The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-28

election the County Executive Conn
mittee shall designate the places
where voting shall be had, and they
shall select, as far as practicable, tho
place provided by law for holding the
general State elections. They may,
however. select other places If the con-
venience of Democratic voters justifies
such change, but there shall be ut
least one voting place in each town
ship.
80 For the purpose of holding such
election the said committee shall ap.
point two well known Democrats for
each precinct or other voting district
in the county, who shall conduct sucn
election receive /, the ballots, count
them, declare the result, and make a
written statement thereof. If any per-
son appointed to hold a primary cleo
ton shall decline to serve. become in
capacitated, or become candidate
before said primary, the chairman of
the executive committee of that town.
ship OF precinct shall have power to
designate some qualified Democrat to
fill such place; and if the chairman of
the committee shall not be present.
then the remaining poll-holder OF
person authorized may designate some
person to assist him in holding the
same, and such substituted person
shall have the same right and author
ity therein as il he had been originally
appointed by the County Executive
Committee.
a. That the said persons shall pro-
vide such boxes for the reception of
ballots as may be necessary, but there
shall be separate boxes for the follow
ing classes Of candidates, towit:
Candidates for the General Assembly
shall be voted for in one box, all
\ oh hn
one box, all township officers in one
box, and the township executive COM
mittce in one box. That the hours
| for holding such primary election shall
| be as follows: From ten o'clock 81.
m. to five o'clock p. M: Provided,
that the County Executive Commit.
| tee may designate other hours within
which said primary election may be
| held, but in no case shall the time for
holding said election be less than six
| hours.
IS. That any Democratic candidate
who is voted for in said primary elec7
ton may attend the same, in person
or by representative, and be present
during the conduct of said election ami
counting the vote. Every white Dem1
ocratic elector shall have the right to
vote at his proper polling place, and
in case the vote Of man claiming to
be q Democratic elector is challenged
on the ground that he is not qualified
MS an elector or is not a Democrat, he
shall not be denied the privilege of
voting except by the judgment of both
poll-holders Every challenge shall
be recorded. and any candidate or his
representative dissatisfied with the re-
suit shall have the right to appeal to
the County Executive Committee and
&C. At the close of the voting il
hear the same and allow or disalloW
the vote, and shall amend the returns
from that precinct in accordance with
its judgment upon said appeal,
shall be the duty of the poll-holders,
in the presence of such candidates or
jhein representatives and any Demo
crat who wishes to attend, to proceed
at once to count the ballots and make
q list of all persons voted and the
Offices for which they were voted, ard
the number of votes received by each
and they shall sign such list and send
the same Immediately to the chairman
of the County Executive Committee.
They shall give any candidate or hia
representative, upon his request a
COPY of the said list. and they shall
also give to the County Executive
Committee a statement of the number
of challenges allowed or disallowed,
ana how said challenged voter voted.
or how he offered to vote when chal-
ienged.
~. Within five days of the holdina
of such primary election. it shall be
the duty of the Democratic Executive
Committee of such county to meet and
ascertain and declare the result of the
same and if any person has received.
a majority of all votes cast for an
office, they shall SO declare and he
shall be the nominee of the party for
such office. And if no person has
received a majority of all the votes
cast for an office. but has received a