Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1906-09-13
WORKING OF
PRIMARY LAW.

Because of the primaries coming N
September and through widespread
Ignorance of the primary laws which
Ignorance is likely to land the voter
In all sorts of trouble, the following
synopsis of the primary law is pre-
sented. Democratic voters should in
sert the word Democratic wherever
the word Republican" appears.
Time-September %, between 1 n
m. and 8 p. III.
Flace-The place in each election
district at which voters are regis.
tered.
Following are the rulers for voters
to observe who desire to vote on pri.
mary day:
l. He must be a male citizen 21
years old, not disqualified by reason
OF conviction Of crime, residing in the
election district in which he offers to
vote, who will have resided in the
State one year and IN this county five
months at the time of the general
election in November.
2. His name must appear on the
registration list of his election district
before he can vote at primaries.
A. II he lives in Camden or any
other city with other 3o.O popula.
tion:
l. He must either register in person
on September 20, between the hours
OF p. m. and 9 p. M. that being the
registration day until after the pri-
mries; or.
2. He may be registered on Septem.
Der 20 by making written affidavit
that he is entitled to vote in that dis
trict. A separate affidavit is required
for each person so registered. signed
by the person making the affidavit.
B. If he does not live in Camden,
or some other city with over 80, 600
population, he cannot register on Sep.
tember 25 just before he votes at the
primary, as heretofore.
1. He may be registered Eby the
house to- house canvass made by his
local board of registry. This canvass
is made now.
2. He may appear in person before
the board of registry on September II
between the hours of p. m. and p.
m., that being the last chance for
him to register for the primaries.
= 3. His name may be ADDED to the
lists on September IL on the affidavit
in writing of some voter in the elec-
tion district that he is a legal voter
therein. This must be signed and
each affidavit must be separate.
A To vote at the Republican pri-
mary he must be member of the Re.
publican party.
If challenged, he must swear that
he is member of the Republican
party, and, unless voting for the first
time, he must swear that at the last
election for members of the Assembly
at which he voted he voted for ma
jority OF the candidates whose names
were printed upon the Republican
ticket, and that he intends to support
the candidates of the Republican
party at the ensuing election.
Ward and township officers are nom-
mated by direct vote. All officers
voted upon by the voters OF more than
one township or ward are nominated
by conventions.
All public officers who are voted
upon at the general elections by the
residents of more than one ward or
township are nominated by conven-
tions. The number of delegates to
which each election district is entitled
to have at the nominating convention
is announced on the first day of July
by the chairman OF the county COM
mittee.
All public officers who are voted
upon at the general election by the
voters Of a single ward or township
are nominated on September 25 by
the direct vote of the voters of that
ward or township without the inter-
vention of delegates or conventions.
In preparing the petitions this year
there must be ten signers from each
election district. This is a radical
change from last years law. which
only required ten signers from each
ward or township. The signers must
be qualified voters CT the election dis
trict, Extreme care must be exercised
in this, because, if a voter signs a
petition who lives in another district,
although he may be from the same
ward, it invalids the whole petition.
Also in the election of delegates to
nominating conventions the delegates
are elected by districts, instead of by
wards, as they were last year. In or.
der to elect the entireIdeIegation from
any ward tc nominating convention
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