The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-07-17
The Primary Election Law
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ton, person must ask for either
republican or democratic ticket
according to the party he is affiliat-
ed with. For the State officers, he
will vote for one for first choice
and one for second choice. But
for all County and District officers,
he votes simply one person.
In counting the ballots, the one
who gets the highest number OF
first and second choice votes added
together, for the state Office is NOM
mated, and the one who gets the
highest number of votes in County
or other offices is nominated, and
will be the only person appearing
on his respective party ticket in
the fall election.
VOTING FOR SUPREME AND SUPERIOR
JUDGES.
With the Superior and Supreme
Judges it is entirely different. You
vote for only one for each Office
vacant, and you do not know what
party he belongs to. You vote for
the man of your choice. The
one who gets the highest number OF
votes is elected at the primary, for
the reason that his name only will
appear on all tickets in the fall cleo
ton and therefore, no one can run
against him in the fall election. To
illustrate, John Doe, Richard Roe
and Patrick Jones run for Superior
Judges. One is a republican, one
a democrat and one a socialist. In
the primary however. you cannot
tell from the ticket what party
either belongs to. You vote for
one of them, and it turns out, on
counting the ballots, that Richard
Roe gets the highest number OF
votes in the primary, consequently
Richard Roe is put on the republic
can, the democratic and the social
list ticket for the fall elections, and
no other name is allowed to appear
| thereon.
Therefore, the Judges of the Su-
preme and Superior Courts are
elected in the primary.
THE UNITED STATES SENATOR.
| You will also, in the primary
vote for United States Senator. The
man who gets the highest number
of votes throughout the State will
be elected United States Senator,
and the Legislators of the State Of
Washington will be required, if sc
demanded, to agree, if elected, to vote
for the most popular man for Unit
ed States Senator as expressed ir
the primary. It will therefore bt
seen that the nominating power j!
vested in the people, that politica
conventions are an institution O.
the past, and that the people hav,
all the say.
QUALIFICATION OF A VOTER. TINE
POLLS ARE OPEN.
\ The voting at the primary cleo
1oin commences at eleven o'clocl
in the morning and closes at eigh
O'Clock in the evening. To vote a
the primary election, you mus
have the qualifications of a voter
You must have been a resident O
the state one year prior to the cleo
ton, seventy days in the Count,
a nd ten days in the precinct.
you live in a precinct that has tw
hundred and fifty voters or more
you must be registered, or else yo1
cannot vote, either at the primar
election or the general election.
Only two precincts in this Count
require registration. and those ar
Kennewick and Prosser. All othe
precincts have less than two hun
dred and fifty voters, and in ther
registratio n is not required.
It is Therefore, highly importar
that every voter should be at tn
polls on primary election, in orde
that the proper man can be non
I mated for the Offices in the Count
Ah.o,nbo,,f Tho State on1 ~.