Carlsbad current and New Mexico sun., 1908-06-19
THE PRIMARY RULES
Rules Governing the Primaries
Passed by the Democratic
Central Committee
PRIMARIES TO Be June 27,
What is Termed Legal Voter and
What is not Names of Judges
and Their Respective Boxes.

list. In auy precinct. If sufficient
number of the voters shall applv to
the chairman of said precinct for "A
change m the voting place, the said
chairman of the precinct shall have
the right 10 designate the voting place
and appoint Judges for the same where
NJ Judges have been appointed by the
committee. such action however,
hcing subject to the approval of the
committee
End. Ia the event the parties above
named to hold the election in the res.
pective voting precincts are not pres.
ent at the hour of the day named for
the holding of said election, then If
either of the said parties are present
then at the hour of opening the polls
at the said voting precincts, the voters
present shall select from qualified
electors other Judges who shall hold
the election at the voting precinct and
three judges named in each of the
above voting precincts shall on the day
of the election name two parties to
act as clerks.
3rd. No one shall be- allowed To vote
unless he shall be legal voter in IN.
precinct in which he offers to vote on
the day of the next general election.
The qualification of the legal voter
being that he must bc a citizen of The
United States either 10y birth or tnal
letter ot naturalization, and over the
age of y years. must have resided ia
the territory of New Mexico six
months IN the county of Eddy three
months and IN the precinct IN which he
offers To vote twenty days next pro
h..s al -. -. a
in November 1915. In regard 10 doubt
ful voters the rule shnll be that they
mus, be either on previous r-gistra
tion list in Eddy unity or present their
naturalization papers to the judges or
must present to the judges OF the cleo
tlon written oath that they are citi-
Of the United States and must be- "A
democrat.
lth. Each qualified electOr in order
10 entitle him 10 vote in the primary
election, must be democrat. ANY
man who has not heretOi ore been "A
democrat may he such "A democrat AS
named above II ne has IN fact severed
all party connection with all other po-
litical parties and does in good faith
expect Ia associate and affiliate per
maneatly with the democratic party.
anu -ach voter must pledge himself on
his honor to support the democratic
ticket as nominated.
5th. The judges of the election shall
have control of the vote and pass upon
the right Of all applicants to vote.
Everyone offering To vote shall be- sub
Ject to challenge by any qualified
elector. IL any one whose vote is
challenged shall be rejected. his vote
snail be placed in an envelope, sealed
and the applicant or some one at his |.
request shall write his name across the |
ehvelop and the envelop shall be marked |
rejected for the reason that the appl. /
cant there state the facts causing such .
rejection on such envelope and all votes |
- rejected 10y them and sealed up shall .
be sent with other papers to the chair. !
man of the democratic executive com
mittee, and shall be considered or dis.
posed Of at the lime the pr per parties
meet Ia canvass the returns and de ,lare
the results, and then they shall ascer.
tain from thr returns as hereinafter pro-
vlded Tor, that number of votes cast
for the respective candidates and all
the 81 allenged votes the parties then
cOun, and admit shall ne placed with
the regular votes from that puecinct,
and those that are rejected by the
body shall at once be destroy ed in the
presence of the public
9th No one shall be allowed to vote
outside of his own precinct except
when he shown satisfaction of the
judges that It is impossible aud i'm
practicable for him to he in his own
precinct and he must show good nd
satisfactory reasons Tor not being there
9TH, At ANY time within ten days
previous to the time above specified
Tor the holding or the primary election
each candidate for office sha submit
in writing to the chairman of the dem
ocratlc executive committee, which
shall be kept on file 10y him his dcclar.
alton which shall in substance he that
he submits his name tu the deceslIn
Of the democratic primaries, and will
abide by the result, and support all /
the nominees made 'thereat. In case
one shall tail To comply with these re- !
qulrnents though he receive sufficient
votes to become the nominee, he shall /
not be declared the nominee of the ,
party and his place shall bee filled by
the democratic executive committee, IL !
always observing the next highest vote, c
sth. The ballots used in the primary {
election shall be- printed ON pl in white &
paper, about three inches wide and r