Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-03-09
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PRIMARY REFORM INSTRUCTIONS.

On the first Monday of April april
End, 1865 "Town Meeting Day" an en-
rollment of party voters will take place
at the regular voting place in every vot-
ing precinct in this state. A voter who
fails to have his name enrolled in his
party registration book at this time,
cannot take part at the primaries of
such party OF vote upon the question as
to whether his party shall adopt the
direct nominating system in his county,
legislative or congressional district or in
the State of Michigan.
If twenty per cent of such enrolled
voters (such per cent to be based upon
the vote for governor at the last general
election of any political party, shall, by
petition, ask that the proposition as to
whether the nomination of the county,
| legislative or congressional candidates
be made by direct vote, then such pro-
position will be admitted separately
to the voters of such election district
upon the second Tuesday of June June
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hands of the proper officers designated
to receive such Petition wiz. in the
county, the county clerk. in a Legislative
district lying wholly within one county,
the county clerk in legislative
district comprising more than one
county, the secretary of state, and in a
congressional district, the secretary of
state) at least thirty days before (or on
or before May 18th, 1906 said second
Tuesday in June.
On the second Tuesday of June also
whether the candidates for governor
and lieutenant governor shall be nomi-
mated by direct vote of the people and
at the same time and place candidates
for governor and lieutenant governor
will be chosen by the properly enrolled
voters of each political party. If the
proposition of direct nomination of
governor and lieutenant governor, which
must be submitted to the enrolled voters
as above, does not receive majority of
the votes cast in the state, then such
candidates nominated at this time shall
not be placed upon the ticket at the
November election, but shall be nomi-
mated in the manner now provided for
the same as if the act providing for
direct nominations had not been passed
by the legislature.
If the proposition as to direct voting
presented in any county, legislative or
congressional district, shall receive a
majority of the votes cast upon such
question, then every enrolled voter
should go to his regular voting place on
the first Tuesday III September, 1906,
and vote for the person or candidate
} whose name he desires printed upon his
ticket for the Office of congressman or
for legislative and county officers OF the
November election.
In the matter of choosing delegates to
the state convention for the nomination
of state officers other than governor or
lieutenant governor Cor in the event of
failure of the adoption of the direct
nominating 81 stem in the state TO
include governor and lieutenant COVER
nor) there shall be elected in every
voting precinct in this state ON the
second Tuesday of June June IL, 1906)
at the primary election, as many dele
gates as each political party is entitled
to for such voting precinct, ward or
township, as the case maybe, by the
call issued by the county committee to
select delegates to the county conven-
ton thereafter to be held in any county
for the purpose of selecting delegates to
the state convention thereafter to be
held for the purpure of choosing or
nominating the candidates of such
party to be placed upon the ticket at the
November election. Such system of
choosing delegates by direct vote is
mandatory and will continue whether
the direct nominating system is adopted
in the state or not.
The state central committee, at least
thirty 800 days before the 18th day of
June, shallcertify to the board of cleo
ton commissioners of each county, the
number of delegates to which such
county will be entitled to in the state
convention. The chairman of the
county committee shall certify to board
of election commissioners of his county
at least (l0) days before the second
Tuesday of June (June 2. 1865 the
number of delegates each ward or town
ship in his county shall be entitled to in
the county convention.
County conventions in every county
in the state for the election of delegates
to the state convention shall be held
within seven days after the primary
election held pursuant to the provisions