Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1906-02-17
NEW PRIMARY LAW.
Voters Should Read il Carefully and be
Prepared to Act Intelligently ST
the Primaries,

LOPAACu " ACb 1nNtllikcAtiy al
the Primaries,
Below are the essential features Of the
new primary election law. passed by the
last state legislature, and are printed in
order that the average voter may be
given an opportunity to pos. himself on
what will be required by him under the
law. The primaries, according to the
officers to be voted for viii be held in
May, June and September next.
Sec. /. All party nominations Of can
didates for representatives in congress,
state, judicial and county officers, presi.
dental electors and delegates to the ma
tional state and county conventions,
shall be made in the manner herein
provided. All other nominations for
such candidates shall be by petition in
the manner now provided by law, pro-
viding that no nominations made by
petition shall be filed previous TO max
ing of nominations under this act, and
no name of party or ticket nominated
by petition shall contain the name or
part of the name of party ticket nom.
mated under the provisions of this act.
Date Of Holding Convent ons.
Sec. .. All conventions held for the
purpose Of nominating candidates for
representatives in congress and judges
to the supreme court, presidential cleo
tors, delegates to the national conven-
tion and state officers shall be held on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in June next preceding the election at
which such candidates are to be voted
on
Sec. 3 All party conventions held
for the purpose Of nominating candi-
dates for the office of circuit Judge shall
be held on the hrs. Tuesday after the
second Monday of June next preceding
the elections at which such candidates
are to be voted on.
Sec 4. All party conventions held
for the purpose OF nominating delegates
to the state and judicial conventions and
conventions for the nominating Of sena
tors and representatives in districts com
prising more than one county shall be
held on the first Tuesday after the third
Monday in May next preceding such
state, senatorial, representative and ju-
dicial convention.
Sec. 5. All party county conventions
held for the purpose of nominating can
didates for county officers and members
of the legislature shall be held on the
first Tuesday after the third Monday in
September next preceding the election
at which such candidates are voted on.
Number of Delegates.
Sec. s. Each county shall be entitled
TO one delegate to the state convention
for every fifty votes or major fraction
thereof cast by such party in such coun-
IS for the candidate for governor at the
last preceding election.
Date for Holding Primaries.
Sec l6 All primaries held for the
purpose Of selecting delegates to the
county convention. held for the purpose
of selecting delegates TO the state or ju-
diciai convention. shall be held on the
first Tuesday after the second Monday
in May next preceding the time fixed
Tor holding the county convention. All
primaries held for the purpose Of select
ing delegates to the county conventions,
held for the purpose Of placing in nomi-
nation candidates for county officers,
shall be held on the first Tuesday after
the second Monday in September next
preceding the time fixed for such county
convention.
Sec. II. A primary shall be held in
each voting precinct, and all primaries
shall be kept open from three until
eight-thirty o'clock p. m.
Manner of Voting
Sec 10. The voting at such primaries
shall be conducted in the same manner
as the elections under the Australian
ballot law, EXCEPT as hereinafter other.
wise provided. Each party shall have
their own desk and their own booth,
and il shall be SO arranged that the vot-
ing of each party will be kept separate.
The booth of each party shall be mark.
ed in large, clear type with the name
of the party to which it belongs, and
the elector desiring to vote with any
party at any primary must receive his
ballot from the chairman OF such party
7ote in the booth belonging to such
party.
Qualification of Voters.
Sec "a. Any elector who supported
and voted for majority of the candi.
dates of any political party at the last
preceding election at which be voted
and who is a qualified elector Of such
precinct, shall he eligible to vote at the
primary of such party. Provided, that
this section shall not prohibit persons
from voting who have not voted before
Penalty for Unlawful Voting.
Sec. IS. Every person who at any
primary knowingly votes or offers tc
vote in any primary district in which he
does not reside, or in which he is not
authorized by law TO vote, and any per.
son who knowingly votes at the primary
Of a party with which he does not afIili.
ate, and of which he is not qualified
voter, shall be fined in sum not ex.
ceeding one hundred dollars, or by i'm.
prisonment in the county Jail not ex.
ceeding thirty days.
City Primaries.
Sec. IL. Primaries for the nomination
of candidates for all city officers elected
at the city election shall be conducted as
herein prescribed for the holding OF