thar - lominee u - -
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