Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-06-01
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Pets. Rules Said to Govern the Primaries.

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Pets. Rules Said to Govern the Primaries.
The Rowan County Democratic
Committee met in the
court house on Saturday and upon
the resignation of A. H. BoydeD,
who has he'd the position for
twenty years or more, Walter H.
Woodson, Esq, was unanimously
selected as county chairman. and
E. G. Gregory, Esq , vas chosen
secretary. Another meeting of
this committee will be held on
Saturday, July 2nd, to formulate
pla.1s for the campaign. The
Democratic primaries will be held
on Saturday June s25th, and the
convention on Saturday, July
End.
The following plans are said to
guvern the primaries this year:
l. The polls shall be opened at
II o'clock, noon, and close at s
O'Clock. p. m. at the usual voting
places, in the SIX voting precincts
OF Salisbury Township. The polls
shall be opened at 1 O'Clock p. M,
and close at 5 o'clock p NJ, at the
usual voting places in the various
voting precincts outside OF Sails
bury Township.
2. The primary ell ction shall
be presided ever by two managers
to be selected by the County Dem.
ocratic Executive Committee.
Said managers shall decide all
challenges that shall be made and
all questions that STALL arise be-
fore them. At the close of the pri-
mary election said managers shall
proceed to count the votes and de-
clare the results. They shall certl-
fy the results of the primary cleo
tion, aud shall transmitssuch Ger
tificate, with the poll lists, to the
convention Of DAmocra.s of the
county of Rowan which shall be
held in the court house in Sails
bury at y o'clock noon, on Satur-
day, the 2ld day of July.
3. The ballot shall be printed
on white paper and shall he with.
out device.
4. La cssti;g his ballot each
slector shall mark a cross mark
(X) with pencil or INK in tho cir
Gle Opposite the name Of 5he c:n-
dldate for whom he wishes t. vc:r.
s. That if any voter in such
primary election, by his ballot
shall vote for more persons for
any one Office than he is entitled
to, his ballot on that office hall
not be counted.
6. That all white persons who
shall be qualified to vote in the
November, 1915, election and who
have heretofore affiliated with the
Democratic party, and has been a
consistent voter of the Democratic
ticket III State and county cleo.
tions, or who will in the November,
1910, election vote for the nomi-
nees Of the Rowan County Demo-
cratic election and convention of
July 2. 1910, shall be entitled to
vote in said primary election.
Z. That each candidate prior
to the day Of said primary cleo.
tion shall deposit with the chair.
man of the Rowan Democratic
Executive Committee the sum of
So (six dollars) to defray the ex-
penses to be incurred in print.
ing and distributing the ballots
and providing ballot boxes, and
paying the fees Of the managers.
That each manager shall be paid
the sum of one dollar and a half
(s1.50.)
8. That in Salisbury Township
boundaries Ct so feet in all direc-
tions from the respective polling
places shall be established and no
one shall be allowed to enter these
boundaries without the permits.
sion of the managers.
according to this rule it seems
freemen will have to get permits
sion to exercise their sovereignty.
Ed. WATERMAN.
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