The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-02-21
Uniform Primary
Law
Of Missouri
Be it enacted by the General Assembly
Of the State of Missouri, as follows:

by a 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 a 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. 1908, and biennially thereafter,
for the nomination of all candidates
to be voted for at the next November
election.
Sec. 8. 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 a notice, in writing, designating
the offices for which candidates are
to be nominated at such primary.
Sec. 4. Upcn 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, onc each week, for six con-
secutive weeks, in at least two, and
not to exceed four, newspapers of gen
eral circulation, published in said
county.
Sec. 5. The name of no candidate
shall be printed upon an official bal
lot used at any primary unless at
least sixty days prior to such primary
a nomination paper shall have been
filed in his behalf, as provided in this
act, in substantially the following
form:
Form of Petition Required.
I, the undersigned a qualified cleo
tor of the (.... precinct of the town
of ......), or 1.-THE ...... precinct of
the ...... ward of the city of ......),
county of ...... and state CT Missouri,
and a member of the ...... party,
hereby nominate ...., who resides (at
No. ...., on ...... street, city Of
......), or Tin the town of ......),
in the county of ......, as a candidate
for the office of (here specify the Of
fice) ......, to be voted for at the
primary, to be held on the first Tues
day of August, 1908, as representing
the principles of said party, and l
further declare that l intend to sup
port the candidate named herein.
In cities.
Name of signer. 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 a candi-
date. shall be accepted and filed by
the proper official in lieu of ali other
nomination paper as required in this
act. Said declaration to be filed in
the same time and manne as is pro-
vided for the filing of other nomina-
ton papers in this act"
Exceptions Worth Noting.
Sec. 6. All nomination papers, lex
cept for county Offices" shall have
substantially the above form written
or printed at the top thereof. NJ
signatures shall be counted unless
they be upon sheets, each having such
form written or printed at the top
thereof.
Sec. 7. Each signer of a 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; he shall add his
residence, with the street and mum
Der, if any, and the date of signing.
Sec. s. For all nominations, except
state officers, all signers of each sepa-
rate nomination paper shall reside in
the same preciAct. For state officers,
all signers on each separate nomina-
tion paper shall reside in the same
county. The affidavit of a 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, a(s) 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
are stated therein, and that each
sisner signed the same on the date
stated opposite his name, and that he.
the afiant, intends to support the can
didate 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, IL nominated and elected.
Sec. 8. Such nomination papers
shall be signed: (a) If for a state Of
voters of the party of such candidate.
in at least each of six counties In
the state, and in the aggregate not
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