Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1907-12-27

voted for in the primary. Delegates
to the county convention are voted
for by primary ballot. Ties are to be
decided by lot by the canyassers.
The question OF party affiliation,
which has proved SO troublesome In
other states, has been left by the
South Dakota legislature largely to
the voter. A voter may call for any
of the party ballots, and it must be
given him unless his right to it is
formally challenged. In case of chal-
lenge the voter is required to make
oath that since the last general cleo
tion he has been in good faith a men,
Der of the party, a believer In Its
principles as expressed In the last
preceding state and national plat
forms, and that 1t is his intention to
support the principles of the party,
and the candidates nominated at the
| primary. The challenged person may
| be requested to make written affidavit
to this effect, such affidavit to be
preserved with the poll book. The
making of false atfidavits Is to be
punished as perjury. The penalty
for fraudulent voting is fine not ex-
ceeding 800 or Jail sentence not ex-
ceeding six months.
The name of every voter whose
vote is accepted at primary election
is to be entered by the clerks in the
poll book and duplicate of the party
in which he processes membership.
After the close of the polls the judges
are required to ascertain the number
of names registered in each party poll
book separately. They are then re-
quired TO ascertain how many ballots
have been deposited for each political
party separately. If the number of
any political party exceeds the num-
ber of names entered on the party
poll books, the ballots must be folded
and replaced in the box from which
they were taken. The box must then
be shaken, and one OF the judges, be-
ing bindfolded, shall take from the
box and destroy SO many of such bal
lots as shall be equal to the excess.
Primary returns are delivered to
the county auditor, who with the
assistance Of the clerk of courts and
county Judge, shall canvass the re-
turns and make separate tabulated
statements for each political party,
Ishowing the total number of votes
cast in the county for each candidate.
! Within fifteen days after the pri-
mary the county auditor must for
ward to the secretary OF state certi-
| fed abstract OF the vote. The re-
turns from the state are canvassed by
! the same state officers entrusted with
that duty after general elections.
The state canyassing board issues
certificates OF nomination to state and
district candidates The county au-
ditor discharges the same function
with reference TO county officers.
State conventions are to be held on
the second Tuesday In July, 1903, and
biennially thereafter. The state CEN
tral committee is to Tx the hour and
place of holding such conventions and
publish a call in five newspapers al
least sixty days before the date fixed
for the convention.
Contests are to be decided in the
courts.
All primary election days are made
legal holidays, and all provisions OF
the statutes in relation to the hold
ing of elections, the solicitation OF
votes at the polls, the bribing or at
tempted bribing OF voters, the sale OF
Intoxicating liquors in the voting
precinct, the manner of conducting
elections and all kindred subjects ap-
ply to the primary elections in so far
as they are consistent with the same.
AS the law was enacted as an emer-
gency measure the referendum can
not be invoked against 1t. 1t is now
I'm effect and will be given its first
trial next year.