Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-06-22

The poll books shall be sealed. re-
turned and preserved, as is pro-
vided for in United States Sena-
torIal primaries and shall be sub
/ jet TO the inspection and control
and disposition of the State Central
Committee. Said chairmen. or the
committee, rs the case may be.
shall give at least sixty days pub
he notice in Democratic papers of
the district of the time at which the
said primary shall be held, and
shall require allperSons who desire
to become candidates to give notice
thereof, in writing, thirty DAYS
prior to said primary, To the chair
men of the counties and cities COM
posing the senatorial district.
Should there be no Democratic
paper published i'm the senatorial
district. then the notice herein re-
quired to bc given shall be pub
liShed in any two Democratic
papers which the chairmen of the
respective counties and cities may
select, and by posting notices of
said election in every voting pre-
cinct I'm the district.
If only one person shall comply
with this requirement, the chair
men of the counties and cities com
posing senatorial district shall
nae and announce that fact. ex-
cept where a single county or city
shall comprise a senatorial district.
i'm which case the county or city
committee shall meet and announce
that fact, and declare the said
person the nominee, and give
notice that the said primary will
not be held. The chairmen of the
counties and cities comprising a
district shall decide all contests i'm
the presence of the candidates. or
in the presence of a representative
chosen by each candidate. subject
TO appeal to the State Central
Committee.
County and city committees
shall have the direction and regu-
lation of primaries held for the
nomination of candidates for the
House of Delegates. county and
city offices. respectively, and shall
decide contests. subject To the
right of appealto the State Central
Committee. Where "a legislative
district Is composed of more than
one county. or of a county and a
city. the respective committees
shall arrange all matters pertaining
to the election, which shall be held
ON the same day throughout the
district.
At all primary elections held for
the nomination of candidates for
the General Assembly and for
county and city offices. the poll
books shall be sealed and returned
10y the persons conductingt the cleo
uons. and preserved by the respec-
tive county or city committees for
q period of at least six months.
1t being the opinion of the State
Central Committee that the Judges
and clerks herein provided for can.
in most instances, be secured TO
perform this party service without
compensation, the committees
whose duty it Is made to appoint
them are expected. SO far As the
same may be possible. to appoint
such election officers as will not
require to be paid for their services.
vt ali primaries held under this
plan the poll books and voting
places shall be in open view. and
candidates voted for shall have the
privilege of having one friend each
within the room where the election
Is being conducted, to remain until
after the completion of the count
of the vote and the certification of
the result.
The ballots shall be prepared
under the supervision of the COM
mittee ordering the election. and.
SHALL as nearly as possible, be pre-
pared, and the election held. i'm ac-
cordance with the plan prescribed
by law for elections by the people.
In the event of vacancy occur
ring after the nomination of a
candidate and before the election.
then the committee, whose duty #
would be, to hold primary to fill
the vacancy, shall determine the
manner inwhich such vacancy shall
be filled.
In all nominations for members
of the General Assembly it shall be
discretionary ,ri4h H. I