Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-23
ould be Thoroughly Under
stood by the Voters Of
State-ls Printed
in Full
10 SUMMARY OF
BILL WOULD SUFFICE
9ord for Word as 1t Appears
son the Statute Books,
the Act is Printed
on This Page

VA AiS aSS
The following is a complete draft
sf the new primary law of the state
Iowa. No law should be better I'M
serstood In all Its details by the cit.
zsnshtp of Iowa than the primary
ayH, and no summary of this law will
2ee sufficient for the desired full under
landing.
For this reason the law in it's entir-
ETY. Is printed SO that the readers of
le Courier may have every provision
the law before them complete
The law as 1t stands on the statute
Z ooks of Iowa reads as follows:
,S An act providing for the nomina.
s Ion by political parties, or organiza-
Ions, Of candidates for various offices,
IL md the election Of delegates to con
81 entions Of said political parties or
organization and the election of party
committeeman. by a primary election,
q and for the holding Of conventions by
Il A;ueh political parties or organizations,
providing penalties for the violations
eheFeof, and repeating chapter forty
Y f4dl, laws Of the Thirtieth General
Assembly and chapters forty-fve (45)
gand forty-six l4s1, laws Of the Thirty.
FIRST General Assembly, relating to
primary elections. Traditional to
Title Six CO. Of the Code.)
n Be it enacted by the General AS
A1embly OF the state Of Iowa:
$ Section /. Primary elections author.
s. zed-ofices affected. That from and
latter the passage of this act the can
II didates Of political parties for all
offices which under the law are filled
4 by the direct vote Of the voters of this
state at the general election in Nov
samber Except candidates for the Of
ace Of Judge Of the supreme court.
Jlistrict and superior courts), for the
office or enator In the congress Of the
limited States, and for the office of
Ielector OF the president and vice-pres-
Eident of the Quilted States, shall be
( nominated by a primary election, and
delegates to the county conventions
[ of said political parties or organiza-
lions and party county committeeman
shall De elected at said primary
election, at the times and In the man
ner hereinafter provided. The pro,
I visions Of chapters three (3) and four
az, title six (6), and chapter eight
1S), title twenty-four (24), of the code,
shall apply so far as applicable to all
!, such primary, elections, the same as
general elections, except as herein
after provided. The votes upon can
ldidates for the Office Of senator in the
congress of the United States shall be
for the sole purpose of ascertaining
the sentiment of the voters in the re.
spective parties.
Sec. 2. Primary election defined.
The term primary election as used
IN this act shall be construed to apply
Ito an election by the members of var
}tous political parties for the purpose
sof placing in nomination candidates
for public Office, for selecting dele.
lgates to convention, and for the Sc
lection Of party committeeman.
Sec. 8. Political party defined. The
title political party" shall mean a
party which, at the last preceding gen
Aral election, cast for It's candidate for
governor at least two per centum OF
THE total vote cast at said election,
provided that such other political or
Plantations as may. under section 1898
and 1893 of the Code nominate and
certify candidates and have their
names placed upon the ballot for the
November election, shall have the right
90 to do In the manner and under the
conditions therein prescribed.
Sec. 4. When held. The primary
Aelection herein provided for shall con
)sist OF an election by all political par.
1ties and shall be held at the usual yot-
Wing places Of the several precincts on
the first Tuesday after the first Mon.
day In June, in the year nineteen hun
J dred eight, and biennia1ly thereafter.
for the nominations OF candidates for
such offices as are to be filled at the
general election In November next en-.
suing, Except candidates for the Of
f1ce OF Judge of the supreme. district
and superior courtsl, for senator in
the congress of the United States in
the next year, preceding the filing of
that Office by the general assembly,
and for the electors of the president
and yice-ppesident of the United
States, in the year in which presi.
dent and vice-president are to be elect
ed.
Sec. Is. Judges and clerks-how Sc
lected- oath-expenses The, Judges
and clerks OF all primary elections nm
der this act shall be made up and
selected and appointed in the same
manner as for the general election
held in November and they shall take
the same oath and the judges are here
by authorized to administer oaths as
hereinafter provided. Vacancies shall
be filled as provided for the judges
and clerks of the general election,
and their compensation shall be the
same. The expenses of said primary
election shall be paid ene-half by the
county in which the said primary
election Is held, and one-half by the
state, The board of supervisors OF
each county shall audit the entire ex-
penss and certify to ths executive