The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-02-02
THE new cAucAs Law
How Political Parties win be Govern
ed in Selecting Delegates
for Conventions.

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The time is not very far away
when the citizens OF the county will
have IN opportunity to discharge
their duties under the new caucus
law, and in view of the fact we re-
produce the essential features of the
act adopted by the legislature Of
1905. which have been summarized
as follows:
Party conventions to nominate dele
gates to state and judicial conven-
tions and to nominate candidates for
senator n representative in dis
ticts comprising more thun Que
county must be held on the first
Tuesday after the third Monday in
May. Conventions for the nomination
Legislature elected from single coun-
ties muse be held on The first Tues
day after the third. Monday in Sep
TENDER. State and judicial conven-
lions must be called by the rcspec-
tive committees at least sixty days
before the time of holding such con-
vention.
The county central committee of
each party desiring to nominate
county officers Or to elect delegates
to state, senatorial, representative
or Judicial conventions shall issue a.
call for such convention a least TWEEN
Ity days in advance OF the date fixed
b y law for holding the convention.
The call must he published in news
papers most likely to give notnn; to
members of the party. Moreover
Il he chairman of each precinct is le-
IQuired to post in conspicuous places
at least five copies of such call This
must be done ten DAYS In advance of
the primaries. Primaries for the
selections of delegates to state or
judicial convention must he. held on,
the first Tuesday after the second
Monday in May. Primaries for coun-
ty conventions or the nomination.
of county officers must be held on
the first Tuesday after the second
Monday in September. A primary
must be held in each voting precinct
and the polls kept open from 3 until
8 80 p. IN
In preparation for the primaries
it shall be the duty of each county
auditor to furnish the precinct chair
man Of each political party with a
ssballOG box and a waste ballot
boa" The auditors must also furn-
ish booths for each party and desig-
nate the order in which they shall
be arranged. Blank ballots to be
used at the primary must be furnish
ed by the auditor to each precinct
chairman ten days in advance of The
primary. Such ballots are to be of
uniform size and weight and be made
OF fiat writing papeI, containing no
marks of any kind. Each party is
entitled to one and one-half times
as many ballots as there we're votes
cast by that party at the preceding
general election. Special ballots
may be provided for parties having
less than a state organization. Any
person desiring to present a list of
delegates at a primary may procure
blank ballots Of the proper party
color from the county auditor and
may write or print on the ballots
the names OF the delegates and the
issue they represent. These ballots
precinct chairman, and they will not
be official until stamped and initial
ed by HIM. 1t shall be the duty of
the chairman to present each voter
with all the ballots offered by men,
sbers OF his party and he may choose
between them, voting one and return
ing the Others which are to be placed
IN the waste ballot box. The rote
Is to be secluded while selecting and
marking his ballot. 1t is unlawful
for any precinct chairman or any
other person to intimidate or in any
way interfere with a voter.
Any 'elector who voted for a ma
Of the candidates of a politi-
Cal party at the last general elec-
tion and who is a qualified elector
in his precincG is entitled to vote
the ticket OF that party at a pri-
mary. Firs6 voters are to he allow
ell to make declaration OF party al
legiance. A voter may be ehal-
lenged by any person. Challenged