Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-11


 committee on primary rules to govern the democratic party:
 PRIMARIES.
 1. On the second Monday preceding the first Monday in October in the gear 1905 and biennially thereafter, there shal1 be held a primary, to be called the local primary, in each district or ward, to elect three candidates for al- dermen and delegates for the town, city and school conventions.
 In 1906, and biennially thereafter, there shall be held primary, to be called general primary, in each vot- ing district, to elect delegates to the state. congressional, probate and town conventions, and when sheriff is to be voted for, to the shrievalty conven- ton. which primary shall be held at time to be fixed by the town commit tee. At said primary there shall also be nominated candidates for senator in the manner and form hereinafter provided.
 Tn any year when presidential cleo. ton is to occur special prfmary snail be held in each voting district to elect delegates to convention, to elect dele gates to the state convention, for the election of delegates to the national
  shall be held at time to be fixed by the town committee.
 2. All primaries shall be open at 4:3O and remain open until 9:30 p. m. Those persons and those only whose names are on the last revised list pre- pared by the registrars of voters in dicating their political preference to be democratic, shall be entitled to vote at said primaries, or be eligible to be chosen as delegates. Any person Wpo was properly enrolled, but whose name was omitted from said list through clerical error, shall be allowed to vote upon presenting to the moderator a certificate certifying to such fact and countersigned by the democratic regis trar Of voters.
 3. All tickets presented at primaries, except those containing the names Of a candidate for senator, shall be uni form in size, 1Ox4 inches, and shall be printed on plain white forty y-pound machine book paper. No colored, tint. ed or tissue ballot, nor any other that has any distinguishing cut, design or any other mark upon It, or any double ballot, shall be counted for any person upon said ticket. The type used shall be long primer capitals of ordinary Roman character, provided, however. that heading may be in type of pica size. All tickets to be headed Demo cratic Primary Ticket" with 9 line underneath indicating the district in which the tickets are to be used, as, First Voting District"
 4. The representation in the various conventions shall be as follows: First. second and third wards shall be en- titled to five delegates each; fourth. six; fifth, seven.
 The sixth voting district shall have no separate representation, but shall be considered a part of the second ward. It shall have separate pri- mary, however. and the votes cast for any ticket in the sixth voting district shall be added to the number cast in the balance of the @,cond ward in de termining tAe winning ticket.
 ' g. In addition to the delegates to which. each ward is entitled there shall be elected in each ward to each convention one person to be known and designated as "alternate-at-large, who shall be entitled to take the seat of any delegate absent from that ward, but no person other than said alternate and the duly elected delegates shall be allowed to sit in said convention, nor shall anyone transfer his credentials
 
 ternate-atlarge shall also take the place of any elected delegate whose name does not appear on the latest re vised democratic primary list.
 6. The town committee shall issue a general call for primaries at least ten days before any primary is to be held and shall cause the same to be advertised in at least one daily news paper published in the city of Water. bury. In their call they shall insert the time of such primaries and the place at which they shall be held and the number of delegates to which each ward is entitled.
 T. Each ticket to be voted for at a primary election in any ward or dis trict. must be presented to the moder- ator in that ward or district, before the opening of the polls, and there shall be printed thereon the names of two persons to act as tellers. From the persons named as tel1ers on the various tickets presented, the modera- tor shall appoint a box tender and a checker, who shall not be persons named on one and the same ticket. In case more than two tickets are pre- scented the moderator shall appoint a representative from each ticket, one of whom shall be chosen by him box tender, one checker and the others shall have the right to enter the voting booth, examine the check list, and to see that only one ballot is cast for each name, and in general to represent their ticket at such primary, subject to the instructions of the moderator All os the tellers named on the various tickets presented at any primary shah be counters and shall count the bal lots, but in case of the neglect or re fusal of any of them to act, the moder- ator shall appoint representative of the same ticket to act in his place. The town committee shall designate and publish in some Waterbury daily newspaper, at least three days before holding such primary, the name, of some resident of each voting district to be moderator of the primary in his district, and the secretary of the town committee shall furnish him with the