Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-28
RULES GOVERNING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Following Which Went Into Effect L

1. On the Friday of the second week preceding the first Monday In october in each year there shall be held pri- mary, to be called the local primary, in each district or ward, to elect three can- didates for aldermen in districts where aldermen are elected, and delegates for the town, city and school conventions, or such of them as are to be held dur ing that year.
 In 1902 and bi-annually thereafter there shall be held a primary to be called a general primary in each voting district, to elect delegates to the state, congressional. senatorial and probate conventions, and when sheriff is to be voted for, to the shrievalty conven- tion, which primary shall be held at a time to be fixed by town committee.
 In any year when presidential elec- ton is to occur special primary shall be held in each voting district to elect delegates to a convention. to elect dele gates to the state convention. for the election of delegates to the national convention, wh h,ch special primary shall be held at time to be fixed by the town convention.
 2. All primaries shall open at 4:3O and remain open until 10 D. m. Any person shall be entitled to vote whose name is on the last revised separate list of district indicating his political preference to be democratic. compiled by the registrars, under Chapter 1T6 of the Public Acts of 1901. and no person whose name is not upon said before mentioned list shall be entitled to vote, or shall be chosen n delegate to any convention.
 s0Iy IA n,,f.> shall be uniform in size, 9x4 inches, and shall be printed on plain white forty-pound machine book paper. No colored tinted or tissue ballot. nor any other that has any distinguishing cut, design or any other mark upon it or any double ballot. shall be counted for any person upon said ticket.
 A. The basis of representation shall be the vote cast for the democratic can- dldate for governor at the last preced- Ing state election. and the first second ana third voting districts in the town, clty and school conventions shall be en- tltled to five delegates, the fourth to SIX, the nfth to seven and the sixth to one No voting district shall have 1ewer delegates than it has at present.
 It shall be the duty of the town com mlttee to insert in it's general call for primaries the number of delegates to Which each ward is entitled.
 Q. In addition to the delegates to which each district or ward is enti tied there shall he elected in each dis trlct or ward to each convention one person to be known and designated as "alternate-at-large." who shall be enti- tied to take the seat of any delegate aDsent from that district or ward. but no person other than said alternate and the duly elected delegates shall be allowed to sit in said convention, nor shall anyone transfer his credentials to any convention to another.
 D. The town committee shall issue a general call for primaries at least ten days before any primary is to be held and shall cause the same to be adver- tlsed Tn at least one daily newspaper published in the city of Waterbury. Tn theE call they shall insert the time of such primaries and the place at which they shall be held ani the number of delegates to which each ward is enti- ted
 ( Each ticket to be voted for at a. primary election in any ward must be presented to the moderator in that ward before the opening of the polls. and there shall be printed thereon the names Of two persons to act as tellers. From the persons named as tellers on the various tickets presented, the mod orator shall appoint hoxtender and a checker, who shall not be persons named on one and the same ticket. Tn case more than two tickets are present. ed the moderator shall appoint a repre- sentative from each ticket, one of whom shall be chosen by him box tender, one checker. and the others shall have the right to enter the vot- ing booth examine the check list and to see that only one ballot is cast for each name, and in general to repre- sent their ticket at such primary, sub- Ject to the instructions of the modera- tor. All of the tellers named on the various tickets presented at any pri- mary shall be counters and shall count the ballots, but in case of the neglect or refusal of any of them to act. the moderator may appoint representa- tive of the same ticket to act in his place. The town committee shall des- lgnate at least three days before hold ing such primary some resident of each voting district to be moderator of the primary in his district. and the sec. fetary or the town committee shall fur a1Iaii 'uini Wilu tle proper credentials. He shall perform all duties incum- bent upon him by reason of these rules and shall at the close of each primary and after the counting of the vote. send a statement of the delegates elect ed at said primary. which statement shall be countersigned by all the tell CTS, to the chairman of the democratic committee.
 The check list shall be counted i'm mediately after the close of the pri- mary and before the ballots are count. ed and the presiding officer of said primary shall thereupon publicly an. nounce the result of the total vote as
 1t appears by the check list The bal. lots shall then be counted by the tell CTS, complete tally of all ballots be. ing kept The ticket polling the lar gest plumber of votes, irrespective of parties. ensures or the fact that one or more names are being voted on more than one ticket at the same pri,
 mary, shall be declared the winning ticket and the presiding officer shall