Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-05
NEW PRIMARY ELECTION LAW
Full Text Of the Bin as it Was Passed
By Legislature
PROVISIONS FOR NOMINEES AND PLATFORM
Candidates 20 he chosen by Parties
and Votes in All Instances 60
Ne After Declaration
of AmliatiOn.

braska:
A bin for an act entitled. IAN act TO
provide for primary elections and to regu-
ton Of certain candidates for certain
oflces at such primary election, 10 pIo-
vide for the election OF state ana county
committees OF the several political parties
70 permit electors to express their cholCe
for United States senator and upon pro
vide penalties for the violations OF the
provisions OF this aeti 70 amend se s lSsl
braskR for 1903, and to. repeal said orisin ina
section, and to repeal sections ollA PIP
ss S5 S55S s s ss52 s $685. $685. $50 $50 S S2
57s7, sos $40. 5T7l, 5T72, 577s, bll4, $40 800
OF Cobbey's Annotated Statutes Of Ne
braska; 4S1l al to SSH hi, Cobbeys supple
ment for the year 1895, as the same now
exists, and all acts or parts OF acts in
Section III !. psnnition ana COnstruotion
The words and phrases In this act snail
unless the same be inconsistent with the
context, be construed as follows:
/. The word primary the primary cleo
ton provided for by this act. ., .,.,,
election, as distinguished from primary
). The words November election" the
general election held In November
4 The word precinct" district estab.
Mshed by law within which all qualified
5. me word "district." a subdivision Of
the state or a county or city or village In
which all the electors are entitled TO
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more candidates for Office, to be elected by
votes OF electors In such subdivision ex-
Thia statute shall be literally construed
30 that the real will OF the electors may not
be defeated by an informallty or failure to
comply with all provisions OF law in respect
to either the giving of any notice or the
conducung OF the primary or certifying the
section 4, Candidates, Vow Nominated
Hereafter all candidates for elective offices,
except those exempted from the provisions
1. BY primary held in accordance with
q BY nomination papers signed and nled
as provided by statute.
s This act shall not apply to special cleo
tions to Nil yacancies NOR to municipal cleo
ulRuons, villages, township and school
district officers, nor TO members OF scnool
Section "a That Section 576s Of Cohbey's
Annotated Statutes Of Nebraska for 1893
be amended to read as follows; Section
BI69. Candidates for public office may be
nominated otherwise than by convention,
committee or primary meeting. in the fol-
containing the name Of the candidate for
the once to be filled stating the name,
residence, business and postofhce address
OF the candidate, shall be signed by electors
residing In the district or political division
in which the officers to be elected and hled
with tho clerk OF the village, city or
county or with the secretary Of state, as
the case may be. The number OF sigma
nomination Is for an ONCE to be filled by
the electors OF an entire state, and not less
than 800 when the nomination is for an
ofAce to be filled by the electors Of the
city. county OF other Sivis. sst less t1 ian
Nomination NOE Is for ie an Once mtg y be MED
by the electors OF a township, precinct or
ward, provided. that the number OF sig;
Ree q the Total humber Of voters
when the nomination is for an office to be
township. precinct village or ward, and
that the signatures need not all be ap-
Candidates Nominated under the provisions
OF this section shall be termed Candidates
by Petition and upon the ballot ct, upon on
printed after such names the words BY Pc
tition.' Each eleotor signing q certificate
business, his residence and address. Ger
tiAoatss of nomination for all county. dis
trtot or precinct Offices, including members
Of both branches OF the legislature, shall
Be 6led with the county clerk OF the re-
spsStVe oountes wherein me oIlSgIs AT, ~
districts from which such candidate Is to
be elected embraces more than one county,
1ied with the county clerk OF each county
Included in such district. Certificates for
s s6s sR bS sd WE Ghe the county oeT
Of each county embraced IN such judicial
GiopS oces sSaiI be iSd With the sOT NUM- mi
cipal clerk Of such municipal corporation
wherein the oaieeEs are to be elected T Ina
utes of Nebraska as heretofore existing
be and the same is hereby repealed
zSid--i. There shall be primary cleo,
ton held at the regular Rolling place II
teniber 1904, and annually thereafter OF
the first Tuesday In September, for th'
nomination OF all candidates. except thos'
20 bs Voted rG 9or AZ TIE NoVember eisetn
and United States senator, and said da!
shaii be the first day for the registration
Of voters in All cities where registration d
. Any primary other than that provide,
for above shall be held on Tuesday, fou
weeks before TIA elections. except IN cite
OF the metropolitan class and cities OF tn
wherein il shall Be- held on Tuesday. nv
weeks before che St, Gay Of the SlsStsS
the holding OF any September primary tn
governor shall issue his proclamation desig
vote of all the electors of the state or b.
those Of any congressional, legislative Q
thereof by mail 20 the county clerk Of eacI
county.
clerk shall. within ten Q0) days thereafter
make and publish a notice OF such primar-
in manner and form substantially as nov
election, ana ali persons to whom sal
notices may be by said county clerk de
livered, shall post and publish the same Il
the same manner as the notices for genera
In case Of city elections the city clerl
shall post such notices at the regular pol
ling place IN each precinct, such posting {
be not more than twenty (2O and not les
than ten u0) days before such primar
section 5. /. Nomination Papers-Ho,
Prepared and Signed. The name OF n
candidate shall be printed upon an oficia
primary ballot unless at least thirty go
days prior to such primary, either he o
twenty-five qualified electors OF the part
with which said candidate aflliates shal
have hled a written application with IN
proper authority IN substantially the fol
lowing form: I Tor WEI. the undersigned
qualified eleotor (or qualified electors) o
........ precinct Cor wardl OF. ....... count
Cor ethyl IN the state Of Nebraska, anil
atlng with the ........ party and residin
at ....... hereby request that my Cor tn
name OF ,.......) name be placed upon tn
ofioiai primary ballot OF the said part
Cor the primary election to be held on tn
go. day OF $3.50. In ........ as eand
date for the ofiioe OF ........ and / pledg
myself to abide by the results OF said pr
mary election and qualify II elected.
case a nOmination shall be made by electoT
other than the candidate. said nOmine
shall within Ave days after the date sal
certihcate shall - filed with the ofiicel
flo Abatement IN writing duly veride
under oath stating that he afhliates wit
heaIth-