Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-01-19

toned to any precinct by the county
committee of such political party as
certified to the county clerk
The voter shall sign but one nomi-
nation paper for the same Office and
must declare that he will support the
candidate named therein, and he must
give his residence, with street and
number, and the date of signing.
In all cases of nomination, the sign
ers of each separate nomination pa
per must reside in the same precinct
The affidavit of a qualified elector
must be appended to each paper, stat
ing that he is personally acquainted
with those who have signed the pa
per, and that he knows they are elec-
tors of that precinct; that he knows
they signed the paper with full knowl-
edge of the contents, that their re-
spective residences are correctly CIV
en- and that each signed the paper on
the date stated opposite his name;
also, that he, the affiant, intends to
support the candidate named in the
paper. This affidavit shall not be
made by the candidate, but each can
didate must file with his nomination
paper declaration that he will quail
ify as such officer if nominated and
elected.
The Basis Of Representation.
The number of signatures to the
nomination papers is provided for as
follows:
IF for nomination of candidates for
county office other than delegates to
county convention, by at least three
per cent of the party vote in at least
one-sixth of the election precincts of
such county and in the aggregate not
less than three per cent of the total
vote of his party in the county,"
eff for nomination of candidates
for delegates to the county conven-
tion, by at least three per cent of
the party vote in the precinct of such
candidate"
The basis of percentage in each
case shall be the vote of the party
for the presidential elector receiving
presidential election.
| 1t is provided in the new law that
nomination papers may be filed for
nonpartisan candidates or for the can
didate of a political party which has
no candidates at the next preceding
general election in the county or city
These papers shall contain at least
two per cent of the total vote cast
for the presidential elector receiving
the largest vote in the last presiden-
tial election in the municipal sub-di-
vision in which the person is a can
didate.
Nomination papers for officers to
be voted for wholly within the coun-
ty, or any precinct in the county, must
be filed with the county clerk, and
for city officers, in the city clerks
office.
At least twenty-five days before any
primary preceding a general election
the county clerk must publish under
the proper party designation the title
of each office, the names and address
es of all persons for whom nOmina-
tion papers have been filed, the name
of the precinct for which the candi-
dates for delegates to the county con-
vention have been nominated, the
date of the primary, the hours dur
ing which the polls will be opened
and stating that the primary will be
held at the regular polling place in
each precinct.
The provision as to the official bal
lots is as follows:
Separate Official ballots for each po
litical party, and also an official bal
lot for the names of nOn-partisan can
didates, shall be printed and provided
for use at each voting precinct, in
the form herein provided and annex
ed hereto.
The names of all candidates for the
respective offices, for whom the nom
ination papers prescribed shall have
been duly filed, shall be printed there
on.
The law provides that at least TWEEN
ty days before the September primary
the county clerk shall prepare sample
official ballots, these to be printed on
tinted or cOlored paper and contain
no blank endorsement or certificate
He shall at once submit the ticket o1
each party to the county chairman
thereof and mail a copy to each can
didate, likewise posting copy of each
sample ballot in a conspicuous place
in his office.
On the tenth day before the pri
mary the county clerk shall correct
any errors Or omissions in the ballots
have them printed and distributed as
required by law in the case of ballot
for the general election, except thai
the number of ballots to be furnish
ed to each precinct, for each politica
party, shall be one and one-half time:
the number of votes cast in that pre-
cinct for the candidate for congress.
of such political party in the last pre-
ceding election.
The Judges and the Ballots.
: The selection of judges of the pri
mary is provided for by amending sec
tion 1860 of the political code, so tina
: the county commissioners shall, at thu
regular session preceding any Sep
tember primary, appoint five judges o
: election for each precinct in which
there were one hundred or more reg
. istered voters at the last registration
E and three judges for each precinct il
5 which the registration was less thai
: one hundred. These judges shall &C
3 at the primary and at the election
: preliminary to which the primary i
e held.
a The polls at the primaries are +
1 be open as follows: In cities. from
: noon till nine o'clock d. M; in al