Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-23

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council, which shall thereupon order a
warrant for one-half the amount to be
delivered to the county, which shall
thereupon pay the entire amount.
Sec. g. Australian ballot-poll
open ballots. The Australian ballot
system as now used in this state. ex-
cept as hereinafter provided. shall be
used at said primary election in all
precincts The voter shall in all cases
mark the ballot in the square before
the name of each person for whom ha
| desires to vote In cities where reg.
istration is required by law, the pals
shall be open from a. m. to 8 p. M,
and in all other precincts from p M.
to 8 p. IN. The elector voting at said
primary election shall be allowed to
vote for candidates for, nomination on
the ticket Of only one political party,
| and that shall be the party with which
he Is registered as affiliated. The en-
dorsement of the judges of election
and the fac smile of the auditors sig
nature shall appear upon the ballots
as provided by law for the ballots used
for the November election The voter
shall return the ballot folded to one of
the judges OF election who shall de-
| post it in the ballot box. II any prim.
Larry elector write upon his ticket the
name Of any person who is a candidate
for the same Office upon some other
| party ticket than that upon which his
name shall be SO written, such ballot
shall be SO counted for such person
, only as a candidate of the party upon
whose ballot his name is written, and
| hhall In no case be counted for such
person as candidate upon any other
ticket. In case the person is nomipat-
ed upon more than one ticket he shall
forthwith file with the proper officer a
written declaration indicating the
party designation under which his
name is to be printed on the official
ballot for the general election follow.
ing such primary election.
| Sec, Z First declaration of party
afi1iation-record. At the primary
election to be held in June In the year
nineteen hundred eight any person
shall be entitled to participate there
In who il a qualified elector In such
precinct at the time Of said primary
election, and when the voter seeks to
pass the guard rail he shall indicate
the party ballot he desires and one t.f
the Judges Of the primary election
board shall give him such primary bal
lot, (unless challenged and II SO
challenged. then only In the event
that the challenge is determined In
favor Of the voter,) and such person
shall thereupon be allowed to vote
| The voters selection shall constitute
his declaration Of party aff1iation, ana
1t shall be the duty Of the primary
election board to record his name and
check his declaration Of party afflia-
ton on the poll books used by the
clerks OF the primary election board,
and said list properly certified to by
said primary election board shall be
returned to the oonuty auditor for per-
servation: Copies Of the names and
party entries on such list together with
the changes OF party afi1liation az here
matter. provided, arranged alphabet
oally by surnames, shall be used at
subsequent primaries for determining
with what party the voter has been en-
rolled, and no voter enrolled under the
provisions Of tEis act shall be allowed
to receive the ballot of any political
party except that with which he Is en-
rolled, but he may change his enroll
ment as hereinafter provided. The
county auditor shall prepare for each
voting precinct two of the above men
toned lists duly certified by him, and
taken from the poll books of the last
preceding primary election, which he
shall deliver to the succeeding primary
election boards in the year nineteen
hundred ten and biennially thereafter,
at least one day prior to the day of
4 the primary election, and which list
together with the poll books Of the
primary election shall be returned to
the said auditor in good condition
within tWentyfour hours after the
primary election, to be preserved by
him.
| Sec. 8. Change of afiliatfon- first
voter removal Any person who has
thus declared his party utilization
shall thereafter be listed on the poll
books as q member of that political
party, and such person while resi-
dent Of the same voting precinct need
not declare his party af1liation at
succeeding primary elections unless
he desires to change his party affilia-
| ton. Any elector. who having de-
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change the same, may, not. less than
ten days prior to the date of any
| primary election, file a written de-
claration with the county auditor
stating his change of party affiliation
and the auditor shall enter record
of such change on the poll books Of
the last preceding primary election in
the proper column opposite the yot-
| er's name and on the voting list. Any
elector whose party utilization has for
any reason not been registered or
any elector who has changed his resi-
dence to another precinct, or first
voter or citizen of this state casting
his first vote In tnis state shall be
entitled to vote at any subsequent
| primary election in~the same manner
4 and upon the same terms as provided
in section seven ca of this act, and
the clerks of the primary election
shall record his party affiliation and
the county auditor shall odd his name
to the alphabetical lists for use in
subsequent primary elections as pro-
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