Amador ledger., 1909-08-27

San Diego, CAL, July l6, l9C9.
Hon. q, T. Curry,
Secretary of State.
Sacramento, California:
Dear Sir: At your request and fol
the purpose of giving the voter 1
clear aud comprehensive grasp of tht
California direct primary law,
lave prepared the following state
ment of It's provisions, in narrative
form, stripped of all legal verbiage.
Under the old convention system
party candidates we're nominated by
the majority vote of assembled dele.
oates. The new direct primary law
provides that all party candidates
shall be nominated by the voters OF
the respective political parties. Each
party voter will now discharge the
duty which heretofore devolved upon
the party convention delegate. The
primary election, therefore, will
hereafter perform the function of
party conventions.
Two methods remain of obtaining a
domination for Office. Party nomi-
nation must be made in the manner
crowded under the direct primary
law enacted by the state legislature
IN 1909. Independant DomiGatious
may be made by petitions signed by 3
per cent of the voters of the district
tor which the nomination is tu be
made.
All party nominations for the
general election, held in November,
will be made at primary election
held on the preceding third Tuesday
il August.
Separate and distinct printed
ballots in blocks of 100 tor each poll
tiGal party will be provided at the
POLLS. The republican ballot will
contain the name of each republican
aspirant for nomination who has
complied with the provisions of the
urinary law and who is eutitled to
receive republican votes. This is
also true of the ballots of the
emocratIc, socialist and other
parties.
Conducting Primaries
The primary election at the polls
conducted in every respect as at a
general election. Ihe voter stamps
an X in the square opposite the name
Of his choice for a candidate for
each office for which the nominations
are to be made. the same as he may
stamp it in the square opposite the
lame of his choice tor each office at
t general election. The primary
election officers perform the same
tnnctions as the general election
oeicers, and ballots are folded and
cast as at general election.
Ihe votes at the close of the polls
are counted in the manner of general
elections, and the returns are made
to the board of supervisors, or proper
election comm issioners. The re-
Turns are then canvassed in the
manner applicable to general
elections aud the candidate Tor
domination receiving the highest
number of votes is declared the
nominee of his party. Thus, il there
should be two or more candidates for
governor upon the republican ticket
and two or more candidates tor the
Dominaion of governor on the demo-
cratic ticket, the person receiving
the highest number of republican
votes at the primary election would
be declared the republican rominee
for governor, and the democratic
candidate tor nomination receiving
the highest n3mber of dem ocIatic
votes would be declared the dem
cratic nominee for governor. In this
manner the nominations are made
tor each office by each political
uarty./ Thus, by the use OF separate
ballots, all parties make their nomi'
nations at the direct primaries pre-
sided over by the same officers OF
election.
What AspIrants Must DO.
In order that an aspirant for
party nomination may have his name
printed upon the party ballot and b'
roted for at the primary election, h'
must comply with certain require
mants.
II ne is candidate for an office t'
be voted for at a November election
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