The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-22
COMPLYING WITH new
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW
Act Completely ReVOIutIOlizeS
Plan Of Nominating Candi-
dates for Office

There are being circulated through
out oklahoma hundreds OF petitions
bearing Inducements OF candidates
for office. a necessary formality iu
complying 18th the new primary cleo
tion law. aad they must be lGlde pub
lie record before n candidates name
may go on his partys ticket 1t Is
O feature of the new law that the pc
pie bring ont a candidate in tlis
way rather shan a candidate announce
himself
An enactment by the recent legiala
tura completely revolutlonizedi the
plan of nominating candidates for of
flee by requiring an parties tc5resorl
to primaries to be held on the firsi
Tuesday of August OF each even mum
bered year beginning with 1908. The
primary election this year ocgTs ON
August 4 Before a candidates. namo
is certified for place on the primary
ticket a petition signed by the requ
site number Of legal voters must DE
flied with the election boards moi les
than forty days sriOr to the day upon
which the primary election is TO be
held. Candidates for state offices file
their petitions with the secretary Ci
the state board and for county OF town.
ship offices with Use county beard
The state election board OF three
members has been named by the gov.
.ernor. This board IN turn names the
county b ards. and they designate the
precinct election boards thus The party
Ia power Is given an opportunity ci
controlling the political organization
from top 60 bottom
Only Qualified Voters Accepted.
Petitions announcing a candidate for
office must bear a prescribed form a.
the top Of the sheet al the bottom an
affidavit to be lilled on by the oan-
didate or the person clrculatnT the
petition with spaces between Tho sigma
lures Of the qualified po tcrg "a ed
ditiOn, the candidate nlug make witt
ten application 20 the election beard TO
have his name placed ON tho p1rty
ticket Registration rs required IN cir
i5s of the first class, and only sucA
as are registered viii be recognize
as qualified electors in cities Poltl
.cal chairmen are cautioning candidate
To have All their signers register iol
the primary election, or many OF the.a
VIII not be qualified to sign petitions
Voters are only permitted TO sign no
petition of candidates aspiring for a.
same office. Beside The signer
name. the petition must show his race
or color and place of residence.
The number OF signatures required
to a petition vary as TO the oifiCe
being sought United States senaturs
supreme judges, aud all state OF
ficers require 1000 names; for con
gressnlan or any officer who Is vOtot
upon only ia district, 800; for mem
bers of the house of representative
and the state senate. however, onls
/ 100, county officers. 100, and snbdivis
Ions of Il county 90. Fifteen per cen
of the signatures on a petition OF z
township candidate must be resident.
of the township and for precinct coin
lmilteemen 10 per cent must be res.
dents of the precinct
Campaign Expenses Limited.
There viii bo no more financial har
vests ID Oklahoma campaigns If thl
lnew primary law Is adhered co. Tor /
| limit has been placed upon the amounts
which G andidate may spend ia MAX
ling his preliminary race. The expen
lditures must De accounted for In al
litemized statement filed after thi
election. and for exceeding the limi
the crime rs misdemeanor. Candl
dates ior United States senatcr,and fo