The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-15
Uniform Primary Law iu Effect.

Under this system members OF
all parties vote direct and on the
same day for choice of candidates
to be voted for at the ensuing
election.
With uniform primaries in
force, the time honOred county
convention Is thing of the past
Slate making oy political bosses
becomes exceedingly difficult if
not impossible. The law was
framed with the object IN view of
affordi Ig the people the mean
for determining for themselves
who shall be their candidates
The holding OF such primaries to
choose candidates to be toted for
at the February election, will
mark the first practical test of
the new law IN the state.
The law provides that there
shall be two primary elections
held each year. For the coming
February election the primary
shall be held on the fourth Satur.
day preceding election day, which
will be January 26. For Novem
Der elections the primary shall be
held on the hrst Saturday in
June, except when President $
to be elected, when the primary
shall be held on the second Sat
urday IN April. That for Febru-
ary elections is termed the win
ter prix.ary, and for the Novem
Der elections, the spring primary
Heretofore, the several parties
have held their primaries oa sep
arate days. Under the new law
one primary will be held for al
parties between the hours Of
o'clock and s o'clock p N. Th'
primary Will be held at the regu
lar election polling place IN eacl
, district or division, aud will b,
conducted by the regular electlo
/. officers.
In the first place any be
OF persons may be voted for a
the primary for an Office to b
filed at the next succeeding elec
tion. The law provides that ther
shall be an Official ballot for tn
primary. This will be alike Il
size and color for all parties. Al
Official ballots will be printed OF
white paper. Each party will
however, have Its own ballot. A
the top of each ballot there vii
be found a printed line desiguat
ing which party ii Is for, and ful
explanation as to how to properly
mark the same.
In the cases of men desiring
nomination for Congress, 70
nudge, or state Senator, they mus
file petition signed by 200 vot
ers OF their party. Candidate
for all other offices inclu ling del
egates to state and national con
vtntions, must have ten signcrs
These petitions must be FLEE
with the county COMMISSIONER
at least three weeks prior to III
primary, or in this instance, no
: later than January B. At leas
once each week during thes
three weeks the county commls
sloners must advertise in tw
newspapers within the count
the names of all offices for whic
: nominations are to be made. A
the expiration of the time tiXe
+ by law for receiving petitions tn
county com missioners are requii
: ed to take those in hand and pr,
| ceed to the preparation of th
ballot for each party. After thes
: are prepared they must be keI
on file and open to public inspe'
| tion in the com misslouer's Offic
for at least one week precedin
: the primary.
: When thcyoter goes to othe prir
ary on January 26, he must as
= for the ballot of his party. U
: less hls right to participate
challenged he will be handed
$ ballot, where he will find printe
3 the names of all candidates a
ranged in alphabetical order u
s der the respective offices.
l. AS to the holding of unifor
primaries to nominate borols
, and township offices some Que