Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-03-24
THE NEW
PRIMARY LAW
Campaign Under the New Law
Begins in June How to Get
on a Primary Ballot Gener-
al Provisions.

/ Under the new primary law. 4
niaU can become a candidate for o
riee ard have his name placed upo
-hc Official ticket Of either OF the tw
lead;Ee parties except he be nomir
atsd Is primary election.
There are two ways provide
whereby prospective office holder
Eiay get their names on the ticke
which is to be used at the primar
+ elections. which are to be held upol
the same day for all parties which 4
tle last Tuesday in August, 1910. an,
ever two years thereafter.
The Cash Method.
Ike first method provided is BY
. payment Of fee TO the secretary OF
state, for state and district offices
and to the county clerk for county
offices. This fee is fixed at tha lev
ei sum Of 50 for all offices carrying a
salary Of less than $500. When the
salary exceeds that amount an addi-
tional sum OF one per cent on the
amount above $500 per annum is re-
quired-
BY Petition.
The other method provided is bv
petition in which case no fee need
be paid. For state offices the pett-
tion for a candidate must be signed
By three per cent Of the party votes
as determined by the vote for gov
ernor at the preceding election; if
Tor district office the petition must
be signed by at least three per cent
OF the party voters in the district and
If for a county office By five per
cent Of the party voters in the
county. The petitions. for a state Of.
flee may not all come from one coun-
u for the law requires that at least
three per cent of the voters OF four
counties must be obtained. For
county office five per cent Of the
parry voters Of at least one-fourth of
the precincts must be secured.
signers Of petitions may not sign
the petition for more than one candi-
date for the same office and must
signify their intention Of supporting
the candidate for whom they petition.
Before a candidates name NAV be
placed on the official primary ballot
le shall signify in writing. or some
me in his behalf shall signify in writ
ng. at least 30 days and not more
han 80. before the primary election
hat the prospective candidate is
member Of the party whose candi-
late he proposes to become. naming
he office and that he is legally quail
fed TO fill the office and represents
he principles Of that party.
The petitions filed asking for the
.omination must be accompanied BY
N affidavit that each person whose
ame is attached actually signed the
'etitiOn, that they reside at the ad-
ress given. that they signed ii on ,
he date given in connection with /
heir names and that they belong to
ne same political party as the eandi-
ate. but no petition may be received /
7hich was signed before June 10
preceding the primary
lection This gives about As days
q which to secure petitions for
Within ten days for state and dis
-iet offices and within five days for ]
ounty offices there shall be filed a
'rmal written acceptance OF the ]
omination by the candidate. in de- {
.ult Of which his name shall not be
laced on the official ballot. K
Publicity Provided.
At least % days before the day for '
.e August primary. the secretary Of v
ate shall certify all nominations for a
ate and district offices to the coun-
clerk, giving the name. postoffiee o
idress and party designation Of each o
indicate entitled to appear on the 4
iieiai ballot together with the office
r which each is a candidate and the U
'unty clerk shall have published un- e
sr proper party designation the list v
state. district and county eandi- e
ties Of each party. giving the date il
primaries. the time OF opening and
osing Of the polls. the names Of the il
.ndidates appearing in alphabetical c
der under the office and party des- g
nation. This notice shall be pub ?
she'd at least once a week for two n
ecessiye weeks in two newspapers 8
presenting the two parties receiv- ?
g the highest number of votes at I
e last election, if any such papers. s
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