The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-14

board.
Sec. 6. That the respective mana
gers appointed to bring the return:
as aforesaid from each precinct shall
constitute the county returning boarC
who shall meet at the county seat or
the second day after said primary
election, at noon, and after being du
ly sworn shall open and canvass the
returns from each precinct and de.
clare the result in the county. The
returns and poll books shall then be
deposited with the clerk of the Su-
perior Court, who shall keep them
for six months.
SEC. 7. The candidate who re-
ceives majority Of the votes cast
for the office for which he ran shall
be the nominee of said party for such
office: Provided, that whenever nc
candidate shall receive a majority Of
the votes cast for any office, then the
one who receives the highest vote
for said office shall be the nominee,
| unless the one. who received the next
! highest vote shall demand, in writing.
duly delivered to the chairman of
the county board of elections within
| five days after the meeting of the
county returning board, that a sec
ond primary be held. In case such
demand shall be made within said
time, there shall be a secoud primary
held for such office within ten days
from the delivery Of said demand
under the same rules and regulations
as the first, but no candidates shall
De entitled to participate therein ex-
cept the two who received the high
est vote in the first primary.
SEC. 8. That in such primary cleo
ton only those shall be entitled to
vote who are then or will become du-
ly qualified voters in the election for
which candidates are then being NOM
mated and who are bona fide men,
oers Of the party holding such pri-
mary. If the party af1iliation Of any
,o,el is challenged ne must show by
his oath, or otherwise. to the salts
faction of the managers, before be-
ing allowed to vote, that he voted
for the candidates of the party hold
ing said primary in the next preced-
ing general election, unless he was
prevented from voting therein by
homage, sickness, absence from the
county or other unavoidable cause,
and must make oath that he will in
good faith abide the result of the
then pending primary and that he
will vote for the candidates nomina-
ted therein at the ensuing election,
unless prevented from voting by
some unavoidable cause. @
SEC. 9. That the polls shall be
opened on the day Of the primary
from seven o'clock A. M. to six o.
clock P. NJ, and no longer. A space
of not more than fifty feet in every
direction from the polls or room in
whith such primary election is held
may be kept clear Of all persons ex-
cept the election officers and challen-
gers, which space may, if the execu-
tive committee of the party holding
said primary SO direct in any precinct,
be rallied or roped off with narrow
passage leading to and from the polls,
and each elector may be required
to approach the polls from one di-
rection through the said passage,
and, after his ballot is deposited in
the box, with as little delay as posi-
sible, to depart by the passage lead
ing from the polls. Only one voter
shall enter said passage leading to
the polls at one time. After the vo-
ter has entered the passage, no Ole
except the election officers or the
challengers shall be permitted to
speak to or make any signs to him
until his ballot has been deposited
and he has passed out of said enclo-
sure. The said rallied or roped space
shall at all times during the hours Of
balloting be kept open and clear of
all persons except the officers afore
said. The executive committee of
the county may appoint for each
polling place one OF more discreet
persons as challengers, and in the
event that the said executive COM
mittee fails to appoint such challen-
ger or challengers the managers Of
the primary election at such polling
place may appoint them, and if the
vote of any elector shall be challen-
ged, then the election officers shall
permit within the enclosure such
witnesses as either challenger or elec-
tor may desire, to be admitted one
at time.
SEC. 10. That the several candi-
dates for legislative and county otfic-