Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1909-12-09
THE NEW PR|M AIRY LAW
Campaign Under the New Law Begins insa June-How
to Get a Primary Ballot-General Provisions.

other to be given back and thrown in
to the waste ballot box. The purpose
of this is to prevent the voting of a
scratched ballot by any voter, that is,
to prevent democrat, for instance,
from voting for republican candidates,
or republican voters voting for dem
ocratic candidates.
By reason of the fact that a blank
space is left on each ballot it might
appear that an opening would be left
for just such voting, but the law pro-
vides that should the name of can
1idate be written in this blank space
who is candidate upon another tick
ct, such ballot shall not be counted.
Thus should Governor Brady be a
candidate for nomination for governor
and the democrats believe that he
would be good candidate for them
to have in opposition, they could
vote for him, but such votes would
not count in nominating him. The
| result might be announced James H.
Brady 10000 votes as a republican"
and James H. Brady, 5000 votes as
democrat" but the nomination
would not be his provided some other
republican got more republican votes,
| because the democratic votes would
be thrown away. If he should happen
to get more such democratic votes
than any regular democratic nominee,
he could, by declaring his intention
| in writing, accept the democratic
nomination thus rendered him, but he
would have to run as the democratic
candidate.
Officers of election, registration,
counting and canvas of ballots and
all things pertaining to the primary
election, are regulated and governed
the same as for general elections, and
all expenses are TO be paid by the
counties in just the same manner
Candidates Expenses.
The expenses which candidate may
legally create are only Personal Ex-
penses," which are defined to be "on-
ly expenses directly incurred and paid
by candidate for travelling and for
purposes properly incidental to tray-
cling and for writing, printing and
preparing for transmission any letter.
circular or other publication, not is
sued at regular intervals, whereby he
states his position or views upon pub
lie or other questions, for stationery
and postage, and for the necessary
expenses in hiring halls, or other
room for the purpose of holding pub
lie meetings to address the voters and
others upon public questions and mat
ters relating to his candidacy"
How Much He May Expend.
Each candidate is allowed to ex-
pend not exceeding 15 per cent of the
yearly salary of the office he seeks.
Under this law the leading candidates
may expend the following amounts,
the county salaries being based on
the amounts paid in Canyon county:
U. S. senator ..................S Slips
Congressman .. 1125
Justice supreme court ... $50
Justice district court ........... 600
Attorney general .... 600
Secretary of state .... 450
State auditor ................ 450
State treasurer ............ 600
State school superintendent 49,. 800
Mine inspector ........... $50
County clerk .................... 300
County sheriff ................. 800
County attorney y............ 325
County assessor .............. 450
Probate judge .................. 325
County superintendent ......... 135
County treasurer .. $50
Member legislature .. 45
These are the expenses allowed in
securing the nomination only. There
is no limit fixed of the amount that
may be expended afterward for the
purpose of being elected.
When May He Spend It.
The law does not state the time
within which this expense must be
figured. Thus, would a candidate be-
ginning now to lay his fences and pul
his wires for a nomination to be
made two years from now, De re-
quired to certify to all expenses crea-
ted from this date, or for a number
of years running back? A fair pre-
sumption might be that since petit
tons may be circulated beginning
June 10 preceding a primary, that on
ly such expenses as are created after
that date should count. But this
would give the office-holder much the
hest Of it, as also the machine candi-
date who may use his machine for