The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-03-02
Rules and Regulations Governing the
Holding OF the Democratic Pri.
mary Election. March 10. 1909.


The primary TO be held on the 10th
day of March. 1909. Is to be held un.
der the general primary laws OF tne
state OF oklahoma wherever practica.
Bile. Where this is not practicable the
following rules and regulations shall
govern the holding OF such e,ection:
|. No person shall be entitled TO
vote at the primary election unless
registered for the last preceding gen.
cral election, or unless he shall have
been entitled TO be registered at that
time.
2. No person shall be allowed 10
vote az such primary election who Is
not a bona fide resident OF the ward
in which he offers 10 vote.
3. Each ward shall be provided
with ballot boxes. ballots, poll books.
tally sheets, blanks for returns, oaths
and all necessary election supplies,
by the Board OF Election Commission
ers and all expenses shall be paid by
said commissioners from the moneys
| paid in by the candidates for election.
4. Every candidate whose name ap-
/ pears on the ballots will be required
| 10 pay his proportionate part OF the
expenses OF the election. and in or.
! der that he may have his name so
| appear he must file his application
! therefor with the secretary OF the
| Board OF Election Commissioners on
or before the sixth day OF March
| 1909. and he must be a democrat of
recognized good standing and be rec.
ognized as such.
>. There shall be appointed by the
! Board OF Election Commissioners two
! judges and two clerks for each ward.
who shall have charge OF the polls in
their particular wards, and who shall
receive as compensation for their ser
vices two dollars each. 10 be paid by
the Board OF Election Commissioners
from the moneys paid in by the can
didates for office.
C. II shall be the duty OF the judg.
es of the election TO, in due time pre-
ceding the election, investigate the
election paraphernalia on hand. and
II any such supplies are missing he
snail report the same TO the Board of
/ Election Commissioners and said
board shall supply the necessary ma.
terial and have same ready for the
/ judges when he reports for the bal.
lots and other supplies.
/ :. Il shall be- the duty OF the
| judges Of the election Immediately
before the opening Of the polls 10
open the ballot boxes in the presence
OF the people there assembled and TO
turn said ballot boxes upside down so
as TO empty them OF anything they
/ might contain and then 90 lock them
/ securely after which they shall not
be reopened until they shall be re-
opened for the purpose OF counting
the ballots therein.
3. The judges and clerks OF the
election are hereby declared 20. be
the official counters OF their respec-
tive wards and In no case shall the
judges and clerks of one ward assist
in the counting OF the ballots OF an.
other ward.
Q. The manner OF counting the bal.
lots shall Ne as follows:
The judges shall call from the bal.
lots the names OF the candidates voted
fo-, while the clerks shall record the
votes upon the tally sheets provided
for the purpose. one OF the judges
who calls the votes shall remove tne
ballots from the receptacle, one at a
time as ne completes the cal. He
shall then first call the name OF the
office, and then next the name OF the
candidate voted for, and the other
Judge assisting in the call, snall scrut.
lnize the ballot, at the time the call
Is being made. and not afterwards.
He shall watch each name as called,
and correct any error before the next