Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30


primaries is made up by the County Clerk,
who certlfes such lists to she various mu-
nicipal clerks, for the preparation of the
official primary ballot Ia order to have
4 the County Clerk place names upon the
official list Of candidates for nomination for
county offices, there must be a petition
fled with the County Clerk, endorsing a
man or men for the nomination for any
Office or offices, and requesting that the
name of the person or persons so endorsed
| be printed upon the official primary ballot
of the given party This petition must be
signed by at least one hundred persons, and
must set forth that the signers are qualified
voters of the county, and give their resi-
dences and post Office addresses: that they
are members of the party named, and that
at the last election for members OF the
General Assembly preceding the execution
of said petition, they voted for majority
of the candidates whose names were printed
upon the ticket of the party, and that they
intend to affiliate with that party at the
ensuing election; that they endorse the
| person or persons named in their petition
as candidate or candidates for the office or
! offices therein named, and that they request
the name of the person or persons therein
mentioned as the candidate or candidates
for such nomination or nominations be
printed upon the official primary ballot of
that party The petition must further
state the residence and post Office address
| of each person so endorsed, and shall certi-
fv that the person or persons so endorsed is
or is not legally qualified under the laws Of
the State of New Jersey to be nominated
for the position or positions mentioned
EaI h,,f y,
affirmation by one or more of the signers
thereof, sworn and subscribed before per-
son qualified under the laws of New Jer
sey to administer an oath, to the effect that
such petition is signed in their own proper
hand writing by each of the signers thereof;
that such sIgners are, to. the best OF the
knowledge ard belief Of the affiant, legal
voters of the county, as stated in the petit
ton, and belong to the parry named, and
that the petition is prepared and flied in
absolute good faith for the sole purpose Of
endorsing the person or persons therein
named, in order 80 secure his or their NOM
nation as stated in said petition. The Pc
tition must not endorse more persons as
candidates for nomination to Office than are
to be elected in the county. Accompany
ing the petition each person endorsed there
in must file certificate stating that be is
legally qualified to hold the Office for which
he il endorsed; that he consents to stand as
a candidate for the nomination as the ensu
ing pr1saary election, asa thar i resaleesed
he agrees to accept the nomination. II this
acceptance is not filed, the clerk will not
print the PERSONS name upon the official
primary ballot. This acceptance is usually
annexed to the petition, and it is preferable
to have if done that way
This petition must be filed with the
County Clerk not less than fifteen days be-
fore the primary election. This year, as
the primary is to be held on Tuesday, Sep
tember %, the petition must be filed not
later than Monday, September I. That
day, however, is a holiday, Labor Day, and
the day previous is Sunday. and the Sat
urday previous is also half-holiday.
Therefore, TO avoid any possible technical
objection, il is advised that all such petit
tions should be fled before Saturday noon,
September 5.
The law makes provision for the nom
ination of two classes of municipal officers.
Ia single borough, township, or ward. the
law is unchanged, but in other municipal
tiles where municipal conventions of dele
gates have heretofore been held, the law is
changed to the direct primay method.
How to Nominate Municipal Officers to
be Voted for at the Primaries IN Single
Borough, Township or Ward.-In these
places nominations are made as they have
! been heretofore A petition indorsing any
person or persons for the offices to be filled,
such as councilman or a member of the
! township committee, must be signed by at
! least ten voters, and set forth the same
| facts as in case OF nominations for county
officers, except that the signers must be
voters Of the ward, township or borough for
which the nominations are to be made. The
petitions must be verified by affidavit of at
| least one Of the signers, and acceptance
filed in the same way, and must be filed
with the city, town, borough or township
clerk at leass thirteen days before the pri-
mary election. This year such petitions
must be filed on or before Wednesday, Sep
| TENDER 8. The voters cast their ballots in
| the boxes at the primaries directly for those
men whom they would like TO see nomin-
ated ON the respective tickets. and the ones
receiving the highest votes in each party
/ become the candidates for the offices TO be
/ filed on election day.
Registration. For the purpose OF making
up the registry list, the municipalities OF
New Jersey are divided into two classes
those over 80, 600 10 population and those
under 80 600 In the former class personal
registration is required; ia the latter class
the registry boards make up the list By a
house TO house canvass.
The Primary Election. The primaries of
all parties will take place upon Tuesday,
September %, from ] to 8 p. M, and will
| be conducted by the Boards Of Registry and