The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-08-06
sNNEssEE's NEW COMPULSORY LOCALIZED
PRIMARY LAW

of Election Commissioners Tor he may
do so with boards) his application to.
become a candidate in the primary,
in which he shall state his name, the
Office for which he desires nominal
ton, his political affiliation and the,
name of the political party, to the pri-
mary OF which, he desires submitting
his name; which application must be
filed at least thirty days before the
date of the first or original primary;
provided. that this provision shall not
apply to persons to be elected as ward
and civil district committeeman of
the county and to delegates to the said
State Convention, in the manner here
in prescribed
u Tn case an application is filed
with Board of County Election Com
missioners, it shall at once forward to
the State Board of Primary Election
Commissioners true copy thereof,
certified to by the chairman; and the
original application and certified
copies thereof shall become public
records of said board and preserved
as such. IA,
Official Ballots.
Sec. 30 Be it further enacted,
That when applications of candidates
for nomination shall have been filed,
as prescribed, the State Board of Pri-
mary Election Commissioners shall
have prepared and distributed, for
use in the primary, an official ballot,
in conformity with the following re-
quirements.
Q The official ballot shall be unf-
form, except that the ballot of the DO.
litical parties shall be of different
color or tint and have the different
political designations hereafter pre-
scribed.
~ The ballot shall have printed
at the head, in conspicuous type, the /,
name of the political party in the
primary of which the ballot is to be,
used.
60 The ballot shall have printed
upon the same the office to be voted
for, the name of each candidate enti-
tied to have his name upon the bal
lot, under the head of the Office for
which he seeks the nomination; the
offices to be voted for, to be placed
in such order as the Board may pre-
scribe; and how many candidates
may be voted for, for the same Office
shall be designated on the ballot.
(4) At the foot of the ballot there
shall be spaces properly designated
for the elector to interwrite, PASTE.
affix or stamp, his choice for Ward
and Civil District Committeeman and
delegates to the said State Conven..
ton.
60 The ballot shall be uniform in
length and width, and without any dis
tinguishing mark on the same, except
as to color or tint and the official del
egation on the back and front thereof
prescribed by this act.
co. The ballot shall indicate 10
the elector the number of ward and
civil district, and delegates to the
State Convention for which he may
vote.
(7) The ballot shall have printed
on the back thereof the name of the
political party, in the primary Of
which it is to be used, and underwrit-
ten with the official signature of the
Chairman of it's State Board of Pn-
mary Election Commissioners.
(8) The name of each candidate
shall be placed under proper head
ings of the officers for which they are
candidates. in the order of the filing
with the said State Board, of the appli.
cations of candidates, or certified
copies thereof forwarded by the said
County Board. If two applications
shall be filed at the same time, the
names will be placed in alphabetical
order.
(9) At least ten days before the
date of the primary the State Board
of Primary Election Commissioners
shall deliver to each County Board Of
Election Commissioners the Official
ballots in the ratio OF two hundred
(2O0) ballots for every one hundred
votes cast in the county in the pres
idential election next preceding the
date of the primary. The ballots Of
the respective political parties as
hereafter prescribed, 70 be delivered,
in said ratio, for each party by said
County Boards, for us at the polls.
Knight, ]. H. M. Smith, of Kan