Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-21
PRIMARY
ELECTION
RETURNS
Will Be Made by the County
Clerk Within Three
Days

Section 20. On the third Monday af
ter the close of any primary nominal.
ing election, or sooner if all the returns
be received, the county clerk. taking
to his assistance two justices of the
peace of the county, of different polite.
parties, if practicable. shall proceed to
open said returns and make abstracts
of the votes Such abstracts of votes
for nominations for governor and for
senator in congress shall be on one sep.
arate sheet for each political party aud
shall be Immediately transmitted to the
secretary of state in like manner as
other election returns are transmitted
to him. Such abstract of votes for
nominations of each party for secre.
tary of state, state printer, state
treasurer, justice of the supreme court,
members of congress, judges of the
circuit court, district attorneys and
members of the legislative assembly.
who are to be nominated from district
composed of more than one county
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shall be on one sheet separately for
each political party, and shall be forth.
with transmitted to the secretary of
state. The abstract of votes for coun.
ty and precinct Offices shall be on an.
other sheet separately for each polite.
al party; and it shall be the duty of
the said clerk Immediately to certify
the nomination for each party and en-.
ter upon his register of nominations the
name of each of the persons having the
highest number of votes for nomination
as candidates for members of the legis.
lative assembly, county and precinct
officers, respectively, and to notify by
mail each person who is so nominated;
provided, that when a tie shall exist be.
tween two or more persons for the same
nomination by reason Of said two or
more persons heving an equal and the
highest number Of votes for nomina,
tion by one party to one and the same
office, the clerk, whose duty it is to
compare the polls shall give notice to
the several persons so having the
highest and equal number of votes to
attend at the office of the county clerk
at time to be appointed by said clerk,
who shall then and there proceed pub.
licly to decide by lot which Of the per.
sons so having an equal number of
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his party; and said clerk shall forth.
with enter upon his register of nomina.
tions the name Of the person thus duly
nominated in like manner, as though
he had received the highest number of
the votes of his party for that nomi.
nation. And it shall be the duty of
the county clerk of every county, on
the receipt of the returns Of any gen.
eral primary nominating election, TO
make out his certificate, stating there
in the compensation to which the |
judges and clerks of election may be |
entitled for their services, and lay the
same before the county court at its
net term, and the said court shall or.
der the compensation aforesaid to be
paid out of the county treasury. In
all primary nominating elections in
this state under the provisions of this
law the person having the highest
number Of votes for nomination TO any
Office shall be deemed to have been
nominated by his political party for
that office.
Section 33. If any judge or clerk
of a primary nominating election or
other officers or persons on whom any
duty is enjoined by this law. shall be
guilty of any wilful neglect of such
duty, or Of any corrupt conduct in the
discharge Of the same, such judge,
clerk, officer or other person, upon con
vietion thereof, shall be punished by
in the penitentiary not
less than one year nor more than FIVE
years, or by Imprisonment in the eoun'
ty Jail not hess than three months nor
more than one year, or by fine not less
than one hundred nor more than i've
hundred dollars
Section "a. Any person wishing 10
contest the nomination Of any other
person to any state. county. district.
township, precinct OF municipal Of Il
fee, may give notice in writing to the
persons whose nomination he intends
to contest that his nomination viii be +
contested, stating the cause Of such
contest briefly, within FIVE days from
the time said person shall claim 10 Z
have been nominated. z
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