The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-10-13
UCUS LEGTSLATTON.
Synopsis Of the Bills Introduced in
the General Assembly.
SENATOR BUTTONS BILL.

SENATOR BUTTONS BILL.
The bill provides for primary cleo
ton of State, district and county and
town officers, defines political party
as one having a national organization
and platform. Candidates to be NOM
mated by primary or by nomination
papers; no other names to be printed
on official ballot. Primaries to be
held on Tuesday, twelve weeks pre-
ceding general election secretary of
State to give written notice to town
and city clerks, sixty days in advance
of primaries, of offices to be filed; no.
tees of primaries to be posted within
five days by town and city clerks can
didstes to file with secretary Of State,
thirty days before primary, affidavit
of eligibility and intention to stand
for office. Twenty five days before
the primary to issue certificates giving
names of candidates and offices to
which they aspire, these to be pub
lished in newspapers. County clerks to
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dates who file nomination papers.
Provision is made for publication and
posting OF these lists, showing names,
aspirations and party utilization of
candidates. Errors and omissions
in ballots can be corrected by county
clerks ten days preceding any pri-
mary. Ballots for each party to be
printed separately on uniform paper,
with intelligent directions to the
voter. Candidates for same office are
to be grouped, each group to be plain
j ly separated,
Voters at primary to qualify in
some manner as at general election,
no person to vote unless his name is
on check list Ballots printed at ex-
pense of State and distributed as at
present.
Board of civil authority to deter
mine number and location of polling
places, 70 days before a primary.
Voters to be asked when passing
the guard-rail which party ballot he
! wants. the clerk to announce the
same; his selection is checb ed and
preserved for two years. The origin
al copy of the parties entries to be
used at next primary election to show
with which party the voter has regis
tered Ballots to be marked with a
cross at the right of the candidates
name.
The secretary of State. auditor and
secretary OF treasury to be canvass
ing board, their work to be done
within ten days after primary.
Persons receiving largest number of
votes to be declared the nominees.
False oaths as to eligibility to be
treated as perjury. Candidates may
withdraw by written request fifteen
days before primary. Election offic-
ers and clerks to be paid as at general
election
GOV. CIRCUITS BILL.
Several preliminary paragraphs
define the special terms used in the
bill.
Nomination of candidates of State,
and county officers, Representatives to
Congress, Representatives to General
Assembly and Justices of the Peace,
also the choice of delegates to the
June patty conventions, and of party
committees shall be made at State
caucus to be held on the third Tues
day in June preceding election.
Warning for caucus shall be posted
by constable not less than 10. nor
more than 20 days before the caucus.
The caucus shall be warned to be held
at regular polling places in each city
and town at 10 o clock a. m, in towns |
of less than 1900 and 8 o'clock in !
larger places.
Town clerk shall, $50 days before |
State caucus, prepare check list and !
post same. Board OF civil authority
shall revise same, revision to be com