The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-26

HOUSE BILL NO. 3ST.
AN ACT concerning. primary elections,
amending sections !, aud of chapter
Session of 1898 and repeating said orig
maj sections l, and 9. and all acts or
~ parts OF acts in Conflict herewith.
State of Kansas.
Section l. That Section /. of Chapter 81
of 1908, be amended SO as to read as fol-
lows: Sec. l. Definitions. Unless inconsist-
used in this act shall be defined and con-
Strued as follows: I'D The word primary
act; 3s1 the word eiection General lo eec
ton, as distinguished from a primary cleo
6ton and applying to both city and gen
erai elections; 80 the word precinct an
election district established by law, within
WHICH all qualified electors vote at one
political subdivision of the state consist
ing of more than one county; provided.
that this term shall also extend and apply
to the following named political divisions
comprising one county, more or less. state
senatorial district state representative dis
word ''subdistrict'' any political subdi-
vision of the state consisting of less than
or township; Co the words s.city election
an election held for the election of officers
Sec. 2. That Section OF Chapter "a of
the Session Laws of the Special Session
lows: Sec g. Time of holding primary.
The primary. shall be held on the first
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thereafter. for the nomination of ali can
didates to be voted for at the next en-
suing November election, and on the first
thereafter, in all cities having 1900 or
more population, for all candidates to be
ton; provided, that in all cities of the
first and second class in Kansas which
city commission fern of city government
under Chapter ia of the Session Laws of
1907. and all acts amendatory and sup
thereto.
candidates to be voted for at the general
city election of each odd numbered year
shall be held on the second Monday pre-
ceqing the general municipal election.
Section 8. That section 9 of chapter "a
be amended so as to read: Section ID
The county clerk shall, at least two weeks
before the primary, mail to each person
whose nomination petitions are on file in
his office, to the address gwen in the
county paper containing the names and
addresses of those whose names will be
printed on the primary ballot. and it shall
ballots heretofore required twenty days
before the primary, nor send such sample
ballots to the candidates. CD The chair
man of each party shall. on or before the
eleventh day preceding such primary, sug-
gest to the county clerk or to the city
clerk, as the case may be, any changes
that he may consider should be made in
his party ticket. and if upon examination
in said ticket. he shall correct the ticket and
cause the same to be printed and distrib-
ballots for the general election, except
that the number of tickets of each party
to be furnished to each precinct shall be
twice the number of votes cast thereat
for the candidates receiving the highest
in the last preceding general election; and
provided, that in case nomination petit
tions are filed by new party. the num-
Der OF ballots provided shall be twice the
| number of votes the county clerk esti-
| mates such party will cast.
section 4 In case there are nomination
papers on file for more than one candi-
date for any state or district office of
the different parties, the secretary of state
shall divide the state or district as the
case may be into as many divisions as
there may be names to go on each party
ticket for any particular office Such
division shall be near equal in votes as
may be convenient without dividing any
the secretary of state shall take the alpha
| betical list of counties in regular order
votes cast at the last general election,
| and SO on through the list of counties
ecretary of 9fe tePr n To fh fb
county clerk his list of names for whom
nomination papers have been filed, shall
| in the first division of counties, another
name in the second division. and so on
with all the candidates for any particular
office, SO that every candidate for any
office shall be at the head of the list in
second in another division thereof The
arrangement of the names certified by
the secretary of state shall govern the
county clerk in arranging the primary
ballot, and the county clerk in preparing
the ballot for his county shall follow the
same arrangement as provided in this sec
tion for the secretary of state, for the
candidate nominated for county Office
| using the township and precincts of the
county in making his division.
| shall have the following heading:
| OFFICIAL PRIMARY TICKET.
General Election.
Emblem of party
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Party.
To vote for a person whose name is
| printed the ticket, make a cross (x)
/ in the square at the right of the name of
/ the person for whom you desire to vote.
printed on the ticket, write his name in
the blank space provided for that purpose
| and mark cross CX) in the square to the
/ right.
This shall be followed by the names of
the persons for whom nomination papers
have been filed and in the order of Of
fiees as follows: After the name of each
| office, however, there shall be state
\ ment of the number of candidates to vote
/ for, for that particular office. State.
Presidential electors, vote for ten; justices
| as the case may be-; governor, vote for
| one; heutenant-governor, vote for one;
| secretary of state, vote for one; state
| auditor, vote for one; state treasurer, vote
| for one: attorney-general, vote for one;
| superintendent of public instruction, vote
| for one; superintendent of insurance, vote
! for one; state printer, vote for one; rail-
road commissioners, vote for three: MEM
vote for one. District. District judge,
vote for one; state senator from. m............
district, vote for one; representative from
--;..... district, vote for one.
County. Clerk, vote for one: treasurer,
vote for one; register of deeds, vote for
one: county attorney, vote for one: pro-
bate judge, vote for one; sheriff, vote for
| one; coroner, vote for one; superintendent
/ of public instruction vote for one: survey