The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-10
PRIMARY BILL.
: BEFORE SENATE
provides for Nominations of
All but School and Village Of
ficiaIS by Direct Vote.
SENATOR'S ARE INCLUDED
voYEHs TO REGISTER FIRST
AND SECOND CHOICE.


=, .uhlc offices in the state except school
"a rilage officials by a direct vote of
,s,pls is contemplated in a cOmp-e-
t-yivs urinary election law introduced in
..nate Yesterday afternoon by Sena-
-. charles R. Hollingsworth of Ogden.
~ feature of the measure is the pro-
,,sion for the designation of party can
ssates for the United States senate
o.ue1,l,,tine practically to the election of
earsfors BY popular vote instead OF by
- legislature. All candidates for the
ssasitie1 shall have their names inscribed
m the party ballot and the voter can
~ his own selection. In addition to
ne everv candidate for the legislative
donations can, if he so desires, have
..ritten after his name on the ballot the
o. that he is pledged to vote If elected
for he DaTty's choice for senator as eN-
,sssd al the polls. Naturally legiS-
k,srs candidate who would refuse to
iesks sijch a pledge would be viewed with
'iisfrust bv the voters and thus an addi-
,Is1aI safeguard Is thrown about the ex-
nression Of the peoples Will
Follows Minnesota Law.
Tn. bill follows closely the Minnesota
Ian which has been more uniformly sue
cegsfuI in its practical application than
anv of the laws in other states. A few
~ the ideas are taken from the Illinois
Law hut the bill now pending before the
IoKa legislature has been drawn on for
uerhapS the most unique and practical
surgestion In Minnesota and other states
nc eandidate securing the largest number
81 votes is declared the party nominee
and often this number falls far short of a
majority thus allowing minority to
make the selection. In order TO Obviate
Iris there is a provision in the Hollings-
worth bill SO that the voter can express
his first and second choice. Thus. if a
candidate fails 10 secure a majority of
the first choices the number of second
choice votes received by each candidate
arc added TO his first choice vote and the
one receiving the largest total is declared
the nominee.
Time of Holding.
The urinary elections shall be held the |
second Tuesday in September at all reglI-
lar polling places. The polls are to be
omen at II O'Clock in the morning and will |
close al S O'Clock in the evening. All vot- |
ers entitled to vote at the general cleo |
lion are given a franchise and the cleo |
fi0n is To be conducted in every manner |
in accordance with the rules and regu- |
lations governing the general election.
Candidates for the various offices must |
file a declaration of intention with the |
secretary Of state when he is running in !
a district comprising more than one coun-
" and with the county clerk when he is |
running in one county This declaration |
must be accompanied by a fee of SO for |
all positions paying a salary up to 81, 600 |
a year and per cent additional of all the |
compensation received in addition TO that |
amount All filings must be made at least |
thirty days before the primaries.
Within twenty days Of the primaries the |
various county clerks are to prepare sepa-
rate ballots for each party containing the |
names Of all candidates that have filed |
These are TO be distributed to the various |
polling places where regularly appointed 1
judges will take charge of them on pri- |
mary DAY.
Must Declare Party.
When the voter goes TO the polling place
he must declare the party with which he
affilaiss and ask for that organization S
ballot Retiring into the booth he will
MARI an Y in the spaces provided. his
first and second choice for each position.
in order to allow this double designation
The ballot will contain two squares op-
posite the names of each candidate the
first labeled First choice" and the sec
end Second choice" BY marking the
sec6Rd choice square the voter indicates
hat the candidate whose name is oppo-
ste & his second choice for that particu-
jar office and similarly when he marks
IN TIE first choice square. Obviously first
and second choice votes cannot be given
he ssme candidate.
As already explained this device comes
non Iowa and perhaps IN order to ex-
ed For instance, Jones, Brown and
smith are rival candidates for the Dem
eefstlc nomination for sheriff. When the
votes are counted il is discovered that
Jones has received 1000 first choice votes,
Brown 10 and Smith 800. Jones, not haV-
ing majority of all the votes cast the
second choice votes must be counted and
ADDED 10 the totals OF the respective can
eaates The count develops that Jones
ms Oily so second choice votes Brown
~ and Smith. LOO. Adding these to the
liA enolee votes II is discovered that
Brown IS nominated. having received a to-
,al Of l,6o to loo for Smith and 1,25O for
ZONES; VI course here a majority does |
lot eject but it would be impossible to
eeyise scheme which would carry the !
l lq out any further and occurrences of |
'his kind would be few.
Scope of Measure.
:, The scope of the bill is defined in sec
"e4 which reads as follows:
thereafter all candidates for elective !
olllceS in the state, either state, county. /
municipal, precinct or congressional shall |
oe nominated at direct primary election: |
reNioeo that this act shall not be held to i
-eiei 70 special elections for filling yacan- /
- LOT uneXpired terms, or TO election TO /
- -, s.. OF any city or town of the third |
yirs sSuIlh class. or any school, dixie or ir-
IN N section 6 the qualifications which a 1
49, - must have to entitle il to a ballot |
1s designated as follows:
- any political organization which at the |
s ssSs preceding general election was repre-
rss -squ On The official ballot by either /
pa 5-.st pdrty candidates or by individual \
,.e-ns only, may have a separate pri- |
d. SECTION ticket if any of its candi- |
rsr -. " individual nominees received 10 Il
nre, - OF the total vote cast at the last i
s,,sss..aS general election in this state or /
-. IL H. al