The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-02-21
Uniform Primary
Law
Of Missouri
Be It enacted by the General Assembly
OF the State OF Missouri, as follows

for elective offices shall be nominated
by primary held in accordance with
this act. This act shall not apply To
special elections. to fill vacancies. nor
to county superintendent of schools,
TO city officers not elected at general
state election, to town, village and
school district officers.
Sec. 2, The primary shall be held
at the regular polling places in each
precinct on the first Tuesday OF Au.
gust, 1909, and biennially thereafter.
for the nomination OF all candidates
10 be voted for at the next November
election.
Sec 3. At least ninety days be.
fore the time OF holding such August
primary the secretary Of state shall
prepare and transmit to each county
clerk notice. in writing, designating
the Offices for which candidates are
to be nominated at such primary
Sec. 4 Upon receipt Of such notice.
such county clerk shall. not less than
ten days thereafter. publish so much
thereof as may be applicable to his
county. once each week. for six con.
sccutye weeks. in at least two, and
not to exceed -four, newspapers OF gen
cral circulation, published in said
county,
Sec. >. The name of no candidate
shall be printed upon an official bal
lot used n any primary unless ~
least sixty days prior to such primary
a nomination paper shall have been
flied in his behalf as provided in this
act. in substantially the following
form;
Form Of Petition Required.
l. the undersigned, a qualified cleo.
Cor Of the CO.. precinct OF the town
OF ....D, or (the ...... precinct OF
the ...... ward of the city OF ......),
county OF ...... and state Of Missouri,
and a member of the ...... party.
hereby nominate ...., who resides iat
No. ...,, on ...... street, city OF
.....D, or lin the town Of ......),
in the county Of ....., as a candidate
for the office OF there specify the Of
ficcl ....... to be voted for at the
primary, 10 be held on the first Tues.
day of August. 1908, as representing
the principles Of said party, and
further declare that ! intend TO sup
port the candidate named herein
In cities.
Name OF signcr st. No. Date signing
............ ...................
..,.,.,..... ...........,.......
.....,.,,........... ....'...''...
provided that for county Offices a
declaration by the candidate. in which
he stated the applicants full name
and residence, the office for which he
proposes as a candidate, and the party
upon whose ticket he Is to be candi-
date shall he accepted and filed by
the proper official in lieu of all other
nomination paper as required in this
act. Said declaration to be filed in
the same time and manner as is pro
vded for the filing of other nOmina
dion papers in this act"
Exceptions Worth Noting.
Sec G All nomination papers, Tex.
cept for county Offices shall have
substantially the above form written
or printed at the top thereof. No
signatures shall be counted unless
they he upon sheets, each having such
form written or printed ut the top
thereof
Sec 7. Each signer Of nomination |
paper shall sign but one such paper
for the same office, and shall declare
that he intends to support the candi- !
date named therein; h. shall add his
residence with the street and mum.
Der, If any, and the date Of signing.
Sec. S. For all nominations, except |
rate nomination paper shall reside In
the same precinct. For state officers, /.
oil slgners on each separate nomina-
ton paper shall reside in the same
county. The affidavit OF qualified |
elector shall be appended to each such |
nomination paper, stating that he is
personally acquainted with all persons
who have signed the same, and that
he knows them to be electors OF that
precinct or county, ats the nomina.
ton papers shall require that he
knows that they signed the same with
full knowledge of the contents there.
of. and that their respective residences
nre stated therein, and that each
s!sncr signed the same on the date |.
stated opposite his name, and that he,
the affant, intends to support the can. !
didatc named therein, Such affidavit
shall not be made by the candidate, |.
but each candidate shall file with his
nomination paper. or papers, a declara.
ton that he will qualify as such Off. |
Ger, If nominated and elected
Sec. 8. Such nomination papers
shall be signed: (a) If for state Of
voters OF the party OF such candidate.
in at least each of six counties In
to