Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-12

or reTuSal OF any OF them to act, the
moderator shall appoint a representa-
tive of the same ticket to act in his
place. The town committee shall deE-
lsignate 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
secretary of the town committee shall
furnish him with the proper creden-
tials. He shall perform all duties In
cumbent 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 dele
gates elected at said primary, which
statement shall be countersigned by
all the tellers, to the chairman Of the
democratic town committee.
The check list shall be counted i'm
mediately after the close of the pri-
mary and before the ballots are
counted and the presiding officer of
said primary shall thereupon publicly
announce the result Of the total vote
as it appears by the check list. The
ballots shall then be counted by the
tellers, complete tally of all ballots
being kept. The ticket polling the
largest number of votes. irrespective
of parties, erasures or the tact that
| one or more names are being voted on
more than one ticket at the same prl-
] mary. shall be declared the winning
ticket and the presiding officer shall
Immediately announce the result OF
the count. Provided, however, all
votes cast for candidate for senator
shalt be counted irrespective Of how
many tickets his name appears on. In
j order to carry out the will of the vot-
ers fully pastors and scratches may
/ be used for this Office alone.
The check list shall be deposited In
the box with the ballots when count
ed The box shall then be sealed by
the counters, each counter to afflx his
signature to said seal, and carried to
the Democratic headquarters and
there delivered to the chairman Of the
Democratic committee, who shall keep
it until after the holding Of all con-
ventions to which delegates We're
/ voted for at such primary
/ s. If at any primary there shall be
difference between the total number
of ballots in the box and the number
of names checked as having voted,
and if such difference would be equal
or greater than the plurality given any
I one ticket, the moderator, after an
nouncing the result, shall immediately
forward the same to the chairman OF
4 the Democratic Town, committee, who
shall cause a second primary to be
/ held on the following day, at the
same place and during the same hours
as the first primary, and If at such
second primary there shall be like
discrepancy between the ballots and
the check list. then the district OF
ward shall not be entitled to represen.
tation in any convention under that
call. But i'll case of a tie vote each
4 delegate upon each of the tied tickets
/ shall have one half vote each.
o. Any box tender or assistant box
tender shall have the right to satisfy
himself that no person is voting more
| ballots than one, but the right 10 open
and examine a persons ballot shall
| not be exercised by anyone.
10. Credentials drawn by the sec
Rotary and countersigned by the chair
man Of the Democratic Town commit
j tee shall be sent to each elected dele
/ gate to the various conventions al
/ least twentyfour hours before the
/ holding of the convention to which he
| is a delegate.