The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-22

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mary election shall Ice - I944a"s tl1
from sunrise until sunset On said -H3
dag Of June. 1906.
That the said Primary Election shall
! Ic held under tho following r44e aHi
equations, to-Hlt.
Isl. said Primary Election ~aal. u.
presided over and conducted - thFf
+ managers at each voting precinct
! within the city Of Raleigh, 10 DC aN-
! pointed bv the chairman OF tie Wake
County Democratic Executive commit
tee within ten days before said md
dav Of June. 1906. said managers. who
SHAH be wen known Democrats foE
their respective precincts. sha! open
the polls promptly at sunrise Oh saIq
day. and shall remain at the polls IN
til the closing thereof at sunset Of
said day.
II any person appointed as a man
ager shall decline to serve. become M
capacitatcd or become a candidate be
fore said rimar the chairman Of
the Democratic Executive COMMITTEE
Of Wake county shall. before the polls
are opened. have power 10 delegate
some qualified Democrat to fill such
position. and if the said chairman
shall fail to make such appointment
then the two remaining managers may
make such appointment, n such aF-I
pointcc shall have the same right aH4
authority as if he had been originally
appointed by said chairman.
md. The Clerk Of the superior
Court of Wake county shall provide z
ballot and such ballot boxes as may be
necessary for each voting precinct. as
hereinafter prescribed, there shall be
one ballot box at each and every pre-
cinct for the reception of ballots for
SOLICITOR, ballots for delegates TO the
county convention and for precinct
executive cOmmittecmen-
3rd. The Clerk Of the Superior court
shall have printed propcr ballots for
the several precincts of the city Of
names of all candidates and persons
to be voted for IA each precinct to
gether with the Offices which they are
to be voted for; said clerk shall care
fully keep in his possession all Of said
ballots. when printed. and shall de-
liver them to the managers in due
time for said primary election, and
no person shall have or be given any
of said ballots until the same be given
10 a voter by one OF the managers at
the time when he enters the polling
place to vote. and only those BALLOTS
which have been prepared and voted
according to the aforesaid statute shall
be counted; Provided that if any voter
shall mark more than one name for
the same office such ballot shall be
thereby vitiated only in respect TO the
office so marked n voted for.
4th. That a majority of all the votes
cast for the candidates for solicitor,
delegates to the county convention, and
precinct executive committeeman sha1!
be necessary to nominate candidates
for said offices; and no person shall
be declared nominated or elected 10
any of said offices or positions unless
the vote received by such person shall
be a majority of all the votes east
for such office or position.
5th. That every candidate for nonina-
ton or election at said primary shall,
within five days before the same, file
with the said Clerk of the Superior
Court a written notice, signed and
dated. stating that he will be a candi-
ate at said primary and for what
office or position.
6th. That should there be any fail
ure of a nomination at the said pri-
mary. for any office or position, there
shall be held a second primary on
Wednesday. June 9Th. 1906, during the
hours above mentioned at which time
only the candidates who received the
two highest votes in the first primary
shall be voted for. /
18th. Every white Democratic cleo
tor shall have the right to register and
vote at his proper polling place, and in
case the vote of q man claiming to be
a Democrat and Offering to vote is
challenged on the ground that he Is
not QudJllle0 an eIeclOf ana Is not i |
Democrat, he shall not be denied the
privilege Of voting eA~cp, by the del
CisiOn of at least two Of the managers;
Provided, that he shall take the fol-
lowing oath: That he is duly qualified
to vote in this primary election &C
COrding to the rules of the Democratic
party; that he has not voted before |
in this primary election and that he
will abide by the result of the pri-
mary.
Sth. At the close of the voting It
shall be the duty of the managers, i'll
the presence of the candidates or their
representatives and any Democrat who
may wish to attend. to proceed at
once to count the ballots and make q
list OF all persons voted for and the
Offices for which they were voted and
the umDe of votes received by each !
INC they shall sign said lists and send
the same Immediately to the chairman
of the County Executive committee.
which list shall be open for inspection
by the public; and they shah likewise
furnish also 4 list of the challenges
allowed ~ disalloWed.
9th. ON the 9Th day Of June, 1906, |
at l. O'Clock, m., the Democratic !
Executive committee Of Wake county
shall meet at Metropolitan Hall in thci
city of Raleigh and ascertain and de
clare the result of the primary election.
10th. The managers shall strictly
guard and keep the ballots at the POLL
ing places and shall not allow any perl
son to take or carry an unused ballot
from the polling place.
18th. 1t shall be the duty Of the
managers of the several precincts, Wh,
are hereby appointed primary ~rcgis-I
trars, to keep a registration or poIling
book, to be provided for the purpose.
III which shall be registered the name.
place of residence of every person vho
Shall offer to vote in said primary:
Provided. that such person offering 10
register and vote, shall be qualified aSl
h~erelnbefOre provided in section tn.
The said registration books shall bel
kept open in the several polling places!
during the hours herein named for thei
holding Of said primary. !
18th. The said shall have
and keep Il poll book for the recording
OF the name of each person voting atI
the primary; and the registration book
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