The southern sentinel., 1903-10-30
the DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
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nOunC0 the result I'd tuc uySOouo'
ers who may be present. These
returns as soon as completed
shall be enclosed in carefully
sealed packages, one of these
shall be delivered by one of the
| Commissioners to the chairman
| of the Democratic Executive
| G oIn mittee of the Parish
Of Winn, and another depos-
| tied with the ballot box in the
| Clerks Office of the Parish OF
Winn.
5. All protests, if any, against
the counting of any box OF. boxes
must be fled with the chairman
of this Executive Committee on
or before the 9th day of January,
1904. On the 9th day of JAN
uary the Democratic Executive
Committee shall assemble at the
Courthouse in the Parish of
Winn, La, and the sealed pack
ages delivered to the chairman of
the Executive Committee, to-
gether with all protests filed, if
any, and shall be opened in the
presence of this committee, and
this Executive Committee shall
proceed in the presence of as
many persons as desire to be
present to canvass the returns of
this primary election, and make
public proclamation of the result
thereof; They: shall settle all
protests that may be fled with
them, and should it be shown that
there has been any wilful viola
ticn of the rules Of this primary
ele ,tion, it shall be q sufficient
cause to refuse to count and tab
ulate the votes cast where such
wilful violation shall be allowed.
s. In case any candidate should
fail to receive the majority of the
votes cast for the Office for which
he is candidate, q second primary
election shall be held under the
same rules and regulations; and
with the same election officers,
and the same places herelnbefore
prescribed on the 10th day of
January, 1904. At this second
primary election no one can be 9
candidate except the two persons
who receive the highest number
of votes at the first primary elec-
tion for the Office for which they
were candidates. In case any
candidate should fail to receive
the majority of votes CAST, Aiould
one of the two persons receiving
the highest vote decline to con-
tinue bis candidacy and enter the
second PRIMARY election. then
the other who had received the
highest number of votes shall be
declared to be the nominee for
the Office for which he was a can
didate.
Z. The returns of this second
primary shall be made the same
as provided for the first primary,
and the chairman of this Execu-
tive Committee shall publicly
praclaim the result of said pri-
mary, unless there should be a
protest filed, and in the event of
protest, it shall be his duty to
aggain re-assemble the Democrat
ic Executive Committee in the
Parish, who shall settle the pro-
test filed, if any. and declare the
nominee. For the purpose of
filing protests at this second pri-
mary, five days are allowed from
the holding of said primary cleo
tion before any public proclama-
tion of the result.
s. This election shall be by
official ballot, this ballot printed
as hereinbefore provided for, to-
gether with tallysheets, poll lists,
blank afidavits, and such other
blanks and paraphernalia as are
necessary for the election, shall
be provided by the chairman of
the Democratic Executive Com
mittee for each polling precinct,
and forwarded to the polling pre-
cincts by some person selected
for that purpose. There shall be
as many as three of these official
ballots posted on the. outside of
the barries for the information of
the voters, in order that they may
be prepared to vote intelligently
upon the same.
8. The chairman of this DEM
ocratic Executive Committee
shall print Upon the official bal
lot the names of all the candida
tes for each Office alphabetically
under the name of the Office for
which said candidate is aspiring.
There shall also be printed on
on this official ballot the names
of the parties aspiring to be
members OF the new Democratic
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