The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-08
PRIMARY BILL.

eral primary law for this Territory,
under which the nomination of can.
didates for the Legislature and elective
offices shall be made directly by the
! voters. -
We beg to submit herewith a draft
of an act to provide for nominations
by a direct vote We would state
j further that this act was prepared by
the Attorney General S department..
An Act to Provide for Nominations by
Direct Vote.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the Territory of Hawaii:
| Section l. The words and phrases in
! this act shall, unless the same be in
consistent with the context, be con-
strued as follows:
% The word primary" the pri,
mary election provided for in this act
! (2) The words "September pri,
j mary the primary election held in
September to nominate candidates to
be voted for at the ensuing general
election.
! (3) The word "election,' a general
! election as distinguished from pri-
mary election or a special election.
/ az The words November cleo
tion,' the general election held in No
vember.
! (5) The word "precinct, - district
i established by law, within which all
qualified voters vote at one polling
place.
(6) The word "party," an associa-
ton of voters united for the purpose
af ,n%i
carrying out a particular line of public
policy which maintains a general or
ganization throughout the Territory, in
GLIDING regular constituted central
committee and county committees.
ca The words Territorial officers. -
the delegate to Congress, and Senators
and Representatives to the Territorial
Legislature.
(s) The word County" the several
counties and the City and County of
Honolulu as the case may be.
/ This statute shall be literally con,
strued so that the real will of the cleo
tors may not be defeated by any in
formality or failure to comply with the
provisions of law in respect to the Civ
ing of any notice or the conducting of
any primary or the certifying of tha re-
suits thereof.
Section -.
Hereafter all candidates for cleo
tive offices at any general election in
the Territory or in any county shall be
nominated in accordance with the pro
visions of this act and not otherwise
This act shall not apply to special
elections but at such special elections
all candidates shall be nominated by
nomination papers signed and filed as
by law provided.
Section =.
CD The September primary shall
be held at the regular polling place il
each precinct on the second Saturday
; of September, 1910, and biennially
thereafter for the nomination of all can
didates to be voted for at the ensuing
general election.
Section =.
% At least sixty (60) days before
: the time for holding the Septembel
: primary the secretary of the Territory
shall prepare and transmit to each coun
ty clerk notice in writing designating
the offices for which candidates are tt
be nominated at such primary.
!, (2) AS soon as may be after tn.
! preparation and transmission of sucl
! notices the secretary of the Territor,
shall cause to be published so mucl
thereof as may be applicable to tn,
!, Territory at large, once in each weel
I, for four (4) consecutive weeks in a
least two (2) newspapers of general cir
culation published within the Territory
(3) Upon receipt of such notice sucl
1 county clerk shall not less than ten
: (10) days thereafter, publish so mucl
thereof as may be applicable to hi
county, once in each week for four a
: consecutive weeks in at least one news
: paper of general circulation publishe,
q within his county.
: (4 Each county shall within te-
:, G0) days after the receipt of such nc
G tice cause notice of such primary to b
s posted in three (3) public places i
e each precinct in his county. Such nc
tice shall state the time when and plac
;, where the primary will be held in eac
Il precinct therein, together with the OF
II fees for which candidates are to b
!, nominated.
Section -.
o % The name of no nominee shall b
C printed upon an official ballot to b
used at any primary election unless g
u least thirty 600 days prior to sue
primary nomination paper shall Fav
le been filed in his behalf as provided j
4 this act in substantially the followin
form:
a We, the undersigned, qualified ele
tors OF the. precinct {
y the. representative distrit
of the Territory of Hawaii, and men
- oers OF the.--.... party, heret
oI nominate. .............wh who resides
IN ..........in the County Of $500.
as a candidate for the office of
a. to be voted for at the primary to |
r held on the second Saturday of Septer
ne Der. 10. " And we further declare TIL
I'd we intend to supnort the nominee her
in named.
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