Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-04-05

Second District ........ 3 90
Third District 90
Fourth District .e....... y ; 800
Fifth District ......,. 4 SO
Candidates for delegate to the state
conventions must obtain on their petit
ton ten per cent OF the vote Of their
party for governor at the last election.
No fee is required of delegates. The
names of as many persons as there are
delegates of q party to be chosen may
appear in one petition.
No person must sign petition for
more than one aspirant for the same
office. But where there are two or
more offices of the same class, such as
justices. cOnstables. ETC.. he may sign
as many petitions for aspirants as
there are offices i'm that class. In
other words. he may sign four different
petitions tor candidates for justice or
constable
Until the republican and democratic
state committees make the apportion-
ment of delegates from the various
counties to the state conventions. it
will not be known how many delegates
are to he chosen. But the number Of
delegates for each county must be
certified to the county auditor of each
county, by the chairman OF the two
state committees, previous to the first
of May.
\ voter may use IA sticker or write
in name Of any one whose name is
not printed ON the ballot
Ii IA voter Of one party votes for q
candidate whose name appears on the
ticket of the other party, he virtually
throws away his vote, as such vote
will not be added To the votes
for the same person taken from the
ballot box Of the party on whose ticket
the candidates name is printed. For
instance, John Doe is running for
sheriff ON the democratic ticket:
Richard Roe for the same office ON the
republican ticket. A republican wants
TO vote for John Doe. II he does so.
his vote will not be added to those
cast for John Doe in the democratic
box, and vice versa
Ii a candidate on one ticket should
receive the most votes not only on his
own ticket. but on the other party
ticket. he would he the nominee of
both parties. But. as he could have
his name in but one column on the
regular ticket at the November cleo
ton. he would have to choose the col
umn in which his name would appear
1t Will thus he seen that should the
unlikely event happen of candidate
receiving "a majority of the vote on
the opposite ticket, it simply means
that the opposition party has Endorsed
him and desires the place left blank
on their ticket. But. even then, UNI
der the provision of law which allows
county central committee to till va.
cancies caused .by resignation, death
or otherwise, = it is likely the county
central committee OF the party would
have the right to name another per-
son for place on their ticket.
1t will thus he seen that the candi-
dates of an entire party may dodge
the fees required of candidates by
failing 70 circulate petitions. thus
having no ticket in the field at the
primary, and then have the party CEN
trail committee till the vacancies Of
the entire ticket by appointment.
But at that stage Of the game it is
likely that the tax-paying voters and
all voters are taxpayers in these parts
would have something to say about
the matter. as every candidate who
failed To put up his fee and then ran
for office against IA man who had paid
his fee would put the entire amount
of such lost fee upon the taxpayers.
In other words, such scheme would
enable the candidates of an entire
party to run for office at the expense
OF the taxpayers: FOR it should he
borne in mind that the fees provided
10y law are for the purpose of making
the men who want to run for office
stand good share Of the cost Of hold
ing the election. 1t is not likely that
a confidence game of that kind would
win out in the case of "A single candi
date. 1t is reasonable to suppose that
the voters would believe that any
man who wanted to tlke part in the
political dance should help to pay The
fiddler.
In preparing hi, ballot the voter
will. OF course, have the right tn vote
for only us many Of those OH his ticket
as there are offices tn he filled. Thus
| II there were several names on TIN
ticket for auditor or treasurer, bu
one could be voted for. But, as foul
\ justices or constableS are to he elected
the voter may vote for four names OF
his ticket in each OF these groups.
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