The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-02


as provided by Section ) of the
Primary Election Law, shall not
be held earlier than the first day
nor later than the tenth day of
August, on a date to be fixed by
the State Executive Committee;
and the second primary shall be
held three weeks after the date
of the first primary.
Section l of the Primary Elec-
ton Law provides that all pri
mary elections shall be governed
and regulated by the election
laws of the State in force at the
time the primary election is
held. except as herein provid-
ed. The County Exec u tive
Committees at such primaries
shall discharge the functions i'm
posed upon County Election Com
missiOners, except as to provid
ing the registration and poll
book, and shall be subject to all
the penalties to which County
Election Commissioners are sub
ject. The primary election Off
GERS appointed by the Executive
Committees of the party shall
have the powers and perform all
the duties, where not herein
otherwise provided, required of
such officers in a general election,
and any and every act or omis-
sion which by law is an offense
when committed in or about or
in respect to such general cleo
tion, shall be an offense if com
mitted in or about or in respect
to the primary elections held in
pursuance of this act; and the
same shall be indictable and pun
ishable in the same way as if the
same was a general election for
the election of State and county
officers. "
Section ) of the Primary Elec-
tion Law provides that any can
didate 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 the case of a State or
a district office, if no candidate
receive q majority of such popu-
lar vote in the first primary, then
the candidate who receives the
highest popular vote for such
Office, by giving each county the
same electoral vote that it has
representation on the District
Executive mittee, and by
giving the electoral vote of the
county to the candidate having
the highest popular vote in the
county, and shall be declared the
nominee"
Section 6 provides that the
County Executive Com mittee
meet on the first or second day
after the primary election; shall
receive and canvass the returns,
which must be made within the
time fixed by law for the returns
of general elections, and declare
the result, announce the names
of the nominees for county and
district Offices, and the names of
these candidates to be submitted
to a second primary. The vote
for State and district Offices shall
be tabulated by precincts and
certified to and returned to the
District Executive Committee
having charge of district nomi-
nations, and to the State Execu-
tive Committee those returns re
lating to State offices, such re
turns to be made by registered
letter or any safe mode of trans
mission. within thirty six hours
after the returns are canvassed
and the result ascertained. The
State and District Executive
Committees shall meet a week
from the day following the first
primary election held for State
and district offices, and shall pro-
.ceed to canvass the returns and
declare the result and announce
the names of those nominated for
the different offices in the first
primaries, and the names of those
candidates whose names are to
submitted to the second primary
election. State and District Ex-
ecutive Committees shah also
meet a week from the day on
which the second primary cleo
ton is held and receive and can
yass the returns for State and
district officers, if any voted on
at such second primary. F"
Section 10 provides that each
political party shaladefray all ex-
penses incident % its primary
election, no such expenses being
a charge on the State or county.
The cost of printing ballots and
transmitting ballot boxes and
booths shall be fairly apportion-
ed by the County Executive Com
mittees among all the candidates
voted for ii such primaries,
county and district candidates
bearing their pro rata. The
above expenses are the only ex-
ppnspS charpeable against candi-