The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-03
Rules Governing Primary
Democrats Must Vote in the General
Election Before Tbhne IN Primary
Electoral Vote Comes First
Following Ar Rules and Amount 81
Assessments Submitted BY Fulton
County Democratic Committee

Monday. March 10th, 1908, the fol
lowing Subcommittee was appointed
TO formulate and propose a plan FOL
holding a primary election on Nov
3, 1908. under the pri nary election
law of Kentucky, for the purpose Of
selecting candidates to be elected tC
fill the various county and district
offices Of said Fulton county.
Now we, J. T. Dillon, c. G.
Schlenker and J. w. Thomas. com
posing the subcommittee, submit the
following
Isl; That primary election be
held on Tuesday, the Jrd. day OF
November 1905, between the hours
OF o O'Clock a m and O'Clock p.
m, standard time in every voting
precinct throughout Fulton county,
Ky, for the purpose of electing
Democratic nominees as candidates
10 be be voted for at the regular
November election in 1909, to fll the
various Offices in said county. and
that said primary election be held
under an according to the primary
election law, as prescribed by the
Kentucky Statutes. commencing at
Section 1850 Of said Statutes.
End That all persons who are
legal voters according to the primary
election laws of the Kentucky Stat
utes, and who will promise to sup
port all the nominees Of this primary
at the mex, general election, and who
have already voted for the Demo
cratic electors for President and
Vice President on the said 5rd. day
OF November, 1908. shall be entitled
to vote in said primary election.
Jrd The officers for each voting
precinct, to hold this primary cleo
ton, shall be OF the same number
and posses the same qualifications as
required and designated by Law to
hold the regular state elections. and
their duties and responsibilities shall
be the same as those Of legally APP
pointed and regularly qualified offc-
ers Of regular State elections. and
they shall be appointed by Fulton
County Democratic Executive Com.
They shall, before entering on the
discharge of their respective duties
as such officers, take the same oath
required TO be taken by officers of
regular State elections. The said
officers shall be selected from the
names furnished by the candidates
TO the said committee on or before
the 3rd day Of October. 1908. and
sand officers shall be selected as
nearly equal as possible from the
lists furnished by the various candi-
dates and divided as nearly equal as
possible among said candidates. but
il no list of names OF persons be
furnished by the various candidates,
as aforesaid, from which to select
election officers on or before the 3rd
day OF October. 1908. then and in
the event of such failure, the Fulton
County Executive Committee shall
select and appoint election officers
to hold said primary election in the
various precincts Of said county.
4th. All persons desiring to be.
come candidates for nomination be-
fore this primary, shall notify J. T. |
Dillon. Secretary Of Fulton County
Democratic Committee, of such in
,ention and shall state in such writ
ten notice the Office for which he de-
sires to become candidate not later
than IS days before the date set for
said primary, as provided in the
Kentucky Statutes governing pri-
mary elections, and all candidates
must pay the amount Of their assess
nent TO the secretary, J. T. Dillon,
before their names will be placed on
he ballot.
Sth. 1t shall be the duty of the
'fhcers Of this primary election in
zach and every voting precinct
throughout the county OF Fulton, at
he close of the polls. to count the
in their respectiva n,ac,ne.. |