The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-12-31
THE DIRECT PRIMARY

nee ana nave MS name pldceu upon
the official ticket of either of the two
leading parties except he be nomin-
ated by primary election.
There are two ways provided
whereby prospective Office holders
may get their names on the ticket,
which is to be used at the primary
elections, which are to be held upon
the same day for all parties which Is
the last Tuesday In August 1910,
and every two years thereafter.
The first method provided is by
payment Of a fee to the secretary of
state, for state and district Offices
and to the county clerk for county
offices. This fee is fixed at level
sum Of 50 for all Offices carrying a
salary OF less than 5000. When the
salary exceeds that amount an addi-
tional sum OF one per cent on the
amount above $500 per annum is re-
quired
The other method provided Is by
petition, in which case no fee need
be paid. For state offices the petit
ton for a candidate must be signed
by three per cent of the party votes
as determined by the vote for gov
ernor at the proceeding election; If
for district Office the petition must
be signed by at least three per cent
of the party voters OF the district
and II for county Office by Ave per
cent OF the party voters OF the coun-
ty. The petitions for a state Office
may not all come from one county for
the law requires that at least three
per cent of the voters of four coun-
ties must be obtained. For county
Office five per cent Of the party vot-
ers OF at least one-fourth Of the pre-
cincts must be secured.
Signers OF petitions may not sign
the petition for more than one can
didate for the same Office and must
signify their intention of supporting
the candidate for whom they petit
ton.
Before candidates name may be
placed on the official primary ballot
he shall signify in writing, or some
one in his behalf shall signify in
writing, at least 80 days and not
more than so, before the primary
election that the prospective candi-
date is a member of the party whose
candidate he proposes to become,
naming the Office and that he is leg
ally qualified to fill the Office and rep
resents the principles of that party.
The petition filed asking for the
Rnomination must be accompanied by
an affidavit that each person whose
name Is attached actually signed the
petition, that they reside at he adj
dress given, that they signetrrsd II on
the adate given in connection with
their names and that they belong to
the same political party as the can
didate, but no petition may be re-
.ceived which was signed before June
10 Immediately proceeding the prim-
ary election. This gives about As
days in which to secure petitions for
nomination.
Within 10 days for state and dis
trict offices and within five days for
county offices there shall be filed
formal written acceptance of the
nomination by the candidate, in de-
fault OF which his name shall not be
placed on the official ballot
At least Is days before the day for
the August primary, the secretary Of
state shall certify all nominations for
state and district offices to the coun-
ty clerk, giving the name, post Office
address and party designation of each
candidate entitled to appear on the
official ballot together with the office
for which each Is a candidate and
the county clerk shall have published
r1n tnrn nrfy csSrvn ~ "a
list of state, district and county can
date of primaries, the time of open
ing and closing the polls, the names
of the candidates appearing in alpha
betical order under the Office and
party designation. The notice shall
be published at least once a week for
two successive weeks in two news
papers representing the two parties
receiving the highest number Of
votes at the last election, If any such
papers, and IL not then In any two
most likely to give notice. The of
fetal Primary Ballot" shall be separ-
ate for each party. uniform In size,s
color and printing. A qualified cleo
tor appearing at the primary polls
to vote shall be given ticket OF
each of the parties, but shall vote for
the candidates only upon one. the
others to be given back and thrown
into the waste ballot box. The pur-5
pose of this is to prevent the voting
Of scratched ballot by any voter,
that is, to prevent democrat, for
instance. from voting for republican
candidates, or republican voters vot-
ing for democratic candidates.
BY reason of the fact that blank
space is left on each ballot 1t might
appear that an opening would be left
for just such voting, but the law pro-
vides that should the name Of a can
didate be written In this blank space
who is candidate upon another
ticket, such ballot shall not be
counted. Thus should Governor
Brady be candidate for nomination
for governor and the democrats be-
lieve that he would be good candi-
date for them to have in opposition.
they could vote for him, but such
votes would not count In nominating
him. The result might be annouf-
ced James II. Brady, 10000 votes as
a republican" and "Jas. H. Brady, 3D.
900 votes as democrat" but the
nomination would not be his provided
some other republican got more re-
publican votes, because the democrat
ic votes would be thrown away IL