Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-24
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n anne of Signer

I g. All nomination papers shall have sub
stantially the above form written or prinI,
ed at the top thereof. No signatures snail
be counted unless they be upon sheets ea AZ
having such form written or printed at Ine
top thereof.
g. Each signer of a nomination paper
shall sign but one such paper for the SAME
office, and shall declare that he lntends 10
support the candidate named therein ng
shall add his residence with the street anu
humber, If any, and the date OF slsnlhS.e
a. For all nominations, except oto st noe;n ol
ficers, all signers of eacn separate noihiud-
tion paper shall reside in the same pre-
einct. For state officers all s1gners on each
separate nomination paper shall reside III
the same county The affidavit OF a qua!ii-
fled elector shall be appended to each SUI
nomination paper, stating that he IS per,
sonally acquainted with all persons W .-.o
them to be electors of that preclnct OF
county, as the nomination papers shal re-
Quire; that he knows that they slghea llle
same with full knowledge of the contents
thereof and that their respective resi-
dences are stated therein and that eacn
signer signed the same on the date stat 60
opposite his name, and that ne, the am,
ant, intends to- support the candidate named
therein. Such affidavit shall not be mace
10y the candidate, but each candidate snal i
1le with his nomination paper. or papers,
Ia declaration that he will quallfy as such
officer if nominated and elected.
5. Such nomination papers snail De
Signed
! (a) If for state Office by at least one
per cent of the voters of the party OF such
candidate in at least each of SIX counties
in the state, and in the aggregate not less
than one per cent. of the total vote OF MS
party in the state.
(b) If for a representative in Congress,
by at least two per cent of the voters OF
his party in at least one-tenth or the eleGe
ton precincts IN each Of at least one-n d;s
trict, and in the aggregate not less imam
two per cent. of the total vote OF his party
In such district.
Co If for an office representing less than
a congressional district in area, or a couD-
ty office, by at least three per cent OF -e
party vote in at least one-sixth OF the elec-
tion precincts of such district and IN the
aggregate not less than three per cent. OF
the total vote of his party in such district.
The basis of percentage in each case
shall be the vote of the party for the preSi-
dental elector receiving the largest vote az
the last preceding presidential election:
But any political organization which al
the last preceding general election was rep
resented on the official ballot by either reg
ular party candidates or by lndlvldqal
nominees only, may upon complying with
the provisions of this act, have separate
primary election ticket as poll teal party,
If any of its candidates or individual nom,
inees received one per cent. of the, total
vote cast at the last preceding general e.ec-
ton in the state, or subdivision thereof III
which the candidate seeks the nomination.
Nomination papers may also be filed for
non partisan candidates; such papers snail
contain at least two per cent. of the total
vote cast at the last preceding general cleo
ton In the state, or subdivision thereof III
which the person is candidate such sign
ers! to be distributed in each tc3a case as re-
Nomina ton Papers, Where Flled.-Sec-
ton 6. All nomination papers shall be filed
as follows:
tor, representatives in congress, and those
members of senate and assembly whose
districts comprise more than one county,
In the office of the secretary OF state.
g For officers to be voted for wholly
within one county in the office of the coun-
ty clerk of such county.
3. For city officers, In the office OF the
city clerk.
Publication of Names of Candidates.
Section T. At least twenty-five days be
fore any primary preceding general cleo
ton, the secretary of state shall transmit
to each county clerk a certified list con-
tanning the name and post office address OF
each person for whom nomination papers
have been filed in his office and entitled
to be voted for at such primary together
with designation of the office for which
he is a candidate, and the party or prin-
ciple he represents.
thereof publish under the proper party
designation, the title of each Office, the
names and addresses of all persons FOR
whom nomination papers have been filed,
giving the name and address of each, the
fate of the primary, the hours during, which
the polls will be opened, and that the prl-
mary will be held at the regular polling
places in each precinct.
1t shall be the duty Of the county clerk
to publish such notice for three consecu-
tive weeks prior to. said primary.
Such clerk shall also forthwith mail cop
les of such notice to each town, village and
city clerk of his county, who shall immedl-
ateiy post copies of the same in at least
three public places in each precinct in his
town, village or city, designating therein
the location of the polling booth in each
election precinct
Publication of Notices-Seetion 8. Every
publication required in this act shall be
made in at least two, and not to exceed
four newspapers of general circulation in
such county or city, one Of such neWSpa-
perS shall represent the political party that
cast the largest vote in such county or c.tl'
at the preceding general election, and one
of such newspapers shall represent TIE po-
!ltical party that cast the next largest yose
in such county OF city at the preceding
general election
In any case where the publication of
notice can not be made as hereinbeIore re-
quired, 1t may be made in any newspaper
Having general circulation III the county
pr city in which the notice is required to
be published,
Official Baslots-Sectton 8. An official
ballot shall be printed and provided for
hse at each voting precinct in the form
provided herein and annexed hereto. Inc
names of all candidates for the respective
offices, for whom the nomination papers
prescribed shall have been duly fled shall
be printed thereon.
Preparation and Distribution of Ballots
Section TO- ]. At least twenty days before
the September primary each county cierk
shall prepare sample official ballots, plac-
ing thereon, alphabetically, under the ap-
proprate title of each office and party
designation the names Of all candidates to
be voted for in the precinct of his county,
for whom nomination papers nave Dee4
filed. Such sample ballot shall be printed
upon tinted OF colOred paper and snall con
tain no blank endorsement OF certlhcate
2. Such clerk shall forthwith submit the
ticket of each party to the county chair
man thereof and mail copy to each can
didate for whom nomination papers nave
been fled with him as required by this
act, to his postoffice address,, as given in
such nomination paper, and he shall post
copy of each sample ballot IN con-
spicuous place in his office
& On the tenth day before such primary
the county clerk shall correct any errors
or omissions in the ballot, cause the same
70 be printed and distributed as required
by law in the case of ballots for the gen
cral election, except that the number of
ballots to be furnished to each precinct
shall be twice the number of votes cast
thereat in the last preceding general cleo
ton