The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-10-29
THE new PRIMARY ELECTION LAW
Republicans Preference for United States Senator
Election November g. 1908 Full Text of the Law Amend
ed at the Special Session of the Legislature.

to be administered by one of the judy
es of election, and if he make said
oath he shall be entitled to receive
and vote said primary ballot; provid-
ed that no person shall receive a
primary ballot who participated in
the last preceding primary election Of
any other POLITICAL party, as shown by
his enrolment.
CD The officers of the general
election shall be officers of the pri-
mary election hereby authorized, pro-
vided, however, that in precincts in
which more than four hundred votes
were cast at the last general election
an additional clerk may be employed
and paid as other clerks of the general
election.
(E) The names of the members OF
the party voting at said primary cleo
ton shall be recorded in separate poll
books, and the clerks of election shall
designate the party ahliation of each
person receiving senatorial primary
ballot.
Cd The primary election provided
for in this act shall be held in each
voting precinct of the state at the
same time and concurrent with the
| holding of the general election.
60 The votes of any political par
ty cast at such primary election fol
the nomination of a senator in the
congress of the United States shall be
| canvassed, recorded and certified thu
same as hose cast for state officers
| and the candidate of any rarity TO
such Office at the primary election
est number of votes of his party il
the state shall be the nominee of hi
i party for such Office and the Secretar,
i of State shall Certif the result o
such primary election to the next con
vening general assembly.
! CID The Secretary of State shal
Il distribute TO each county auditor Il
i the state, at least fifteen days prior t
the general election sufficient nun
Der of primary lection ballots and re
quest statements as herein provide
Il for, for the use of members of an
party holding primary election vi
p der the provisions of this act, an
\ each county auditor shall distribute
!, sufficient number thereof to tn
judges of each election precinct a
the same time and in the same mar
ner as required BY law for the distr
button of the official ballots for tn
general election. The facsimile sit
nature of the Secretary of State sha
be placed upon each primary electio
ballot.
i ID The provisions of chapter fifty
one CD, Acts of the Thirty-secon,
General Assembly, shall apply to tn
primary election provided for IN thi
act so far. as applicable. except a
herein otherwise provided. 81" = ...
| Sec. 2. The provisions of this &C
shall apply to any vacancy now eS
listing in the candidacy of any part
for the Office of senator in the con
4 gress of the United States as well a
i to any vacancy that may hereafte
occur as set forth in section one Il
i hereof.
Sec. g. This act, being deemed O
immediate Importance, shall take ei
feet and be in force from and afte
the date of its publication in the Regis
ter and Leader, Des Moines Capita
and Des Moines Daily Tribune, news
papers published in the city of De
Moines, Iowa. "t
| CERTIFICATE.
j hereby certify that have com
pared the above copy of the amended
primary election law with the origina
as published by w. c. Hayward, Sec
rotary of State, and find it an aecur
ate and exact copy of said law
| (Signed) Julian w. Richards.
For the Lacey Committee.