The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-02-06

SSoIoHA as AoW uSeu Ill ILLS Sldle, en-
cept as hereinafter provided, shall be
used al said primary election in all
precincts. The voter shall in all cases
mark the ballot in the square before
the name of each person for whom he
desires to vote. In cities where regis
'tration is required by law, the polls
shall be open from 700 a. m. to 500
p. M, and in all other precincts from
100 p. m. to 500 p. m. The elector
voting at said primary election shall
be allowed to vote for candidates for
nomination on the ticket of only one
political party, and that shall be the
party with which he is registered as
affiliated. The endorsement of the
judges of election and the fac smile
of the auditors signature shall appear
upon the ballots as provided by law
for the ballots used for the November
election The voter shall return the
ballot folded to one of the judges of
election, who shall deposit it in the
ballot box. If any primary elector
write upon his ticket the name of any
person who is candidate for the
same Office upon some other party
ticket than that upon which his name
shall be so written. such ballot shall
be so counted for such person only
as a candidate of the party upon
whose ballot his name is written, and
shall in no case be counted for such
person as candidate upon any other
ticket. In case the person is NOM
mated upon more than one ticket, he
shall forthwith file with the proper
officer a written declaration indicating
the party designation under which his
name is to be printed on the official
ballot for the general election follow
ing such primary election.
Section Z. First Declaration of
Party Affiliation Record-At the pri-
mary election to be held in June, in
the year nineteen hundred eight, any
person shall be entitled to participate
therein who is qualified elector in
such precinct at the time of said pri-
mary election, and when the voter
seeks to pass the guard-rail he shall
indicate the party ballot he desires
and one of the judges of the primary
election board shall give him such
primary ballot, (unless challenged.
and if so challenged, then only in the
event that the challenge is determined
in favor of the voter, and such per-
son shall thereupon be allowed to
vote. The voters selection shall con-
stitute his declaration of party affilia-
ton, and it shall be the duty of the
election board to record his name and
check his declaration Of party affilia-
ton on the poll books used by the
clerks of the primary election board.
and said list properly certified to by
said primary election board shall be
returned to the county auditor for
Copies of the names
and party entries on such list, togeth-
er with the changes of party affilia-
ton as hereinafter provided, arranged
alphabetically by surnames, shall be
used at subsequent primaries for de-
termining with what party the voter
has been enrolled, and no voter en-
rolled under the provisions of this act
shall be allowed to receive the ballot
OF any political party except that with
which he is enrolled, but he may
change his enrolment as hereinafter
provided. The county auditor shall
prepare for each voting precinct two
of the above mentioned lists, duly
certified by him, and taken from the
poll books of the last preceding pri-
mary election, which he shall deliver
to the succeeding primary election
boards in the year ninteen hundred
ten and biennially thereafter, at least
one day prior to the day of the prl-
mary election, and which list togther
with the poll books of the primary
election shall be returned to the said
auditor in good condition within
twenty-four hours after the primary
election, to be preserved by him.
Section g. Change of Affiliation.
First Voter Removal.-Any person
who has thus declared his party affil1-
alton shall thereafter be listed on the
poll books as a member of that polit-
zeal party, and such person while a
resident of the same voting precinct
need not declare his party affiliation
at succeeding primary elections uu-
less he desires to change his party
utilization. Any elector, who, having
declared his party affiliation, desires
to change the same, may, not less
than ten days prior to the date of
any primary election, file a written
declaration with the county auditor