Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-12
LAW
is EXPLAINED
Following Are Facts About vOt-
ing that Every New Jersey VOt-
er Should Know This Month.

The following synopsis OF the pfl-
mary law has been prepared by Law
yer William H. Parry, of Newark.
Time-September 25, between l p.
m. and 8 p. m.
Place-The place in each election
district at which voters are register
ed.
Rules for voters to observe who
desire to vote on primary day:
To be eligible to vote at the prim-
aries on September 25 a voter must
conform with the following require
ments.
l.. He must be a male citizen, 81
years old, not disqualified by reason
OF conviction of crime, residing in the
election district in which he offers to
vote, who will. have resided in the
state one year and in the county five
months at the time of the general
election in November.
2. His name must appear on the
registry list of his election district be-
fore he can vote at primaries.
If he lives in this city or some 9TH
err city or town with less than 10000
population, he can not register on
September 25 just before he votes at
the primary, as heretofore.
i. He may be registered by the
house to house canvass made by his
local board of registry. This canvass
is now being made and must be COM
pleted by September Z; or,
2. He may appear in person be-
fore the board of registry on Septem-
Der II, between the hours of l p. m.
and 8 p. M, that being the last
chance for him to register for the
primaries.
3. His name may be added to the
list on September IL, on the affidavit
in writing of some voter in the cleo
ton district that he is a legal voter
therein. This must be signed and
each affidavit must be separate.
4. To vote at the Republican or
Democratic primary he must be a
member of the Republican or Demo-
cratic party.
If challenged, he must swear that
he is a member of the Republican or
Democratic party, and, unless voting
for the first time, he must swear that
at the last election for members of
the assembly at which he voted that
he voted for a majority of the candi-
dates whose names We're printed upon
the Republican or Democratic ticket
and that he intends to support the
candidates of the Republican or Dem
ocratic party at the ensuing election.
Other Provisions of the Primary Law.
Ward and township officers are no.
minated by a direct vote. All officers
voted upon by the voters of more
than one township or ward are nomi-
mated by conventions.
All public officers who are voted
upon at the general elections by the
residents of more than n ward or
township. are nominated by conven-
tons. The number of delegates that
each election district is entitled to
have at the nominating convention is
announced upon the first day of July
by the chairman of the county COM
mittee.
All public officers, who are voted
upon at the general election by the
voters of a single ward of township,
are nominated on September %, by
the direct vote of the voters of that
ward or township, without the inter-
vention of delegates or conventions.
The District is Now the Unit.
In preparing the petitions this year
there must be ten signers from each
election district. THIS is a radical
change from last years law, which
only required ten signers from each
ward or township. The signers must
be qualified voters of the election dis
trict. Extreme care must be exercised
in this, because if a voter signs a pc
tition who lives in another district,
although he may be from the same
ward, it i|nyalidates the whole petit
ton.
Also, in the election of delegates to
nominating conventions, the dele