Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-05-27

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election, November 3rd, 1908. polied ten
per cent of the entire vote cast la Ma.
gomery County, shall hereafter. In thu
| year leO0, and biennially thereafter. nom.
mate their candidates for all local oiFicea
70 Do voted for at the General Election
IN 1900, and biennially thereafter. In-
Guiding The candidates fol the Senate.
and members OF the House Of Dale.
Iates, BY means Of primary elec"
conduct under the provisions of
Act, and not otherwise. Said
dates may be nominated by direct
OF the duly registered voters belonging
70 or acting with said parties In each
precinct OF said county or they NAV be
nominated by county conventions, the
delegates TO which shall be elected At
primary elections duly held In the diI.
terent precincts OF said COUNTY. Bald
elections shall be biennially held Ne above
stated on a day TO be fixed by agree
ment between The governing bodies Of
said parties, not earlier than tue second
Saturday In June, and not later than
the first Saturday In August.
Section 2-And II shall be the duty OF
the governing b dies OF said political
parties, as soon % they have agreed
upon u day, to notify the Supervisors OF
notice shall be at least fifteen days be.
fore the date fixed for said primary cleo
tton, and In case taid governing bodies
shall fall to agree on u day for holding
said primary elections, they shall be held
on the fret Saturday 10 August, 10 the
year 1905, and biennialy Thereafter; and
II no notice 10 received by said Supervi-
sors OF Election then 1t shall be the duty
or said Board of Supervisors OF Elec.
lions al least fifteen days before the first
Saturday In August, In the year 1905, and
biennially thereafter, 70 select four
Judges, two OF whom shall be designated
ballot judges for that purpose and
shall perform the duties hereinafter re-.
CURED OF them ne ballot judges, and Two
clerks. taking two OF said judges aud
one or said clerks from each OF the said
political parties to act ~ judges aud
clerks In the primal les 10 be held In
each election precinct OF the county.
aud the said Board oil Supervisors OF
Election shall give notice by publication
OF the names OF all OF said judges aud
clerks and the precinct for which they
are selected by causing the same to DO
published by two Insertions 10 at least
two OF the weekly newspapers printed
IN Montgomery county, one of said
papers, II possible, being Of the opposite
political faith from that of majority OF
laid Board Of Supervisors OF Election.
Section 8-Said Board OF Supervisors
Of Election In appointing the judges and
clerks, and In the notice thereof, shall
designate the persons intended by them
TO represent the said political parties re-
spectIvely: one challenger and one
watcher, representing each of the p0llti-
cal parties, shall be allowed 10 be present
At the several voting places during the
voting and counting OF the ballots. said
challengers and watchers TO be appoint
cd (by the governing body VI each OF the
political partiesl
Section 4--The form OF the ballot
with the names OF candidates for the
several offices to be filled or delegates 10
DO voted for shall DO furnished by the
governing bodies OF said political par
ties TO the said Supervisors OF Election
at least fifteen days before the day upon
which said primary is held, and shall be
published at least one time In two or
more papers printed In said county.
Section b-Tbe Supervisors OF election
shall furnish to the judges oil the bal
lots TO be used In said primaries. and
also the blanks upon which their returns
are 10 DO made. The said Supervisors
shall have said ballots printed In accord
ance with the provisions OF the preced-
ing section, each OF said lalOts shall be
signed by, or stamped, with q fac similo
u the signature OF the president OF the
Board OF Supervisors Of Election; tho
said ballot sbail then be put up In sealed
packages, ono package for each OF said
political parties, In each OF the election
precincts OF said county; each OF such
packages shall contain three ballots Tor
each voter OF said party In the precinct
Tor which such package Ia intended.
The number OF ballots shall be deter
mined At the first election held hereunder
by q certificate to be furnished by t,e
governing body OF each OF said partjes
AID thereafter by the poll.book Of the
last preceding primary election. The
packages OF ballots for each precinct,
prepared as aforesaid. together with tho
ballot boxes, registry books and noces-
sary blanks, for each precinct, shall be
delivered TO the return judges OF each
precinct at least two days before the
date Of said primary election.
section 6f-The return Judge for each
election precinct shall deliver the returns
Of the said primary election In said pre-.
cinct 10 the Board OF Supervisors Of
Election at Rockville on the Tuesday
succeeding the date Of said primaries.
The Election Supervisors shall on that
day tabulate the vote and certify the re-
suit TO the governing bodies Of the polit.
ical parties.
becti0n 6-TO prevent voters belonging
70 or acting with one political party
from inadvertently or Intentionally cast
ing their ballots for candidates for nom.
inati0n or for election as deIegateF TO
any nominating convention OF any other
party, the ballots OF said party shall be
D. inted upon paper Of different cOlors,
and until after the next general regis
tration every person Offering 10 vote
shall be required to state 10 which party
10 belongs and tue candidate OF which
party lie Intends 10 vote for at the STATE
" county election, and he shall be sup
piled only With the official ballot pre-.
pared for the candidates OF such party.
Section 1.-THE polls shall be opened
4 nine o'clock A. n. and closed ut
o'clock Il. NJ. on the day nxed for said
primary. Tue books OF registry shall DO
'urnlshfd the return Judge Of each poll.
ing pace, for the purpose OF determin-
nR ehe right OF the party TO vote, anf
nc one shall bo entitled To vote at cas-
primary election who 10 not registered
voter Ia the precinct VI which he APP
plies 70 voc; provided. however. that
any person who may since the last pre-
cediDg registration come OF age or other
wise acquire the right TO vOte Ut the
election next succeeding sald primary
election may vote upon satisfying the
Judges BY proper evidence that he will
be entitled TO register under the laws VI
this State ~ the next succeeding rsgis-
tration, and for the purpose OF this sec
ton, the said judges OF election may
examine upon oath OF Affirmation such
witnesses as may b adduced before them,
including the applicant himself, the ~
sous making SAID oaths and afllrma
stall be- subject TO the same peDalt.
the same we've made In Judlcif
ceedings. But the said judges o,
ton are not 10 make any marke
ties whatever upon said regiGl
UOOks, but are to use the same OF
me purpose OF determining the "a
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