The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-02-05
OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT.


Observation-Disclosures. Party.
Cor nou-parJisJnJ
Mark q Cross 90 en- the Square at the
right of the Name of the person for
whom YOU desire to vote.
TERRITORIAL.
CHare follow the names of the no.
Imineas alphabetically arranged under
@ heading of the office for which they
are candidates. Delegate to- Congressi /
Senate; House of Representatives.
COUNTY.
Names of candidates for county office
and similarly arranged.
C) Official ballots shall an be of the
same colored paper. The names of all
duly nominated candidates shall be ar
ranged alphabetically according to sur
names under the appropriate title of
the respective offices and under the
proper party designation upon the party
ticket or upon the non-partisan ticket
as the case may be. No person shall
be allowed to be a candidate upon
more than one ticket. In case any
person is nominated upon more than
one ticket he shall be required to elect
upon which ballot he desires his name
to be printed. A vote for any person
whose name is not printed ON the official
ballot as herein provided shall not be
counted
Section 10. The balloting shall be
conducted as nearly as may be accord
ing to the manner provided by law for
the conduct of general elections; and
the provisions Of the statutes relating
to the conduct of such elections and to
election frauds and misdemeanors are
hereby made applicable to primaries in
SO far as the same are not inconsistent
with any provision of this act; provided
| that candidates shall not be required
to file any statement of their expenses.
Section II. Each voter, on presenting
| himself at the polling place, shall be
| handed by the Inspectors of SleCtion
one each of the official ballots, folded in
an uniform manner so that the con-
! tents thereof shall be concealed. The
voter shall proceed into one Of the
compartments provided for the purpose
| and therein mark one of the ballots
| He shall then refold the ballots i'm the
! same folds as they were in when hand
ed to him and return them to the ms
! pectors. The marked ballot shall inn
mediately be placed in the ballot box
provided for the purpose and the re-
naming ballots shall then be place in
! separate box marked and designated
as the blank ballot box. Immediately
after the canvass the inspectors shall
without examination, destroy the bal
lots deposited in the blank ballot box.
Section 12.-Vacancies occurring after
the holding of any primary, by reason
of the death or withdrawal Of any party
candidate, shall be filled by substitute
to be nominated by the party of which
the candidate so dying or Withdrawing
was a member acting through a COM
mittee duly authorized for the purpose.
And such substitute so named shall in
all respects be deemed to have been
nominated by and at the primary, pro-
vided however that such substitute
candidate shall not have been at the
last primary a candidate of any party
other than the one nominating him as
such substitute candidate.
Section 10. No person shall be en-
titled to vote at any primary, unless
he be a qualified elector of the precinct
in which he offers to vote. The voting
list in each precinct shall be that used
Section IA. The primary shall be con-
Quoted and the votes canvassed by the
inspectors of Election appointed under
the law relating to elections. They
shall make a full and accurate return
of the votes cast for each candidate for
Delegate to Congress, Senator and Re
preventative, and transmit the same
to the Secretary of the Territory. They
shall also make a full and accurate re-
turn of the votes cast for each candi-
date for county Office and transmit the
same to the county clerk, The candi-
date for each Office on each party ticket
receiving the highest number of votes
shall be declared to be the party's no.
minee for such Office and be entitled to
have his name printed on the official
ballot as a candidate for such Office
at the succeeding election. Each
non-partisan candidate who shall have
? received not less than twenty per cent
of the votes east for the office for which
he sought nomination shall also be de-
clared to be a duly nominated candi-
date for such office and as such en-
titled to have'his name printed on the
official ballot at the succeeding cleo
ton.
Section 15 In case Of a tie vote be-
tween two candidates Of the same party
the Inspectors shall forthwith decide
the same by lot and make due return
thereof as herein provided.
Section 16. % The Secretary Of the
Territory shall, at the expense Of the
Territory, provide the necessary polling
, places and ballot boxes, and the ms
pectors shall be paid by the Territory
= for their services in conducting the
) primary the same rate of compensation
as provided by law in case Of an cleo
} ton.
I (2) The cost Of printing and adver-
: Using, and all other incidental eX-
penses in connection with the holding
4 Of the primary shall be borne by the
( respective counties.
= Section II, All laws and parts of law
s inconsistent with the provisions Of this
i act are hereby repealed.