The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10


| primary is to be held, which notice shall
| require all persons who desire to be can
didates to give notice thereof, In writing,
/ to the chairman OF the district committee
on or before day named, which day
/ shall not be less than sixty days before
| said primary is to be held, and only such
i persons as shall comply with said cohdl-
ton shnll be voted for at said primary
l election. If only ono person shall comply
| with this requirement. the district COM
/ mittee shall meet and announce that
fact, and declare the said person tho
nominee, and give notice that the primary
election will not be held. The district
! committee shall decide all contests, sub
feet to m appeal, to the State Central
i Committee.
STATE, SENATORIAL. PRIMARIES.
State senatorial primary elections sliail
be held under the direction of tho chair
men Of the counties and cities com
! prising the several senatorial districts
| throughout the state, except where n
! single county or city shall comprise y
senatorial district, In which case the
said primary election for such district
shall be held under the direction Of the
committee for said county or; city. !,
The said chairman, or committee, snali
decide upon what date the primary elec-
| ton Is to be hold throughout the sena-
1
| ar failure to act in q State senatorial
district committee the State chair man
shall act with said conlmittee). leaV-
ing to the respective county ana city com.
n1ittees the appointment of Judges and
clerks to conduct the election. which
| Judges shall, within two days after tho
said primary election, certify the returns
to the respective county and city cnalr-
. men. or to the city or county committee
| IL, ~ or
prise q senatorial district, who. in turn.
shall. within five days after said election,
meet: but may adjourn from time to time
until all the returns are IN, and canvass
| and declare the result Of the election
rhe pol-books shall be sealed, returned
| and preserved as is PROVIDED LOT III
United States senatorial primaries, ana
shall be subject to the inspection, control
and disposition of the State Central Com
mittee. Said, chairman, or committee, as
the case may be, shall give at
least sixty days notice in Demo-
| cratic papers of the district OF
| the time 4 at which the salu
| primary shall be held, and shall REQUIRE
| all persons who desire to become candi-.
| dates to give notice thereof, IN writing,
| thirty days prior to said primary. to. the
| chairlnen of the counties and cities
comprising the senatorial destrict. Should
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| ed in the senatorial district, then the
notice herein required to be given shall
| be published In two Democratic papers
! which the chairmen of the respective
counties and cities may select, and Dy
hosting notices Of said election in every
4 voting precinct in, the district
\ If only one person shall comply with
4 this requirement, the chairmen OF the
counties and cities composing a senatorial
rrt11 M = h
fact, except where single county or
4 city shall comprise a senatorial district
1 In which case the county or city committee
l shall meet and announce that fact, and
! declare the said person the nominee, and
1 give notice that the said primary will
i not be held The chnrmen OF the counties
A and cities comprising the district shall
decide all contests in the presence Of the
candidates., or in the presence OF q rep
4 resentative chosen by each candidate, SUD-
/ iect to appeal to the State Central Com
i mittee.
! PRIMARIES FOR THE HOUSE OF
DELEGATES AND COUNTY
AND CITY OFFICERS.
i County and city committees shall have
the direction and regulation Of primaries
! held for the nomination of candidates for
the House OF Delegates, county, and city
officers, respectively, and shall decide con-
tests subject to the right Of appeal to the
i State Central Committee. Where a legis-
lativc district ~ composed of more than
one county, or of n county and 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 o..
fices the poll-books shall be sealed and
returned by the persons conducting the
elections and preserved by the respective
county or city committees tor period
of at least six months.
It being the opinion Of the State Cen
trail Committee that the judges and clerks
herein provided for can, in most instances
. be secured 10 perform this party service
, without compensation, the committees
J whose duty 1t is made to appoint then
e are expected, SO far as the same may bt
. possible, to appoint such election Officers
! as will not require to be paid for theil
services.
All primaries held under this plan, thu
t poll-books and voting shall be in open view
and candidates voted for shall have thu
0 privilege of having one TREND yeacl
within the room where the election Is be
9 ing conducted. to remain until after tn
G completion Of the count of tho vote am
: the cert!ficntion OF the result.
e In all nominations for members OF tn
: General Assembly, it shall be discretionar
1 with the properly constituted committee
, having charge of such nominations as t
G whether such nominations be made pur
il suant to said primary plan or by som
other method.
Q In the selection of all county or cit
committees the method adopted may b
: by primary election or otherwise as tn
local committee may direct.
In the event OF a vacancy occurring
after tho nomination of candidate an
before the election, then tho comlnitte
whose duty 1t would be to hold PR
mary to fill such vacancy, shall determin