The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-22

A. S. Amsden, Milbank, S. D.
My Dear Sir:-I enclose you
a copy of the rules as requested.
l think they will cover what you
want and they are the result of
years Of experience and we are
honestly and sincerely enforced
to believe we have found the
lineament of all friction.
Very sincerity yours,
LEE SLOWER.
RULES FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS
AS adopted by the Republican Cen
trail Committee of Codington County.
That the candidates for the various
offices to be filled by the voters of this
county be nominated by a primary
election, and hat the candidate re-
ceiving the highest number of votes
for each Office shall be the the nominee
of the republican party for that office,
and the county central committee shall
have power and authority to try and
determine all questions as to who is
the nominee, and may hear evidence
and take all necessary steps to deter
mine the questions that may arise,
and the decision of the committee
shall be final and conclusive
The nominating election to nominate
candidates for the various Offices to
be filled by the voters of the county
of Codington shall be held on Tues
day June 7, 1904, and the polls shall
be open at the hour of 4 o'clock p. M,
remain open until 8 O'Clock p. M;
and no Il except a person known
to be a republican voter, or who will
pledge himself to support all of the
candidate nominated at this election,
and the state and national republican
tickets, who is, or will be a qualified
voter on or before the day of the gen.
eral election in November following,
shall be allowed to vote at said nomi-
mating election.s
Whenever in the opinion of the
judges of election that a challenged
vote ought to be rejected, it shall be
the duty of the judges to place such
yote-together with all atfidavits and
evidence thai may be offered in sup
port of, or against, such vote-in an
envelop, and seal the same and en-
dorse thereon the name Of the voter
offering such vote and the reasons
of the judges for not receiving and
counting said vote.
There shall be three judges of cleo
ton in each voting precinct, to be APP
pinted by the county central commit.
tee, two Of which judges shall act as
clerks of election. The compensation
shall be 50 for each Judge of election.
to be paid by the county central com
mittee.
Any person desiring to become a
candidate for any of the Offices to be
filled by the voters of Codingtor
county shall notify the chairman, OF
in his absence the secretary, of the
county central committee, and upor
payment of the sum of money assessed
by the committee for d~efraying ex'
penses of the nominating election, his
name shall be printed upon the bal
lot to be voted at said primary cleo
ton. Providing, however, hat thu
name of no candidate for Office shall
be accepted by the committee afte1
II O'Clock noon on Thursday preled
ing the primary election.
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The ballots shall be prepared by tht
county central committee and deliv
cred to the Judges of election in eacl
precinct, or to some person author
lied to receive them, in sealed pack
ages, not more than four days befor'
the election. The ticket shall b.
printed on plain white paper, in man
ner and form similar to the Austral.
ian ballot, and the voter shall indi
cate the person he desires to vote fol
by marking a eros (X) in the circle
in front of the name of the candida
for each Office The Judge of election
before handing the elector the ballo
shall place or the back thereof his in
itials, in ink or indelible pencil, ant
the ballot shall be so folded as te
show the initials placed thereon by
the judge of election. After the bal
lot is prepared by the elector he shall
hand it to one of the Judges of cleo
ton, who shall announce the name o
the person voting it and deposit the
ballot in the ballot box, and the clerl
shall enter the name of the person
voting upon the poll list.
VII
In preparing the tickets and arrang
ing the names of the candidate
thereon, the names of each candidat
for each Office shall be placed in
box and shaken up, and some person
shall be blindfolded. who shall draw
out of the box the names therein, ON
at a time, and the names as draw
from said box shall be placed on tn
ticket in the order IN which they ar
taken from the box.
VIII
At the time of closing the poles tn
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