The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-09-04
PRIMARY
LAW is EX-
PLANNED
SYNOPSIS is GIVEN TO
TEACH VOTERS.
FEATURES OF NOMINATION LAW
MADE PLAIN TO VOTERS IN
SHORT ARTICLE,

A synopsis of the primary law of
the state of Washington follows:
The voter may call for any party
ballot which he desires. If challenged,
he shall declare, under oath of affirm
alton, that he intends to affiliate with
such party at the ensuing election and
intends generally to support it's can
didates. This does not pledge the
voter to support all of the nominees
or any particular nominee. but it is an
affirmation of his general political be-
lief
Immediately opposite the names of
all candidates for state Offices and for
congress are two perpendicular rows
in brackets; the left one is for first
choice and the right one for second
choice. In all cases where there are
four or more candidates for nominal
ton of one party for state Office or
for congress the voter must indicate
his preference for first and second
choice; the ballot itself indicates, in
each case, whether it is necessary to
make second choice vote. The Sec
Ond choice provision does not apply
to county Offices and does not apply
to the judiciary. Where there is a
second choice provision the voter must
vote for both first and second choice;
otherwise his ballot will not be
counted for that particular Office. The
voter cannot vote for the same person
for both first and second choice.
Forty Per Cent dominates.
Should any candidate have 40 per
cent or more of the first choice votes
he is thereby made the nominee of the
party; and if no one receives 40 per
cent then the first choice and second
choice votes received by each candi-
date shall be added and the candidate
having the highest total shall be the
nominee. Unless some candidate re-
ceives 40 per cent a second choice is
of as much value as first choice vote.
Whenever the ballot contains the
words vote for two" or some other
number greater than one it means that
the number of persons designated by
the number are to be elected to that
office, and the voter should mark a
cross after as many names as are des-
ignated by the number and no more
(The law prohibits voting for more
candidates for an Office than are to be
elected at the election following the
primary. Sec. 12)
Must Register to Vote.
The primary law (Sec. 12) provides
that every qualified person properly
registered as a voter in the election
precinct where he will be entitled tC
vote at the following election is en-
titled to vote at the primary cleo
ton.
To be a qualified voter under the
constitution (Sec. 1881 one must be q
native born or naturalized citizen OIL
the United States; shall have resided
in the state one year, in the county
ninety 900 days and in the election
precinct thirty (30) days Immediately
preceding the election.
The voter must be registered before
the day of the primary election. Tt
be registered he must have lived IN the
state II months and 10 days, in the
county 70 days and in the election pre-
cinct 10 days.
You can not register on primary
election day, and unless you are reg
istered before that day you can no
vote.
The primary election will be hel(
September s, 1908, and the polls viii
be open from II a. m. until 8 p. M, ant
if any voters are present when thu
time for closing the polls arrive VIII.
have not been able to vote since ap
pearing at the polling place the poll
shall be kept open reasonably lon'
enough after the hour to allow thos'
so present to vote, but one not presen
when the hour for closing arrives cal
not vote although he arrives at tn
polling place before the polls are act
ually closed.
Judiciary Nonpartisan.
The primary law provides for tn
nomination of nonpartiSan candidate
for supreme court and superior cour
judges by requiring all the names Q
all the candidates for those offices t
be printed at the bottom of each itch
ct under the caption ''Nonpartisan il
dietary" Each voter voting at the pr
mary election has the right, therefore
to have voice in the nomination 9
the judges of supreme and superio
courts irrespective of party affiliation
of the candidates.
Voting for more than the numbe
stated is prohibited by the primar
law (Sec. 12.)
Name Choice for Senator.
The law provides for the voter
express himself as to his choice fo
United States senator and where cal
didates for the legislature file wit
their declarations of candidacy or non
ination papers pledge to vote for hi
party's candidate for United State
senator who has received the highes