The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-08
Resvla tions Governing the
Democratic Primaries 10 be
Held in Quay Co. N. NJ.

tfal Committee, July ASH 1908.
1. The election shall hc held
at convenient polling places, des
ignated bv the county Central Com
mittcc in each precinct in county,
hy two Judges appointed by the
committee. The Judges so ap.
pointed shall select two corfpetett
persons to act as clerks; and ludp,
and n clerk shall instruct any
voter who NAV require distractions
a to how to mark his ballot
a. The officers OF the election
shall enter in "A poll book the name
OF each person voting.
3. The officers OF the election
shall before opening the polls take
and subscribe an oath to faithfully
discharge their duties as such Of.
%ticers; in event there is no person
authorized to administer oaths con.
venient at the polls, one OF the
Judges shall administer the oath to
the other officers OF election, and
the other Judge shall then admins.
ter the oath TO the Judge swearing
the Others.
4. II a vacancy should occur by
one OF the Judges being absent the
other Judge shall elect n competent
person from those present or as
soon as a comp tent pris)n is pres.
ent to fill such vacancy, and in
event both Judges should be abscn,
then the persons present nav select
two competent persons to act as
Judges, and the persons so select.
I'd shall proceed to hold the cleo.
ton according to the other rcgula.
tons adopted.
5, The Judges and clerks shall
certify the returns to the County
Central Committee and shall deIiv.
or in a sealed envelope to the com.
mittee the returns together with
the ballots cast within three DAYS
from the date OF the election.
8. The County Central Com.
mlttee shall canvass the returns OF
the election in the presence OF a
mass convention OF the DE nocratic
voters OF the county at Tucumcari.
\. NJ, on the 18th day OF Iuly, \.
ID. 1908, and the candidates re-.
ceivlng the highest number OF votes
tor the respective offices shall be
declared to be- the nominees OF said
election, and their names shall be
certified to the Probate Clerk bv
the Chairman and Secretary OF the
said mass convention as IN, nomi.
nees OF the Democratic party.
!. No registration OF voters
shall be required, but all persons
desiring to vote in said election
shall he democrats and shall pledge
themselves TO support the nominees
OF said primary election.
s. All democrats who are resi-.
dents OF the county and who will
be qualified voters at the general
election. in November, 1908, will
be entitled to vote in the primary.
Six months residence in the terri.
tory, ninety days in the county
and thirty days in the precinct are
the requirements Tor a qualified
voter in the general election.
a minor who will he twenty.one
years OF age on or before the date
OF the general election IN Novem.
Der will be- entitled TO vote in the
primary.
y. Any person who does not
know the exact boundary lines OF
his precinct may vote AT the most
convenient polling place to him.,
and any bona hdc voter oi the
county who IS absent from his
usual abode on account OF employ.
ment, or whose residence is most
convenient to che polling place in
an ADJOINING precinct to his own,
or who shall be absent from his
own precinct on election day work.
ing IN the interest OF any candI-
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other than that OF which he is a
resident by first making oath he.
tore the Judge OF election where
he offers TO vote, that he has not
voted at any other place IN said
election, The Judges OF election
shall have authority 10 administer
such oath.
10. No Judge or clerk OF the
election shall electioneer Tor any
candidate about the polling place
on election day, during the hours
between the opening and closing
oil the polls.
IL. All official tickets shall be
on plain white paper and OF the
size provided by statute, and shall
contain the names OF all candidates
whose names shall be printed be.
meath the title 10 the various Offices
to which they seek election.
Where more than one candidate
seeks the same office, the voter
will mark out the names OF the per-
sons he does not desire TO vote Tor
leaving unmarked the name OF the
person OF his choice.
IA. Five thousand official tick
cts shall be printed, se%venty.hve
per cent OF which shall be printed
in the English language and TWEEN.
~ five per sent in the Spanish lam