The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-02-06
NEW PRIMARY ELECTION LAW.
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ranged alphabetically according to

ranged alphabetically according to
surnams for each Office.
[Sect,on IA. This section Simply
provides the form of the ballot, ma
tional state, county and township,
etc. There will be squares placed
bfore the names of each candidate.l
Section Is. Sample ballots. The
county auditor of each county shall
at least fifteen days preceding the
primary election, cause to be printed
sample ballots of each political party
and the words, sample ballot, shall be
printed near the top of each Of such
ballots in large capital letters and
Immediately thereafter shall mail
one of such sample ballots to each
candidate who is entitled to have his
name printed on the official primary
ballot of any party in any precinct
in his county to the postoffice ad-
dress of such candidate as given in
his nomination paper, or affidavit, as
the case may be, filed in the auditors
office, or as certified to him by the
secretary Of state, and one to the
chairman of the county central CON-
mittee, if any, Of each political party
in his county to his usual postoftice
address as known to the auditor, or
as ascertained by him; and such aud
itor shall correct any errors and
omissions brought to his knowledge
prior to the printing of the official
ballots.
Section 16. Supplies. Poll Books.
All necessary election supplies, in
Guiding poll books as provided by
law for the general election, together
with sufficient number Of official
primary ballots of each party, shall
be furnished for the primary cleo
ton board for each precinct by the
county auditor, and such poll books
shall contain blank spaces for the
names of the candidates of the sew
eral parties for the different Offices
to be written in, and blank spaces for
entering by the clerks the names OF
the electors voting at said primary
election; and upon the pages provided
for entering the names of said voters
there shall be ruled space for listing
of the names of said voters and for
the designation of the party ticket
roted by said elector.
1t shall be the duty of the clerks
of primary election when entering
the name of voter to place in the
poll book cross thus (X) in the
column designating the party ticket
which was given to said voter upon
his application for ticket.
[Section II. Provides how the bal
lots shall be counted, which is sim
liar to present law. Also for making
the returns.]
[Section IS. Provides for the re-
counting of the ballots, which may
be done on demand of any candidate
whose name appeared on the ticket,
the demand being made at least one
day before the official canvass is
made by the board of supervisors,
and the finding of the board shall be
final and from their decision there
shall be no equal.]
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Supervisors. Certificates.-On Tues
day next following the primary
election in June, the board of super
visors Shall meet, open, and canvass
the returns from each voting precinct
in the county, and make abstracts
thereof, stating in words written at
length the number of ballots cast in
the county by each political party
separately, for each Office, the name
of each person voted for and the
number Of votes given to each person
for each different Office, and shall sign
and certify thereto and file the same
with the county auditor.
Such canvass and certificate shall
be final as to all candidates for
nomination to any elective county
office or offices of a subdivision of
county; and the candidate or can
didates of each political party for
each Office to be filled by the voters
of any subdivision of a county having
received the highest number of votes
shall be duly and legally nominated
AS the candidate of his party for each
Office to be filled by the voters of a
county having received the highest
number of votes, and not less than
thirty-five per centum of all votes cast
by the party for such Office, shall be
duly and legally nominated as the
candidate of his party for such office;
and each candidate so nominated shall
be entitled to have his name printed
on the official ballot to be voted for