Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-11-15

holding of such primaries to choose
candidates to be voted for at the Feb
ruary election will mark the first pra-
ctical test Of the new law in the Sta re
at large.
DATES FOR ELECTIONS.
The uniform primary law was one of
the several election reform measures
passed at the special session of the leg
islature. II provides that there shall
be two primary elections held each
year. For the coming February cleo
tion the primary shall be held on the
fourth Saturday preceding election
day, which will be January 26. For
November elections the primary shall
be held on the~frst Saturday in June,
except when president is to be elect
ed. when the primary shall be held on
the second Saturday in April. That
for February elections Is termed the
winter primary, and for the Novem-
Der elections. the spring primary.
Heretofore the several PARTIES have
held their primaries on separate days.
Under the new law one primary will
be held for all parties between the
hours of O'Clock and o'clock p. IN.
The primary will be held at the reg
ular election polling place In each dis
trict, and will be conducted by the
regular election officers.
In the first place any number Of per.
sons may be voted for at the primary
for an office to be filed at the next sue
ceeding election. The law provides
that there shall be an official ballot fo1
the primary. This will be alike In
size and color for all parties. All Off
cials ballots will be printed on white
paper. Each party will, however, have
its own ballot At the top of each bal
lot there will be found printed line
designating which party it is for, and
full explanation as TO how to proper.
ly mark the same.
If a candidate for mayor, for in.
stance, desired his name printed on
the Republican primary ballot. thi:
will be done upon the filing of peti.
tion with the county mmissioners
signed by fifty Republicans. If Demo
crat wishes his name printed on the
Democratic primary ballot as a can.
didate for mayor he may have this
Done by having filed petition signed
by fifty Democrats Likewise mem
Der of any other regularly constituted
party.
For candidates for councils who
wish their names printed on the prim
airy ballot, petitions need be signed by
but ten members OF the party iesigna
ted
MUST FILE NAMES EARLY.
These petitions must be filed Will
the county commissioners at leas
three weeks prior TO the primary. ol
in this instance. not later than Jan
uary 5. At least once each week dur
ing these three weeks the county com
missioners must advertise in two
newspapers within the county tht
names of all offices for which nomina
tions are to be made At the expira
tion of the time fixed by law for re-
ceiving petitions the county commits
sioners are required to take these il
hand and proceed to the preparation
of the ballot for each party. After
these are prepared they must be KEEP
on file and open to public inspection
in the commissioners office for at leas'
one week proceeding the primary.
When the voter goes to the primary
on January 26 he must ask for the bal
lot of his party. Unless his right tC
participate is challenged he will bt
handed ballot, where he will fine
printed the names of all candidates ar
ranged in alphabetical order under the
respective offices