Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25


to believe that the one so challenged
does not intend to support the repub-
lican party at the coming election. 1t
shall be the duty of the judges to mark
on the back of the ticket of any chal-
enged voter the number corresponding
to the voters name on the clerks
books and have the clerk record the
fact that the vote Is challenged In
their records. Before the challenged
voter shall be permitted to vote, he
he shall be examined under oath, by
the Judge of the election, concerning
his qualifications to participate at
such primary elections and shall sign
a written or printed statement, furnish
ed him by said Judge, declaring that
he will support the ticket at the coming
election of the party holding such
primaries.
Sec. IA. At the primary election
to be held in 1904, and each year there
after at that time, a member of the
county central committee shall be
elected by ballot in each precinct, the
candidate receiving the most votes to
be declared the committeeman. His
term of Office shall begin after the
annual meeting of the committee as
hereinafter provided: and shall con-
tinue for one year or until his success
or is chosen, unless he forfiets his
membership by removing from fhe
precinct from which he was elected.
Sec. Is. When the polls of the pri-
mary are closed it shall be the duty
| of the election board to clear the re-
| cords of challenged votes which have
| not been previously determined upon,
either by admitting them to the count
| or by rejecting them. In order to
reach a conclusion as to the right of
| any elector to participate in the pri-
mary they shall hear evidence advan-
ced by any interested person and take
any other steps which in their judg-
ment is wise to secure knowledge
which will permit them to act intelli-
gently. After all of the challenged
votes have been lcleared from the re-
cord either by acceptance or rejection
as the case may be, 1t shall be the
of the board to proceed with the count
of the ballots and to record the result
of that count and thereupon make 1t
public. A certificate of election shall
be issued to the committeeman elected,
and the ballots and one copy of the
clerks record shall be sealed and
transmitted to the county chairman.
Sec. Is. The county central COM
mittee shall meet in annual meeting
in Audubon not to exceed one week
from the day of the primary election
for the purpose of canvassing the re-
turns Of said primary. If there Is
| dispute as to the count of votes in any
precinct the committee may IL 1t so
| elects, recount the ballots from that
precinct and record the result, but il
no dispute exists, it may accept the
returns made by the precinct chairman
as the vote of that precinct and so
record them.
Sec. II. In the canvas of the votes
each township shall be given the full
vote which it cast at the last general
election for the head of the republican
ticket, which vote shall be divided
among competing candidates in pro-
portion to the number of votes each
candidate has received In that town.
ship at the primary. Upon the com
| pletion of the canvass the committee
shall declare the candidates to be
nominated who received, according
to the above plan of counting, the
plurality of votes for their respective
| offices and such candidates names
shall be certified by the chairman and
| secretary of the committee to the
proper state and county authorities as
the republican nominees for Audubon
| county.
| Sec. Is. In case tie vote exist for
any two candidates, they shall draw
| lots in the usual manner and the sue
| dessful contestant shall be deemed the
nominee.
Sec. 10. The county central COM
mittee shall call the primary election;
giving not less than thirty days notice
| of the date set. The committee shall
be subject to the call of the chairman
at any time and the chairman shall
issue call for the committee at any
time upon the written request of at
least five members of the committee.
The terms of newly elected members
| of the committee shall begin after the
votes of the primary election have
| been canvassed and the business of
the old committee closed up. The
| new committee shall elect q chairman.
| If he be a member of the committee at
| the time of his election, he shall
| Immediately resign and another shall
be named from his precinct. In case
| of a vacancy on the committee Ii shall
| be filled by appointment by the chair
| man. All members OF the committee
must be legal voters in the precinct
which they represent, and their remov-
al therefrom disqualifies them from
membership for that precinct.
Sec. 20. Delegates to the county
convention held for the purpose of
electing delegates to state, congress
sional judicial and senatorial conven-
tions, shall be elected by separate
ballots, at the primary, the candidates
receiving the most votes being declar-
ed the delegates.
Sec. 81. There shall be no change
from the primary system of elections
until the question has first been SUBJ
mitted by the county central COM
mittee and ordered by the people at
the primary elections.