The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-12-07
ATTENTION. VOTERS
CALL FOR STATE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY ELECTION
fuesdny. January 10, and Tuesday
January 81

State Democratic Executive Commit.
lee. at recent meeting held by, it in
Of November. y. D. 1910. to-wit:
CaiI for Primary
That tie Democratic Executive Com
rnittee of the state Of Florida hereby
makest he following call for the hold
ing of democratic primary election &c
be held IN compliance with the laws oi
Florida. in each county of the state o,
each election district. during the hour
fixed by law for the holding Of an cleo
ton on Tuesday. the 10th day Of Ian
democratic candidate 70 be voted 70,
by the democratic members OF the leg
,slature of the state Of Florida, TO be
held n the year 1911
Provided, that second primary. il
necessary under the provisions of said
laws, shall be held on Tuesday. the 3lsr
tween the two highest candidates. if d
nomination shall not have beeen made
by majority vote in the first primary
election. and al such primary election
vote at the first primary election shall
be permitted TO vote
The democratic committee calling
with the laws Of the state of Florida
hereby declares the terms and condi.
tions on which legal electors Offering
such election shall be regarded ant
taken as proper members of the demo
cratic party, and therefore entitled Il
participate in and become candidate.
follows:
Those. and only those persons shall
fore. or TO vote at, or participate in the
management of any primary election
held by the democratic party in Flor
ida who are white democratic electors
who declare their adherence to tn,
principle and organization of the dem
ocratic party. national, state anc
state lawful electors of the district il
which they offer to vote.
Each elector in the state qualified tt
vote in said elections shall have tn.
right to vote for one United States
senator.
That all democrats. white electors
who have Paid their poll tb taxes 1sct an1
held on November 9Th, 1910. and are
otherwise qualified as herein provided
hall be allowed to vote in the primar.
les held in January, 1911, and no pol
tax shall be required to be paid fol
the year 1910. as prerequisite to vote
in the said primaries, and the registra'
ton books for the election held on No.
vember 9Th, 1910, shall be accepted a:
correct registration books for said pri'
maries.
committee of the various counties
shall at noon, on the first Saturday at
ter such primary, or sooner, if all the
court house and publicly canvass the
returns, and the chairman and secre.
tary of aid committee, within two day:
man of the state executive committee
and to the members of the state eXecu
tive committee from their. respective
e eHunog in ne sheir so respective counties
showing the result of each precinct
and from the consolidated returns from
tive committee shall. at u o'clock
noon. on the 18th day of January, meet
in the city Of Jacksonville and decide
and declare what candidate has beer
nominated, if any, and whether or no,
second primary is necessary
Watchers
Each candidate for office being voted
for shall have the right to place one
watcher and challenger in the polling
place at each precinct in every coun-
ty, which sadi watcher and challenger
the entire time the polls are open &c
challenge voters and also witness the
counting of the vote and CERTIFYING the
result after the polls are closed. The
records of the election shall be pre-
served by the county executive com
mittee after the primary has beer
held.
The campaign committee, consisting
of five members. heretofore selected
shall al snd
and do or cause to be done, all things
necessary or advisable to be done tc
insure the holding OF said primaries
and in connection with such primary
elections not inconsistent herewith and
with the laws Of the state.
The county executive committee, Oh
the campaign committee OF the state
executive committee. shall not have
the right to call upon any candidate in
said primary elections to donate OF
pense of conducting said primary cleo
TONS and donations or contributions
by candidates for such purposes are
hereby prohibited.
The state democratic executive com
mittee. in the absence of funds avail
able for the purpose OF paying inspec-
tors and clerks for the state primary
election or elections provided for in
this call. and in the absence of funds
available for sending the ballot boxes
to the polling places and getting them
returned to the county seat with the
returns of the said primary election
does hereby call upon the county dem
for inspectors and clerks. and do ev-
erything else necessary for holding
said primary or primaries in each coun-
ty. other than the printing and dis
tributing OF ballots, which will be done
by the state democratic executive com
mittee.
The chairman of the state democrat
ic executive committee shall furnish tu
one newspaper in each county in the
state of Florida. not later than the hrSt
day of December, a. D. 1910 notice
of said primary election to be held UNI
der this call, the same TO be published
for the period of thirty days according
to law Will II. Price,
Chm. State Democratic EN-. Com
Geo. w. Fisher. Secretary.
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