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school elections. bat may be appliee
10 such elections by a majority vote
of the electors at any regular elee
ton.
Primaries for state aud county
officers Will be held on the second
Tuesday in June. 1908. and every
TWO years thereafter, the polls 10 he
kept open from = a. M. to 5 y. IN.
Separate ballots are to be provided
for the various political parties, ae
two ballots to be OF the same color.
There is a provision that independ-
emf candidates may be grouped un-
del some appropriate motto. prac-
tieally making e party tickets.
Candidates may secure places on the
regular party ballots by circulating
petitions and paying fees varying
with the Importance of the office.
The fee for United States senator or
congressman is $50. For state Off
GERS the fee ranges from $50 to $40.
Delegates to national conventions
shall be elected at special state CON
ventions held on the first TUESDAY
in April, 1908, and q~uadriennalIy
thereafter. Delegates are to be
elected at county conventions held
on the fourth Tuesday in March of
the years in question. Primaries to
elect delegates to the county conven-
ton must be held on the second
Tuesday in March. 1t is provided,
however, that whenever two-thirds
of h county central committees of
the several political parties of any
county at a regularly called meeting
shall decide that there is not sufti-
Gent contest over the selection of
delegates from such county to JUS
tlfy the expense of a county conyen-
ton the county committee shall have
the power to name the delegates to
the state convention to select dele
gates to the national convention.
The law provides that any candi-
date who secures a plurality at the
primary election shall be declared
nominated, provided the vote cast
for him shall equal 80 per cent of
the total vote polled by his party.
If no candidate receives the required
percentage the choice goes to the
county or state convention, which
must make a choice between the can
didates voted for in the primary.
Delegates to the county convention
are voted for on the primary ballot.
Ties are to be decided by lot by the
c~anvassers.
The question of party affliation,
which has proved so troublesome in
other states, has been left by the
south Dakota legislators largely to
the conscience of the voter. A voter
may call for any of the party bal
lots, and it must be given him unless
his right to it is formally challenged.
In case of challenge the voter is re-
quired to make oath that since the
last general election he has been in
good faith a member of his party, a
believer in it's principles as expressed
in the last preceding state and ma
tlonal platforms, and that it is his
intention to support the principles
of the party and the candidates nom
mated at the primary. The chal-
lenged person may be requested to
make written affidavit to this effect,
such affidavit to be preserved with
the poll book. The making of false
is to be punished as per-
jury. The penalty for fraudulent
voting is a line not exceeding 5000,
or a Jail sentence not exceeding six
months.
The name of every voter whose
vote is accepted at a primary cleo
ton is to be entered by the clerks in
poll book and duplicate of the
party in which he processes mem
bership. After the close of the polls
he judges are required to ascertain
he number of name registered in
each party poll book separately.
they are then required to ascertain
low many ballots have been depos-
ted for each political party sepa-
If the number of ballots of
any political party exceeds the num-
Der of anne entered on the party
'oll books, the ballots must be folded
replaced in the box from which
hey were taken. The box must then
'e shaken, and one of the judges.