The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-02-06
NEW PRIMARY ELECTION LAW
Provisions of the Statute Enacted by
the General Assembly of the State
At Last Session.
REGULATING NOMINATIONS
United States Senator, Judges of SUI
preme and District Court and
Presidential Election Excepted.

The Primary Election law adopted
at the last session of the general as
sembly being of great general inter-
est, we are presenting to our readers
the principal features of this new
legislation. We do not produce the
enactment verbatim, but the main
points are published and short
synopsis of the omitted sections
given.
Section /. Primary Elections Au-
thorized. Offices Affected.-That from
and after the passage of this act
the candidates of political parties for
all Offices which under the law are
filed by the direct vote of the voters
of this state at the general election
in November Except candidates for
the offices of the supreme, district
and superior courts), for the Office Of
senator in the Congress of the United
States, and for the Office of elector
of the president and vice-president of
the United States, shall be nominated
by primary election, and delegates
to the county conventions of said
political parties or organizations and
party county committeeman shall be
elected at said primary election, at
the time and in the manner herein
after provided. The provisions of
chapters three (3) and four (4), title
six co., and chapter eight (S), title
twenty-four (24), of the Code, shall
apply so far as applicable to all such
primary elections, except as herein
after provided. The vote upon candi-
dates for the Office of senator in the
congress of the United States shall be
for the sole purpose of ascertaining
the sentiment of the voters in the re-
spective parties.
Section g. Primary Election De-
fned.-The term primary election"
as used in this act shall be construed
10 apply to an election by the men,
beers of various political parties for
the purpose of placing in nomination
candidates for public office, for select
ing delegates to conventions, and for
the selection of party committeeman.
Section 8. Political Party Defined.
The title political party shall
mean party which, at the last pre-
ceding general election, cast for its
candidate for governor at least two
per centum of the total vote cast at
said election, provided that such other
political organizations as may, under
sections 1908 and 1909 of the Code,
nominate and certify candidates and
have their names placed upon the
ballot for the November election,
shall have the right so to do In the
manner and under the conditions
therein prescribed.
Section q. When Held.-The pri-
nary election herein provided for shall
consist of an election by all political
narties and shall be held at the usual
voting places of the several precincts
on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in June, in the year nineteen
hundred eight, and biennlally there
after. for the nomination OF candl-
dates for such offices as are to be
6lled at the general election in No
yenber next ensuing, except candl-
dates for the Office of Judge OF the
sunreme, district and superior COURTS,
for senator in the congress OF the
United States in the next year preced-
ing the filing of that Office by the
general assembly, and for the electors
OF the president and vice-president OF
the United States, in the year IN
which a president and vice-president
are to be elected.
Section 5. Judges and Clerks. How
Selected. Oath. Expenses. ~ The
ridges and clerks of all primary cleo
lions under this act shall be made
up and selected and appointed in the
same manner as for the general cleo
ton held in November, and they shall
take the same oath, and the judges
are hereby authorized to administer
oaths as hereinafter provided. Va
cancies shall be filled as provided for
the Judges and clerks of the general
election, and their compensation shall
be the same. The expenses of said
primary election shall be paid one
half by the county in which the said
primary election is held, and one-half
by the state. The board of super,
visors of each county shall audit the
entire expense and certify the same
10 the executive council, which shall
thereupon order a warrant for one
half the amount to be delivered to the
county, which shall thereupon pay the
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