The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-08-04
THE PRIMARY PLAN
Adopted By The North Carolina State
democratic Excessive Committee
TOWNSHIPS ALE I'd Be tue UNITS
A Petition In writing Asking for .
Primary Must De Presented to the
County Executive Committee
Polls Must be Open Tor Voting at
Least Six Hours and There Must
Be Separate Boxes for Legislators,
County offi.ers ara Township ss-
eeutivs Committeeman.


County of6.ers ara Township Ex-
eeutlvs csnmitteemsn.
The committee, composed Of James
H. Pou, Francis D. Winston and X.
H. Hays, appointed by State Chairman
| Simmons, devoted a day last week to |
preparation OF plan for holding pri- |
mary elections for the nomination of |
| Democratic candidates for county and !
township officers and members OF the |
Legislature and township executive
committees, pursuant to a resolution
adopted by the Stats executive com
r1ittee last night.
The plan says that at its meeting
held for the purpose of calling coun-
ty convention to nominate candidates
for county oEses and members or the
Legislature, the county Democratic
executive committee may determine
the question OF nominating such can
dihates by primary election as pro
vided for In the resolution Of the State
executive committee. That If before
such a meeting is held there shall be
presented to the chairman OF the
county committee a petition in writing
signed by One-fourth of the members
of such executive committee, or pen-
ton in writing signed by at least loo
known Democratic workers or sucn
county, asking that a meeting of the
county executive committee be held to
consider the advisability Of nominal
ing such candidates by q primary cleo.
ton it shall be the duty Of said
chairman forthwith to call a meet
ing of the county committee within
ten days to act upon the petition. LII
any county where it has been decided
by the majority of the executive COM
mittee to nominate candidates by pri-
mary election, said election shall be
held under the following rules and
regulations:
1.-The time Of holding the primary
shall not be less than 80 days before
the general election, not less than ID
days notice shall be given of time
and place. When the primary shail
be ordered, notice giving the date and
various balloting places and names
of persons appointed to hold same
shall he published in the Democratic
press of the county, and copies posted
at every balloting place. In such prl'
mary the county committee shall des'
ignate places where voting shall be
had. There shall be at least one vot'
ing place in each township.
2.-For holding such election, the
committee shall appoint two well.
known Democrats for each precinct
or other voting district, who shall con-
duct such election, receive ballots,
count them, declare the result, and
make a written statement thereof
3.-These poll holders shall provide
the necessary ballot boxes. Candl-
dates for the General Assembly shall
be voted for in one box, county offl
,, GERS voted for in another box, town
ship officers in one box, and township
executive committee in one box. The
hours shall be from 10 o'clock a. m.
!, to o'clock p. m, provided that the
1 county committee may designate oth'
er hours. But in no case shall the
!, time be less than six hours.
Amy Democratic candidate who
is voted for IN said primary election
}, may attend same, in person or by rep
i resentative, and be present during the
conduct of said election and counting
the vote. Every white Democratic
elector shall have the right to vote al
: his proper polling place, and in case
e the vote of a man claiming to be a
9 Democratic clector is challenged on
S the ground that he Is not qualified as
elector or is not Democrat he shall
Il not be denied the privilege Of voting
It except by the Judgment OF both poll
holders. Every challenge shall be re
corded. and any candidate dissatisfied
1 with the result shall have the rlgh
Il. to appeal to the Democratic county ex
il ecutive committee, which shall hea
j. the same and allow or disallow tn'
vote and shall amend the returns il
accordance with It's judgment upol
said appeal.
If 5-At the close of the voting it shal
:, be the duty of the poll-holders in tn
preseuce of such candidates or the1
II representatives or any Democrat wh
e. wishes to attend, to at once count tn
as ballots and make returns immedlatei
w. to the county committee.
6.-Within five days after the holt
III ing of the primary it shall be the dut
II Of the county executive committee
meet ascertain and declare the resul
and any person who has received
majority of all the votes cast for tn
av office shall be the nominee Of tn
&c. party for such Office. II no perso
has received a majority of all II
iio votes cast, but one has received
"a plurality. the committee shall declal
Do him the nominee O1 LHe party uiAiS'
m the person receiving the next highe
- vote asks in writing that second p'
eo mary be held, in which case the Sc
I'M ond primary shall be ordered and he
all under the rules and regulations her
,as in provided, within seven days fro
-, the time of said call, provided tn
iul in the second primary no votes sns
ial be cast except for the two perso
;ts receiving respectively the highest al
the the next highest vote in the FIRST 2
md mary.
lit 7-At a meeting in which the
mary is ordered under this plan.
a., shall be the duty of the executive &C
mittee to fix the date upon which
ter will meet to ascertain and decia
De- the result, and notice thereof shall
given in the call for such prima
ne In case a second primary is necessa
tan the date for the meeting of the co
b.. mittee to canvass and ascertain I
result shall be fixed and annount
nat In the call of the second primary
has 8-The county committee sh
ner have the right to make any rules W
r., regard to holding the primary eject
1t may deem proper, not inconslst'
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