Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08
Published June II, 1909
1Ga LAWS OF 1Q0n

CHAPTER 584. LAWS OF 1909.
| AN ACT to AMEND sections LII and
lilo and subsection Of section IL
---l2 OF the statutes. relating TO rotH-
tOn of names upon the primary ballot
| The people of the State OF Wisconsin, rep
resented in Sennte and Assembly, do en-
act as follows
Section 1 Sections LII aud lilo
and subsection OF section 11--12 Of the
| statutes are amended to read Section II
| u. l: At least twenty I'VE days before
! any primary preceding "a general election,
| the secretary Of state shall transmit to
| each county clerk a certified list Contnln-
| Ing the name and postotilce address Of each
| person for whom nomination napers have
| been filed In hja office, and entitled to be
| voted for at such primdry together with
| Il designation of the Office FOR which he is
candidate, and the purity or principle he
! represents; such lists shGIl designate the
| order In which the names of the candl-
| dates shall be printed upon tie primary
| ballot in each assembly district
=, For the purpose Of determining the
| order in which The names OF candidates
| for each Office shall be placed upon the
| primary ballot, the secretary of stnte shnll
| number the assembly distriCtH consecutive.
| ~ from oQe to one hundTed IN the order
! OF their Population according 10 the last
| preceding Census, beginning with the ola
! trict having the largest population which
| shall be numbered one. lie shall number
! the assembly districts and parts Of dis
! tricts In each congressl0nH OF senatorial
district In the same manner from one up.
ward.
3. The secretary OF state shall arrange
the surnahies of all candidates for each
office alphabetically for the first assembly
district; thereafter for each succeeding
! district, the name appearing FIRST for each
] office In the last preceding district SHALL
| be placed last
4. Such clerk shall forthwith
! upon receipt thereof publish under the
! proper party designation the title Of each
! office, the names and addresses OF all
! persons for whom nomination papers have
! been fled, giving the name and address Of
! each, the cate Of the primary, the hours
! during which the polls viii be opened, am
| that the primary will be held at the reg
| uar polling places In each precinct.
| 3, It shall be the duty Of the
| county clerk to publish such notice onco
| each week for two consecutive weeks prior
to said primary -, -,
| with mail copies Of such notice to each
| town village, and city clerk Of hia coun-
| ty, who shall Immediately post copies OF
| the same In at least three public places
| in each precinct In his town, village, or
city, designating therein the location OF tho
polling booth In each election precinct.
Section lilo. l. At least twenty
days before the September primary each
county clerk shall prepare sample oflcial
ballots in substantially the annexed form
marked "a" -" which sample
ba llots shall be printed upon tinted or col.
| Ored paper and shall contain no blank
dorsement certificate. Said clerk shall
place thereon, under the appropriate title
Of each Office and party designation, the
names Of all candidates to be voted for IN
the precincts Of hiB county The names
certified by the secretary OF state shall DO
arranged in the order in which they are
certified The names Of candidates for
whom nomination papers have been fled In
the office Of the county clerk shall be ar
ranged az hereinafter provided.
2. For the purpose OF determining the
order In which the names Of candidates
for each Office for whom nomination pa
pers have been died In the Office or the
county clerk shall be placed on the pri-
| mary ballot, the county CLERK shall pre-
pare q list Of the election precincts of
his county Such list shall BE- prepared
by arranging the various towns, cities.
and villages Of the county IN alphabetical
order, and the wards or precincts Of each
city, village. or town Ia numerical order
under the name Of such city, village Or
town The precincts IN each assembly
district within the county shall be ar
ranged In the same manner.
g. The county clerk shall arrange the
gurnames OF ell candidates for each Office
for whom nomination papers have been
flied in dis Office alphabetically for the
first precinct in the list; thereafter for
each succeeding precinct; the name ap-
Fearing first for each Office In the last pre-
ceding precinct shall be placed last.
4. Such clerk shall forthwith
submit the ticket Of each party to the
county chairman thereof and mall IL copy
to each candidate for whom nomination
papers have been filed with him as re
CURED by this act, to his postofice address
as given in such nomination paper, and
he shall post q copy Of eacr sample bal
lot In q conspicuous place In his office.
8. On the tenth day before
suck primary the county clerk shall cor
rect any errors or omissions in the ballot
cause the same to be printed and distrfb
uted RS required by law in the case Of
ballots for the general election except
that the number Of ballots 10 be r. rnlshed
to each precinct shall be twice the mum
Der OF votes cast tbereat Ia the last pre-
csding general election.
Section 11--12. 4. AT all primaries
there shall be an Australian ballet made
up Of the several party tickets herein pro
vlded for all Of which shall be securely
fastened together ct the top and folded,
provided that there shall be many sepa-
rate tickets as there are parties entitled
to participate In said primary election. The
names of all candidates at the
September primary shall be arranged as
provided IN sections III and lilo or
the statutes as herein amended. The
names Of candida tes at city primaries shall
be arranged Alphabetically according TO
Burnames.
Section 2 This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after It's passage and
publication.
No 1884. 81 Published June 10, 1909.
CHAPTER 465 LAWS OF 1909.