Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-16
PRIMARIES.

PRIMARIES.
 I. Tn 1906, and bienniall thereafter, there shall be held pri mary, to be called a general pri mary, in each voting district, t, elect delegates to the state, congres sional, probate, senatorial and tow conventions, and when a sheriff i to be voted for, to the shrievalt, convention, which primary. shall b. held at time to be fixed by tn, town committee.
 In any year when presidential election is to occur a special pri mary shall be held in each votin, district to elect delegates to a con vention, to elect delegates to tn, state convention, for the election o delegates to the national conven tion, which special primary shall b. held at a time to be fixed by tn, town committee.
 2. All primaries shall be opeI at 4:30 and remain open until 9:3( p. m. Those persons and those onl! whose names are on the last revised list prepared by the registrars O. voters indicating their political pre- ference to be democratic, shall be entitled to vote at said primaries. ol be eligible to be chosen as dele gates. Any person who was proper ly enrolled, but whose name was omitted from said list through $ clerical error, shall be allowed tc vote upon presenting to the modera tor certificate certifying to such fact and countersigned by the demo cratic registrar of voters.
 3. All tickets presented at pri. maries shall be uniform in size 10x4 inches, and shall be printed or plain white forty-pound machine book paper. No colored, tinted or tissue ballot, nor any other that has any distinguishing cut, design or any other mark upon it, or any double ballot, shall be counted for any person upon said ticket. The type used shall be long primer capi- tals of ordinary Roman character provided, however, that headir may be in type of pica size. All tickets to be headed Democratic Primary Ticket" with a line under heath indicating the district in which the tickets are to be used, as, First Voting District"
 4. The basis of representation shall be the vote cast for the demo- cratic candidate for governor at the last preceding state election.
 The representation in the various shall be as follows: First, second and third wards shall be entitled to five delegates each {: fourth, six; fifth, seven; and one delegate for every two hundred votes above one thousand, and if in any voting district there shall be a fractional part of two hundred votes in excess of one thousand, then one delegate for such fractional part of one hundred votes or more. But no ward shall have any fewefr delegates than it has at present.
 The sixth voting district shall have no separate representation, but shall be considered a part of the second ward. It shall have a separ- ate primary, however, and the votes cast for any ticket in the sixth vot- ing district shall be added to the second ward in determining the winning ticket.
 5. In addition to the delegates to which each ward is entitled there shall be elected in each ward to each convention one person to be known and designated as alter who shall be entitled to take the seat of any delegate ab- sent from that ward, but no person other than said alternate and the duly elected delegate shall be all lowed to sit in said convention, nor shall anyone transfer his credentials to any convention to another. Said alternate-at-large shall also take the place of any elected delegate whose name does not appear on the latest revised democratic primary list.
 6. The town committee shall is sue a general call for primaries at least five days before any primary is to be held and shall cause the same to be advertised in at least one daily published in the city of In their call they shall Insert the time of such primaries and the place at which they shall be held and the number of delegates to which each ward is entitled.
 [. Each ticket to be voted for at a primary election in any ward pr district must be presented to the in that ward or district. before the opening of the polls, and there shall be printed thereon the names of two persons to act as tell FITS. From the persons named as tellers on the various tickets pre- sented. the moderator shall appoint ! box tender and a checker, who shall not be persons named on one and the same ticket. Tn case more han two tickets are presented the shall appoint a repre- from each ticket, one of whom shall be chosen by him box ender. one checker. and the others ,hall have the right to enter the rotfng booth. examine the check ist. and to see that only one ballot s cast for each name, and in gen 'ral to represent their ticket at uch primary. subject to the instruc- ions of the moderator. All of the ellers ramed on the various tickets presented at any primary shall he and shall count the bal ots. but in case of the neglect or efusal of any of them to act. the moderator shall appoint a repre- entative of the same ticket to act n his place. The town committee hall designate and publish. in some daily newspaper. at least hree days before holding such pri- nary. the name of some resident of ach voting district to be modera- or of the primary in his district. rd fha sarretarr of tho tnWn cnri1- ]